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Nurse Education Today
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Nurse Education Today

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 140 33 70 18
Medicine 2007 18 31 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 102
Documents by Best Scientists*: 139
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 109
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.483
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nurse Education Today?

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Nursing, Nurse education, Medical education, Pedagogy and Curriculum. While it focused on Nursing, it was also able to explore topics like Qualitative research, Focus group, Health care and MEDLINE. Nurse Education Today is mostly focused on MEDLINE, specifically CINAHL.

Some problems in Nurse education that were presented in Nurse Education Today overlapped with concepts under Context (language use), Higher education, Teaching method and Competence (human resources). The Medical education study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Perception. The Pedagogy study tackling the subject of Experiential learning is the focus of it.

  • Nursing (56.14%)
  • Nurse education (40.31%)
  • Medical education (26.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness (12106 citations)
  • A method of analysing interview transcripts in qualitative research. (1942 citations)
  • Methodological challenges in qualitative content analysis : A discussion paper (759 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nurse Education Today:

The most cited papers focus on Nursing, Nurse education, Medical education, MEDLINE and Pedagogy. Issues in Nursing were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Health care, Perception, Program evaluation, Qualitative research and Competence (human resources). The most cited papers explore issues in Nurse education which can be linked to other research areas like Higher education, Focus group, Teaching method and Curriculum.

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

  • Law
  • Nursing
  • Health care

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Medical education, Nurse education, Qualitative research, Nursing and Perception. Medical education research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Scientific literature, Attendance and Evidence-based nursing. The studies on Nurse education discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Context (language use), Curriculum, CINAHL, Professional development and Competence (human resources).

Interpretative phenomenological analysis are all disciplines of Qualitative research that connect with topics in Ethical conflict. Aside from investigating topics in Nurse teacher under Nursing, it also explores concepts in Alternative methods. Nurse Education Today focuses on Perception but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Quality (business), Leadership style, Cross-sectional study, Clinical learning and Clinical placement.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluation of a formative peer assessment in research methods teaching using an online platform: A mixed methods pre-post study. (0 citations)
  • Number of students in clinical placement and the quality of the clinical learning environment: A cross-sectional study of nursing and midwifery students. (0 citations)
  • Student nurses' pain knowledge and attitudes towards pain management over the last 20 years: A systematic review. (0 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 Nurse Education Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Philip Burnard (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tracy Levett-Jones (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alison While (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yenna Salamonson (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Johnson (29 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 Nurse Education Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • RMIT University (107 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nottingham (97 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Griffith University (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Monash University (78 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 8 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.09% of all publications and 63.64% 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.

Career Opportunities in Nurse Education

In the world of healthcare, Nurse Education is a critical field that empowers nurses with the skills and knowledge they need to gracefully manage the complexities of the nursing profession. The academic paths and career trajectories available in this field of study are vast, from becoming a clinical educator to a nurse administrator, and even branching out into specialized areas such as substance abuse counselling. For instance, becoming a licensed substance abuse counsellor involves unique education and career path considerations, which you can delve into further in our article, How to become a licensed substance abuse counselor in Minnesota. Moreover, the field of Nurse Education presents a host of opportunities for career growth and development. Embracing research, academia, and advanced clinical practice, individuals within this field can make significant impact by shaping the future of nursing care. Engaging with the top cited papers and current topics in journals such as Nurse Education Today can help raise awareness about the issues and innovations at the heart of this profession. Ultimately, the breadth and depth of Nurse Education enables professionals not only to advance their own careers, but also to improve patient outcomes and the overall quality of healthcare delivery.

Top Publications

  • Development of disaster nursing education and training programs in the past 20 years (2000-2019): A systematic review.

    Alice Yuen Loke;Chunlan Guo;Alex Molassiotis

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • Evaluating online learning engagement of nursing students

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • Virtual and augmented reality: Implications for the future of nursing education.

    Kyra J.W. Mendez;Rebecca J. Piasecki;Krysia Hudson;Susan Renda

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • The competence of nurse educators and graduating nurse students.

    Leena Salminen;Minna Tuukkanen;Katharina Clever;Pilar Fuster

    (2021)
    52 Citations
  • A cross-sectional survey of nursing students' patient safety knowledge.

    Tracy Levett-Jones;Patrea R Andersen;Fiona E Bogossian;Simon Cooper

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • "Wow, woo, win": Healthcare students' and facilitators' experiences of interprofessional simulation in three-dimensional virtual world: A qualitative evaluation study.

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Why are physical assessment skills not practiced? A systematic review with implications for nursing education.

    Mavis Weiting Tan;Fui Ping Lim;An ling Siew;Tracy Levett-Jones

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Interventions to support graduate nurse transition to practice and associated outcomes: A systematic review.

    Amanda Kenny;Virginia Dickson-Swift;Lisa McKenna;Martin Charette

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • The effectiveness of the virtual patient-based social learning approach in undergraduate nursing education: A quasi-experimental study.

    Gwo-Jen Hwang;Ching-Yi Chang;Hiroaki Ogata

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • Directions of the 100 most cited nursing student education research: A bibliometric and co-citation network analysis.

    Ching Yi Chang;Meei Ling Gau;Kai Yu Tang;Gwo Jen Hwang

    (2021)
    35 Citations

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