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Best Nursing (all) journals

144 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Nursing (all). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 36 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Nursing Studies 13.3 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
2 Journal of Clinical Nursing 8.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
3 Nurse Education Today 8.7 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
4 JBI Evidence Synthesis 8 97th Q1 ESCI No
5 Clinical and Translational Immunology 7.2 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Journal of Advanced Nursing 7 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
7 International Nursing Review 6.5 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
8 Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 6.5 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
9 Journal of Nursing Scholarship 6.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
10 Nurse Education in Practice 6.3 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
11 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 6.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
12 International Journal of Nursing Sciences 6 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
13 Nursing Open 5.9 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
14 JMIR Nursing 5.9 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 5.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
16 Nursing Forum 5.5 89th Q1 ESCI No
17 Nursing Inquiry 5.5 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
18 Journal of Professional Nursing 5.4 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
19 BMC Nursing 5.3 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
20 Nursing Outlook 5.1 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
21 Journal of Religion and Health 4.8 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
22 International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 International Journal of Nursing Practice 4.5 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
24 Clinical Nursing Research 4.5 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
25 Western Journal of Nursing Research 4.5 82th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
26 Journal of Nursing Research 4.4 82th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
27 SAGE Open Nursing 4.3 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Applied Nursing Research 4.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
29 Collegian 4.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
30 Research in Nursing and Health 4.1 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
31 Global Qualitative Nursing Research 3.9 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
32 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 3.9 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
33 Traumatology 3.9 77th Q1 ESCI No
34 Nursing Research 3.8 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
35 Asian Nursing Research 3.6 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
36 Explore 3.6 75th Q1 SCIE No
37 Journal of Caring Sciences 3.5 74th Q2 Yes
38 Nursing Clinics of North America 3.4 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
39 Obesity Medicine 3.3 73th Q2 No
40 Advances in Nursing Science 3.3 72th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
41 Palliative and Supportive Care 3.3 71th Q2 SSCI No
42 Journal of Palliative Medicine 3.2 71th Q2 SCIE No
43 Journal of Transcultural Nursing 3.2 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
44 Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal 3.2 69th Q2 Yes
45 Research in Gerontological Nursing 3 69th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
46 Nurse Educator 3 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
47 Nursing Research and Practice 3 67th Q2 ESCI Yes
48 Symbolic Interaction 3 67th Q2 SSCI No
49 Belitung Nursing Journal 3 66th Q2 ESCI Yes
50 Journal of Nursing Education 2.9 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
51 Nursing Reports 2.9 64th Q2 ESCI Yes
52 Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2.8 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
53 Public Health Nursing 2.8 63th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
54 Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express 2.8 62th Q2 ESCI No
55 Contemporary Nurse 2.8 62th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
56 Nordic Journal of Nursing Research 2.8 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
57 International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 2.7 60th Q2 Yes
58 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2.7 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
59 Creative Nursing 2.7 59th Q2 ESCI No
60 Ocular Oncology and Pathology 2.7 58th Q2 ESCI No
61 Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria 2.5 57th Q2 ESCI Yes
62 Enfermeria Clinica 2.4 57th Q2 ESCI No
63 International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2.4 56th Q2 ESCI No
64 Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon 2.4 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
65 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 2.3 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes
66 Nursing and Health Sciences 2.3 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
67 Nursing Education Perspectives 2.3 53th Q2 ESCI No
68 Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2.2 53th Q2 ESCI Yes
69 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 2.2 52th Q2 ESCI Yes
70 Hispanic Health Care International 2.1 51th Q2 ESCI No
71 Nursing for Women's Health 2.1 51th Q2 ESCI No
72 Nursing Practice Today 2.1 50th Q2 ESCI Yes
73 Journal of Health Research 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
74 Journal of Infusion Nursing 1.9 48th Q3 ESCI No
75 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 1.9 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
76 NASN School Nurses 1.9 47th Q3 No
77 Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 1.8 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
78 Progress in Palliative Care 1.8 46th Q3 ESCI No
79 Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 1.8 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI Yes
80 Journal of Gerontological Nursing 1.8 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
81 Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 1.8 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
82 Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 1.8 43th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
83 Journal of Nursing Measurement 1.7 42th Q3 ESCI No
84 Nursing Science Quarterly 1.7 42th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
85 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 1.7 41th Q3 No
86 British Journal of Nursing 1.6 40th Q3 No
87 Open Nursing Journal 1.6 39th Q3 No
88 Texto e Contexto Enfermagem 1.6 39th Q3 Yes
89 Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem 1.5 38th Q3 Yes
90 Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research 1.5 37th Q3 ESCI No
91 Medical History 1.4 37th Q3 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI No
92 Enfermeria Global 1.3 36th Q3 Yes
93 HAYAT 1.3 35th Q3 Yes
94 Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences 1.3 35th Q3 ESCI No
95 Assistenza Infermieristica e Ricerca 1.2 34th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
96 Korean Journal of Adult Nursing 1.2 33th Q3 No
97 Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 1.2 32th Q3 Yes
98 Rehabilitation Nursing 1.1 32th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
99 Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice 1.1 31th Q3 ESCI No
100 American Journal of Nursing 1.1 30th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Nursing (all) 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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