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American Journal of Nursing

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

H-Index

65

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

0002936X, 15387488

Coverage

1945-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

shawn.kennedy@wolterskluwer.com

Scope

The American Journal of Nursing is the oldest and most honored broad-based nursing journal in the world. Peer reviewed and evidence-based, it is considered the profession’s premier journal. AJN adheres to journalistic standards that require transparency of real and potential conflicts of interests that authors,editors and reviewers may have. It follows publishing standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; www.icmje.org), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME; www.wame.org), and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; http://publicationethics.org/). AJN welcomes submissions of evidence-based clinical application papers and descriptions of best clinical practices, original research and QI reports, case studies, narratives, commentaries, and other manuscripts on a variety of clinical and professional topics. The journal also welcomes submissions for its various departments and columns, including artwork and poetry that is relevant to nursing or health care. Guidelines on writing for specific departments—Art of Nursing, Viewpoint, Policy and Politics, and Reflections—are available at http://AJN.edmgr.com. AJN's mission is to promote excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2020Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2021Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2022Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2023Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)1999Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2000Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2001Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2002Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2003Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2004Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2005Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2006Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2007Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2008Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2009Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2010Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2011Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2012Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2013Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2014Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2015Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2016Q2
Nursing (miscellaneous)2017Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2018Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2019Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2020Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2021Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2022Q3
Nursing (miscellaneous)2023Q3
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.157
20000.154
20010.138
20020.167
20030.155
20040.199
20050.199
20060.242
20070.237
20080.280
20090.293
20100.276
20110.252
20120.235
20130.322
20140.298
20150.335
20160.311
20170.284
20180.243
20190.228
20200.230
20210.185
20220.225
20230.252
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
1999298
2000302
2001247
2002277
2003265
2004354
2005376
2006403
2007334
2008323
2009275
2010275
2011250
2012243
2013253
2014262
2015270
2016288
2017367
2018389
2019429
2020359
2021365
2022311
2023336
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.147
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.146
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.170
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.165
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.290
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.269
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.348
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.315
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.331
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.349
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.321
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.425
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.444
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.446
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.495
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.415
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.352
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.413
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.336
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.395
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.401
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.456
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.147
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.141
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.163
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.190
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.324
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.252
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.326
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.315
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.361
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.325
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.329
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.423
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.394
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.435
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.493
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.451
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.361
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.329
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.350
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.407
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.467
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.138
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.115
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.193
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.183
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.349
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.254
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.349
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.309
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.353
