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Journal of Clinical Nursing
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Journal of Clinical Nursing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 799 56 130 27

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 168
Documents by Best Scientists*: 256
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 131
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.322
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Clinical Nursing?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Nursing, Health care, Qualitative research, MEDLINE and Physical therapy. Issues in Nursing were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Focus group, Family medicine and Relevance (law). The Health care study featured in Journal of Clinical Nursing draws parallels with the field of Psychological intervention.

Psychological intervention research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Intervention (counseling) and Clinical psychology. Journal of Clinical Nursing explores issues in Qualitative research which can be linked to other research areas like Context (language use), Feeling and Checklist. The work on MEDLINE presented in Journal of Clinical Nursing focuses on CINAHL in particular.

Journal of Clinical Nursing addresses concerns in Physical therapy which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Randomized controlled trial and Quality of life. Journal of Clinical Nursing investigates Nurse education research which frequently intersects with Nursing research.

  • Nursing (47.62%)
  • Health care (16.40%)
  • Qualitative research (14.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Pain: a review of three commonly used pain rating scales. (1658 citations)
  • Essential elements of questionnaire design and development. (758 citations)
  • Hierarchy of evidence: a framework for ranking evidence evaluating healthcare interventions (630 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Clinical Nursing:

The journal papers are organized to address concerns in the fields of Nursing, MEDLINE, Health care, Qualitative research and Physical therapy. The published articles tackle studies in Family medicine and the interrelated subject of Cross-sectional study to gain insights into Nursing. While the primary focus in the journal publications is Qualitative research, they also dissect topics surrounding Social support and Clinical psychology as a whole.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Nursing, Checklist, Health care, Qualitative research and Psychological intervention are tackled in the journal. In Journal of Clinical Nursing, Context (language use), Thematic analysis and Relevance (law) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Nursing research. The research on Checklist tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Observational study, Cross-sectional study, Intervention (counseling), Family medicine and Medical education.

While Health care is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Workforce and Pandemic. Patient safety, Feeling, Focus group, Content analysis and Competence (human resources) are some topics wherein Qualitative research research discussed in Journal of Clinical Nursing have an impact. The Psychological intervention study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Physical therapy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Anxiety, sleep disorders and self-efficacy among nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: A large cross-sectional study. (11 citations)
  • Anxiety of Nurses to support Wuhan in fighting against COVID-19 Epidemic and its Correlation With Work Stress and Self-efficacy. (10 citations)
  • Correlation between emotional intelligence and negative emotions of front-line nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic: a cross-sectional study. (10 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Clinical Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Debra Jackson (120 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Roger Watson (112 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patricia M. Davidson (60 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • David R. Thompson (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mark Hayter (44 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Clinical Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • RMIT University (182 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Technology, Sydney (161 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sydney (146 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (120 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (116 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.90% of all publications and 61.87% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Older people and COVID-19: Isolation, risk and ageism.

    Joanne Brooke;Debra Jackson

    (2020)
    619 Citations
  • Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health.

    Kim Usher;Navjot Bhullar;Debra Jackson

    (2020)
    601 Citations
  • Life in the pandemic: Some reflections on nursing in the context of COVID-19.

    Debra Jackson;Caroline Bradbury-Jones;Diana Baptiste;Leslie Gelling

    (2020)
    557 Citations
  • The potential for COVID-19 to contribute to compassion fatigue in critical care nurses.

    Jalal Alharbi;Debra Jackson;Kim Usher

    (2020)
    341 Citations
  • The relationship between resilience, anxiety and depression among patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19 in China: A cross-sectional study.

    Jie Zhang;Zhen Yang;Xiao Wang;Juan Li

    (2020)
    203 Citations
  • COVID-19 reinforces the importance of handwashing.

    Mamdooh Alzyood;Debra Jackson;Helen Aveyard;Joanne Brooke

    (2020)
    184 Citations
  • Nursing homes and COVID-19: We can and should do better.

    Patricia M. Davidson;Sarah L. Szanton

    (2020)
    169 Citations
  • Who speaks for nursing? COVID-19 highlighting gaps in leadership.

    John Daly;Debra Jackson;Robert Anders;Patricia M Davidson

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Vulnerability of nurse and physicians with COVID-19: Monitoring and surveillance needed.

    Debra Jackson;Robert Anders;William V. Padula;John Daly

    (2020)
    104 Citations
  • Occupational stress facing Nurse Academics ‐ A mixed‐methods systematic review

    Charanjit Singh;Wendy Cross;Ian Munro;Debra Jackson

    (2020)
    99 Citations

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