The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
ISSN 1555-4155 · Elsevier BV · United States · active 2005–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 0.7
- SJR
- 0.292
- h-index
- 46
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners is Q2 in 1 of its 3 subject categories and Q3 in the other 2. Its best category quartile is Q2.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | Q2 | #35 of 74 |
| Fundamentals and Skills | Q3 | #11 of 16 |
| LPN and LVN | Q3 | #11 of 17 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 0.72
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 271
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners is Q2 in 1 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Advanced and Specialized Nursing: Q2, #35 of 74), with SJR 0.292 (Scimago) and an h-index of 46 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to first decision
- 2 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Submission to post-review decision
- 27 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Submission to acceptance
- 73 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Acceptance to publication
- 35 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Acceptance rate
- 35%Publisher-reported
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is The Journal for Nurse Practitioners a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is The Journal for Nurse Practitioners indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of The Journal for Nurse Practitioners?
Papers in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners are cited about 0.7 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 46. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners is Q2 in 1 of its 3 subject categories and Q3 in the other 2. By category: Advanced and Specialized Nursing: Q2, #35 of 74; Fundamentals and Skills: Q3, #11 of 16; LPN and LVN: Q3, #11 of 17. Its best category quartile is Q2. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; The Journal for Nurse Practitioners is cited about 0.7 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 46.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of The Journal for Nurse Practitioners?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Advanced and Specialized Nursing, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is The Journal for Nurse Practitioners open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
How long does The Journal for Nurse Practitioners take to publish a paper?
Submission to first decision for The Journal for Nurse Practitioners takes about 2 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own.
What is the acceptance rate of The Journal for Nurse Practitioners?
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners reports an acceptance rate of about 35% — Publisher-reported. Acceptance rates vary by article type and change from year to year, and a publisher-stated figure is the journal's own, so treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee.
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