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Journal of Professional Nursing
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Journal of Professional Nursing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 447 16 26 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 37
Documents by Best Scientists*: 52
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.022
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Professional Nursing?

The journal focuses on Nursing, Nurse education, Medical education, Health care and Higher education. While Journal of Professional Nursing focused on Nursing, it was also able to explore topics like Workforce, MEDLINE and Curriculum. It holds forums on Nurse education that merges themes from other disciplines such as Pedagogy, Professional development and Occupational health nursing.

Journal of Professional Nursing focuses on Medical education research which is adjacent to topics in Quality (business).

  • Nursing (54.18%)
  • Nurse education (36.10%)
  • Medical education (24.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Religion and spirituality defined according to current use in nursing literature. (279 citations)
  • Transforming Health Care from the Inside Out: Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in the 21st Century (246 citations)
  • Bullying of staff registered nurses in the workplace: a preliminary study for developing personal and organizational strategies for the transformation of hostile to healthy workplace environments. (207 citations)

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

The published articles aim to foster the development of research in Nursing, Nurse education, Medical education, Higher education and Health care. While the primary focus in the most cited papers is Nursing, they also dissect topics surrounding MEDLINE and Descriptive research as a whole. The works on Nurse education tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Nursing research, Nursing care and Curriculum.

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

  • Law
  • Education
  • Nursing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Nursing, Nurse education, Medical education, Health care and Curriculum are tackled in Journal of Professional Nursing. The journal facilitated discussions that integrated Nursing and Pandemic. The Nurse education studies discussed in Journal of Professional Nursing incorporate research from disciplines like

  • Workforce, which have a strong connection to Process (engineering),
  • Graduation which connect with Bachelor..

The studies in Medical education featured incorporate elements of Critical care nursing, Higher education, General partnership and Quality management. Curriculum research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Summit and Engineering ethics. While the journal focused on Qualitative research, it was also able to explore topics like Quality (business) and Nonprobability sampling.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Invitational summit: Re-envisioning research focused PHD programs of the future (10 citations)
  • Experiences and needs of nursing students during pandemic outbreaks: A systematic overview of the literature. (7 citations)
  • The White/Black hierarchy institutionalizes White supremacy in nursing and nursing leadership in the United States (7 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 Professional Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Laurel Archer Copp (61 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ellen Olshansky (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patricia Gonce Morton (26 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Eddie Sullivan (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carolyn A. Williams (16 papers) absent at the last 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 Professional Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Minnesota (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (42 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition,
  • Indiana University (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Iowa (40 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 6.02% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.82% of all publications and 61.54% 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

  • Not missing the opportunity: Strategies to promote cultural humility among future nursing faculty.

    Vickie Hughes;Sabianca Delva;Manka Nkimbeng;Erin Spaulding

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Strategies to address structural and institutional barriers to success among students of color in nursing programs

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Second victims among baccalaureate nursing students in the aftermath of a patient safety incident: An exploratory cross-sectional study.

    Louis Van Slambrouck;Randy Verschueren;Deborah Seys;Luk Bruyneel

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • The effect of peer learning on professional competence development among Indonesian undergraduate nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

    Nelwati;Nelwati;Khatijah Lim Abdullah;Mei Chan Chong;Lisa McKenna

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Nursing students' satisfaction with the curriculum: An integrative review

    Silvia Rossini;Giampiera Bulfone;Ercole Vellone;Rosaria Alvaro

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Queering nursing curricula: Understanding and increasing attention to LGBTQIA+ health needs

    Candace W. Burton;Kevin Nolasco;Dave Holmes

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Doctor of nursing practice project: Key challenges and possible solutions.

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Innovations in Ph.D. education to prepare nurse scientists for the future.

    Marion E. Broome;Antonia M. Villarruel;Hilaire J. Thompson

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Current state and future recommendations for faculty in PhD in nursing programs.

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Service learning within community-engaged research: Facilitating nursing student learning outcomes

    Melissa L. Horning;Laurel Ostrow;Patricia Beierwaltes;Jennifer Beaudette

    (2020)
    11 Citations

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