Wong, E. L. W., Tam, W. W. S., Wong, F. C. Y., & Cheung, A. W. L.
Citation Classics in Nursing Journals: The Top 50 Most Frequently Cited Articles from 1956-2011
Information about the 89 Journals in the Nursing Category in ISI Journal Citation Reports (2010 JCR Science Edition)
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1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
Title
Abbreviation
Country
Language
publisheda
factor
cited papers
1. NURSING RESEARCH
Nurs. Res.
US
English
1952
1.785
21
2. RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH
Res. Nurs. Health
US
English
1978
1.736
11
3. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
J. Adv. Nurs.
England
English
1976
1.54
9
4. ADVANCES IN NURSING SCIENCE
Adv. Nurs. Sci.
US
English
1978
1.407
3
5. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
Am. J. Nurs.
US
English
1900
1.007
1
6. HEART & LUNG
Heart Lung
US
English
1972
1.508
1
7. CANCER NURSING
Cancer Nurs.
US
English
1978
2.065
1
8. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
Nurse Educ. Today
Scotland
English
1981
1.113
1
9. BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE
Birth-Issue Perinat. Care
US
English
1982
1.821
1
10. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
J. Clin. Nurs.
England
English
1992
1.228
1
11. AAOHN JOURNAL
AAOHN J
US
English
1953
0.56
0
12. NURSING OUTLOOK
Nurs. Outlook
US
English
1953
1.653
0
13. INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW
Int. Nurs. Rev.
Switzerland
English
1954
0.588
0
14. JOURNAL OF MIDWIFERY & WOMENS
J. Midwifery Women Health
US
English
1956
1.048
0
15. JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION
J. Nurs. Educ.
US
English
1962
0.79
0
16. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
Int. J. Nurs. Stud.
England
English
1963
2.103
0
J. Psychosoc. Nurs. Ment. Health
US
English
1963
0.528
0
US
English
1963
1.058
0
HEALTH
NURSING STUDIES
17. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
18. PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Serv.
Perspect. Psychiatr. Care
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.
Title (by alphabetical order)
19. NURSING CLINICS OF NORTH
Abbreviation
Country
Language
1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
publisheda
factor
cited papers
Nurs. Clin. North Am.
US
English
1966
0.659
0
Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP
Brazil
Portuguese
1967
0.455
0
J. Neurosci. Nurs.
US
English
1969
0.78
0
J. Nurs. Scholarsh.
US
English
1969
1.392
0
US
English
1970
1.039
0
J. Korean Acad. Nurs.
South Korea
Korean
1970
0.328
0
J. Nurs. Adm.
US
English
1971
1.5
0
JOGNN
US
English
1972
1.331
0
J. Wound Ostomy Cont. Nurs.
US
English
1974
1.304
0
28. ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM
Oncol. Nurs. Forum
US
English
1974
1.779
0
29. JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY NURSING
J. Emerg. Nurs.
US
English
1975
0.429
0
30. JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL
J. Gerontol. Nurs.
US
English
1975
0.76
0
AMERICA
20. REVISTA DA ESCOLA DE
ENFERMAGEM DA USP
21. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
NURSING
22. JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
23. JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
IN NURSING
24. JOURNAL OF KOREAN ACADEMY OF
NURSING
25. JOURNAL OF NURSING
ADMINISTRATION
26. JOGNN-JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC
GYNECOLOGIC AND NEONATAL
NURSING
27. JOURNAL OF WOUND OSTOMY AND
CONTINENCE
NURSING
NURSING
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.
Title (by alphabetical order)
31. MCN-THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
Abbreviation
MCN-Am. J. Matern.-Child
Country
Language
1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
publisheda
factor
cited papers
US
English
1976
0.94
0
Nurs.
32. NURSE EDUCATOR
Nurs. Educ.
US
English
1976
0.684
0
33. REHABILITATION NURSING
Rehabil. Nurs.
US
English
1976
0.615
0
34. GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSING
Gastroenterol. Nurs.
US
English
1979
0.549
0
35. WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING
West. J. Nurs. Res.
US
English
1979
1.138
0
36. CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Crit. Care Nurse
US
English
1980
0.928
0
37. GERIATRIC NURSING
Geriatr. Nurs.
US
English
1980
1.045
0
38. ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA E
Assist. Inferm. Ric.
Italy
Italian
1982
0.135
0
39. ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING
Orthop. Nurs.
US
English
1982
0.304
0
40. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED
Aust. J. Adv. Nurs.
Australia
English
1983
0.379
0
CIN-Comput. Inform. Nurs.
US
English
1983
0.957
0
42. NURSING ECONOMICS
Nurs. Econ.
US
English
1983
1.115
0
43. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
J. Community Health Nurs.
US
English
1984
0.657
0
J. Pediatr. Oncol. Nurs.
US
English
1984
0.897
0
45. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
Public Health Nurs.
