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Best Medical and Surgical Nursing journals

28 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Medical and Surgical Nursing. The top 28 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 7 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 6.5 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 5.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing 2.8 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2.8 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing 2.5 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Journal of Vascular Nursing 1.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
7 Wound Management and Prevention 1.7 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Journal of Wound Management 1.7 73th Q2 – – No
9 Wounds 1.7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
10 Journal of Perioperative Practice 1.6 66th Q2 ESCI – No
11 Nurse Media Journal of Nursing 1.6 62th Q2 – – Yes
12 Wound Practice and Research 1.5 58th Q2 ESCI – No
13 ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem 1.5 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
14 Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 1.2 51th Q2 ESCI – No
15 AORN Journal 1.2 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Journal of Perioperative Nursing 1.1 44th Q3 – – Yes
17 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 1 41th Q3 – – No
18 Plastic and Aesthetic Nursing 1 37th Q3 – – No
19 Jurnal Keperawatan Soedirman 0.9 33th Q3 – – Yes
20 Revista Cuidarte 0.8 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
21 Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care 0.6 26th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Journal of Wound Management and Research 0.5 23th Q4 – – No
23 Gastrointestinal Nursing 0.4 19th Q4 – – No
24 Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery 0.3 16th Q4 – – Yes
25 Medicina Paliativa 0.3 12th Q4 – – No
26 Ambulatory Surgery 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
27 Inter Bloc 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
28 Urology Times 0 1th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Medical and Surgical Nursing Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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