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.391
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.470
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.377
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.359
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.319
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.274
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.341
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.436
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.453
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites199912
Self Cites20009
Self Cites200115
Self Cites20027
Self Cites20030
Self Cites200410
Self Cites200515
Self Cites200610
Self Cites200721
Self Cites20089
Self Cites20094
Self Cites20106
Self Cites201111
Self Cites20124
Self Cites20138
Self Cites20141
Self Cites20154
Self Cites20162
Self Cites20176
Self Cites20185
Self Cites20196
Self Cites202014
Self Cites20217
Self Cites202217
Self Cites202324
Total Cites1999105
Total Cites2000111
Total Cites2001142
Total Cites2002142
Total Cites2003157
Total Cites2004256
Total Cites2005226
Total Cites2006324
Total Cites2007357
Total Cites2008402
Total Cites2009345
Total Cites2010307
Total Cites2011369
Total Cites2012315
Total Cites2013334
Total Cites2014368
Total Cites2015342
Total Cites2016283
Total Cites2017287
Total Cites2018304
Total Cites2019335
Total Cites2020415
Total Cites2021392
Total Cites2022469
Total Cites2023483
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.130
External Cites per document20000.129
External Cites per document20010.146
External Cites per document20020.159
External Cites per document20030.190
External Cites per document20040.312
External Cites per document20050.235
External Cites per document20060.316
External Cites per document20070.297
External Cites per document20080.353
External Cites per document20090.322
External Cites per document20100.323
External Cites per document20110.410
External Cites per document20120.389
External Cites per document20130.424
External Cites per document20140.492
External Cites per document20150.446
External Cites per document20160.358
External Cites per document20170.343
External Cites per document20180.323
External Cites per document20190.315
External Cites per document20200.338
External Cites per document20210.327
External Cites per document20220.392
External Cites per document20230.443
Cites per document19990.147
Cites per document20000.141
Cites per document20010.163
Cites per document20020.168
Cites per document20030.190
Cites per document20040.324
Cites per document20050.252
Cites per document20060.326
Cites per document20070.315
Cites per document20080.361
Cites per document20090.325
Cites per document20100.329
Cites per document20110.423
Cites per document20120.394
Cites per document20130.435
Cites per document20140.493
Cites per document20150.451
Cites per document20160.361
Cites per document20170.350
Cites per document20180.329
Cites per document20190.321
Cites per document20200.350
Cites per document20210.333
Cites per document20220.407
Cites per document20230.467
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.66
20011.21
20020.00
20030.00
20041.98
20051.60
20062.73
20072.69
20086.81
20093.27
20101.45
20110.80
20120.41
20130.40
20141.53
20150.37
20161.39
20170.54
20180.26
20190.93
20201.39
20212.19
20224.18
20231.19
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents199998
Non-citable documents2000114
Non-citable documents2001118
Non-citable documents2002122
Non-citable documents2003134
Non-citable documents2004153
Non-citable documents2005281
Non-citable documents2006398
Non-citable documents2007517
Non-citable documents2008480
Non-citable documents2009451
Non-citable documents2010391
Non-citable documents2011390
Non-citable documents2012374
Non-citable documents2013371
Non-citable documents2014400
Non-citable documents2015442
Non-citable documents2016497
Non-citable documents2017481
Non-citable documents2018495
Non-citable documents2019481
Non-citable documents2020491
Non-citable documents2021460
Non-citable documents2022420
Non-citable documents2023417
Citable documents1999616
Citable documents2000675
Citable documents2001751
Citable documents2002725
Citable documents2003692
Citable documents2004636
Citable documents2005615
Citable documents2006597
Citable documents2007616
Citable documents2008633
Citable documents2009609
Citable documents2010541
Citable documents2011483
Citable documents2012426
Citable documents2013397
Citable documents2014346
Citable documents2015316
Citable documents2016288
Citable documents2017339
Citable documents2018430
Citable documents2019563
Citable documents2020694
Citable documents2021717
Citable documents2022733
Citable documents2023618
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents1999633
Uncited documents2000710
Uncited documents2001778
Uncited documents2002755
Uncited documents2003727
Uncited documents2004657
Uncited documents2005783
Uncited documents2006843
Uncited documents2007959
Uncited documents2008943
Uncited documents2009897
Uncited documents2010792
Uncited documents2011702
Uncited documents2012652
Uncited documents2013628
Uncited documents2014598
Uncited documents2015613
Uncited documents2016651
Uncited documents2017685
Uncited documents2018764
Uncited documents2019861
Uncited documents2020980
Uncited documents2021973
Uncited documents2022927
Uncited documents2023819
Cited documents199981
Cited documents200079
Cited documents200191
Cited documents200292
Cited documents200399
Cited documents2004132
Cited documents2005113
Cited documents2006152
Cited documents2007174
Cited documents2008170
Cited documents2009163
Cited documents2010140
Cited documents2011171
Cited documents2012148
Cited documents2013140
Cited documents2014148
Cited documents2015145
Cited documents2016134
Cited documents2017135
Cited documents2018161
Cited documents2019183
Cited documents2020205
Cited documents2021204
Cited documents2022226
Cited documents2023216
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199986.89
200086.92
200187.59
200279.48
200380.39
200482.84
200581.71
200687.65
200784.00
200881.19
200984.65
201084.53
201185.35
201286.02
201386.90
201481.48
201582.63
201687.67
201784.83
201885.29
201983.98
202084.29
202184.44
202284.34
202380.26
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19993
Overton20007
Overton200114
Overton200210
Overton200313
Overton20049
Overton200519
Overton200613
Overton20074
Overton20083
Overton20097
Overton20101
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20131
Overton20141
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201885
SDG2019102
SDG2020106
SDG2021105
SDG202273
SDG202370
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