US
English
1984
0.873
0
46. JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION
J. Hum. Lact.
US
English
1985
1.329
0
RESEARCH
RICERCA
NURSING
41. CIN-COMPUTERS INFORMATICS
NURSING
NURSING
44. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY
NURSING
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.
Title (by alphabetical order)
Abbreviation
47. JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Country
Language
1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
publisheda
factor
cited papers
US
English
1985
0.97
0
48. JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING
J. Sch. Nurs.
US
English
1985
0.717
0
49. MIDWIFERY
Midwifery
England
English
1985
1.281
0
50. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR
J. Cardiovasc. Nurs.
US
English
1986
1.444
0
51. JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY
J. Nurs. Care Qual.
US
English
1986
1.262
0
52. ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs.
US
English
1987
0.977
0
53. CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
Clin. Nurse Spec.
US
English
1987
0.579
0
54. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH
J. Pediatr. Health Care
US
English
1987
0.938
0
J. Perinat. Neonatal Nurs.
US
English
1987
1
0
56. ACTA PAULISTA DE ENFERMAGEM
Acta Paul. Enferm.
Brazil
Portuguese
1988
0.204
0
57. APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH
Appl. Nurs. Res.
US
English
1988
1.111
0
58. PFLEGE
Pflege
Switzerland
German
1988
0.298
0
59. JOURNAL OF ADDICTIONS NURSING
J. Addict. Nurs.
US
English
1989
0.256
0
60. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
J. Am. Acad. Nurse Pract.
US
English
1989
0.908
0
J. Assoc. Nurses Aids Care
US
English
1989
1
0
J. Transcult. Nurs.
US
English
1989
0.714
0
NURSING
CARE
55. JOURNAL OF PERINATAL & NEONATAL
NURSING
ACADEMY OF NURSE
PRACTITIONERS
61. JANAC-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF NURSES IN AIDS CARE
62. JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL
NURSING
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.
Title (by alphabetical order)
63. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL
Abbreviation
Country
Language
1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
publisheda
factor
cited papers
Am. J. Crit. Care
US
English
1992
1.593
0
Aust. J. Rural Health
Australia
English
1992
1.07
0
65. CONTEMPORARY NURSE
Contemp. Nurse.
Australia
English
1992
0.442
0
66. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
Int. J. Ment. Health Nurs.
Australia
English
1992
1.427
0
67. JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
J. Nurs. Manag.
England
English
1993
1.452
0
68. REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE
Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem
Brazil
English
1993
0.856
0
69. COLLEGIAN
Collegian
Netherlands
English
1994
0.822
0
70. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND
J. Psychiatr. Ment. Health Nurs.
England
English
1994
1.025
0
71. NURSING ETHICS
Nurs. Ethics
England
English
1994
1.085
0
72. NURSING INQUIRY
Nurs. Inq.
England
English
1994
0.897
0
73. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
Int. J. Nurs. Pract.
Australia
English
1995
0.794
0
74. JOURNAL OF FAMILY NURSING
J. Fam. Nurs.
England
English
1995
1.689
0
75. JOURNAL FOR SPECIALISTS IN
J. Spec. Pediatr. Nurs.
US
English
1996
0.896
0
Clin. J. Oncol. Nurs.
US
English
1997
1.208
0
CARE
64. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL
HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
ENFERMAGEM
MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
NURSING PRACTICE
PEDIATRIC NURSING
76. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
NURSING
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.
Title (by alphabetical order)
77.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
Abbreviation
Country
Language
1st volume
Impact
# of top 50
publisheda
factor
cited papers
Eur. J. Oncol. Nurs.
US
English
1997
1.149
0
78. JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE
J. Child Health Care
England
English
1997
0.673
0
79. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR NURSING
Biol. Res. Nurs.
US
English
1999
0.97
0
80. NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES
Nurs. Health Sci.
Australia
English
1999
0.571
0
81. NURSING PHILOSOPHY
Nurs. Philos.
England
English
2000
1.271
0
82. PAIN MANAGEMENT NURSING
Pain Manag. Nurs.
US
English
2000
1.039
0
83. AQUICHAN
Aquichan
Columbia
Spanish
2001
0.05
0
84. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF
Eur. J. Cardiovasc. Nurs.
Netherlands
English
2002
1.348
0
Jpn. J. Nurs. Sci.
Australia
English
2004
0.034
0
Worldviews Evid.-Based Nurs.
US
English
2004
1.429
0
Bariatr. Nurs. Surg. Patient Care
US
English
2006
0.652
0
88. ASIAN NURSING RESEARCH
Asian Nurs. Res.
South Korea
English
2007
0.133
0
89. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
Int. J. Urol. Nurs.
England
English
2007
0.111
0
NURSING
CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
85. JAPAN JOURNAL OF NURSING
SCIENCE
86. WORLDVIEWS ON EVIDENCE-BASED
NURSING
87. BARIATRIC NURSING AND SURGICAL
PATIENT CARE
UROLOGICAL NURSING
Note. aThe information was extracted from library catalogue and journals’ home pages.