Clinical Nurse Specialist

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ISSN: 08876274, 15389782

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
0.9
SJR
0.259
CiteScore
1.2
Categories
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Assessment and Diagnosis
LPN and LVN
Leadership and Management
Areas
Nursing
Years of issue
1987-2025
journal names
Clinical Nurse Specialist
CLIN NURSE SPEC
Publications
3 803
Citations
14 342
h-index
42
Publications
422
Citations
4 822
Top-3 citing journals
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Clinical Nurse Specialist (1198 citations)
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Journal of Clinical Nursing (374 citations)
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Advanced Nursing (351 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (1139 publications)
Canada (44 publications)
Australia (26 publications)
USA (80 publications)
China (2 publications)
Australia (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Clinical Nurse Specialist
1198 citations, 8.35%
Journal of Clinical Nursing
374 citations, 2.61%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
351 citations, 2.45%
International Journal of Nursing Studies
138 citations, 0.96%
AACN Clinical Issues Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care
129 citations, 0.9%
Journal of Nursing Administration
115 citations, 0.8%
British Journal of Nursing
109 citations, 0.76%
Journal of Professional Nursing
106 citations, 0.74%
Nursing Outlook
104 citations, 0.73%
Nurse Education Today
94 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Nursing Management
91 citations, 0.63%
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
91 citations, 0.63%
PLoS ONE
86 citations, 0.6%
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
84 citations, 0.59%
Nursing Clinics of North America
83 citations, 0.58%
BMC Nursing
83 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
79 citations, 0.55%
Nurse Leader
74 citations, 0.52%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
73 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
73 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
70 citations, 0.49%
Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care
70 citations, 0.49%
Nursing Administration Quarterly
68 citations, 0.47%
AACN Advanced Critical Care
68 citations, 0.47%
BMC Health Services Research
65 citations, 0.45%
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
63 citations, 0.44%
Western Journal of Nursing Research
62 citations, 0.43%
Geriatric Nursing
62 citations, 0.43%
AORN Journal
61 citations, 0.43%
Advanced Practice in Nursing
61 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Nursing Education
59 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
59 citations, 0.41%
International Journal of Nursing Practice
58 citations, 0.4%
Applied Nursing Research
56 citations, 0.39%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
56 citations, 0.39%
Nurse Education in Practice
55 citations, 0.38%
BMJ Open
53 citations, 0.37%
Critical Care Nurse
49 citations, 0.34%
American Journal of Critical Care
48 citations, 0.33%
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
47 citations, 0.33%
Collegian
47 citations, 0.33%
Nursing Open
47 citations, 0.33%
Public Health Nursing
46 citations, 0.32%
Nursing and Health Sciences
44 citations, 0.31%
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
43 citations, 0.3%
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
43 citations, 0.3%
Nursing Ethics
41 citations, 0.29%
Clinical Nursing Research
41 citations, 0.29%
Nursing management
41 citations, 0.29%
CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing
40 citations, 0.28%
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
40 citations, 0.28%
Gastroenterology Nursing
39 citations, 0.27%
JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
39 citations, 0.27%
Nursing Science Quarterly
39 citations, 0.27%
Pain Management Nursing
39 citations, 0.27%
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
39 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
38 citations, 0.26%
Oncology Nursing Forum
37 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
36 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
36 citations, 0.25%
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
35 citations, 0.24%
Enfermeria Intensiva
34 citations, 0.24%
American Journal of Nursing
34 citations, 0.24%
Research in Nursing and Health
34 citations, 0.24%
Holistic Nursing Practice
33 citations, 0.23%
Critical Care Medicine
33 citations, 0.23%
Australian Critical Care
33 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Emergency Nursing
33 citations, 0.23%
Rehabilitation Nursing
33 citations, 0.23%
European Journal of Oncology Nursing
32 citations, 0.22%
Nursing in critical care
31 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
30 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Family Nursing
29 citations, 0.2%
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
29 citations, 0.2%
Healthcare
29 citations, 0.2%
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
29 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
28 citations, 0.2%
Supportive Care in Cancer
28 citations, 0.2%
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
28 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
28 citations, 0.2%
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
28 citations, 0.2%
Nursing
27 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
27 citations, 0.19%
Patient Education and Counseling
27 citations, 0.19%
Cureus
27 citations, 0.19%
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
27 citations, 0.19%
Sexuality and Disability
26 citations, 0.18%
Nurse Educator
26 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
26 citations, 0.18%
Implementation Science
26 citations, 0.18%
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
25 citations, 0.17%
Epilepsy and Behavior
25 citations, 0.17%
Orthopaedic Nursing
25 citations, 0.17%
International Nursing Review
25 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Nursing Sciences
25 citations, 0.17%
Cancer Nursing
25 citations, 0.17%
Nursing Forum
24 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Interprofessional Care
24 citations, 0.17%
Advances in Nursing Science
23 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
23 citations, 0.16%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
2847 citations, 19.85%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2694 citations, 18.78%
Wiley
2239 citations, 15.61%
Springer Nature
1137 citations, 7.93%
SAGE
890 citations, 6.21%
Taylor & Francis
678 citations, 4.73%
Mark Allen Group
264 citations, 1.84%
SLACK
260 citations, 1.81%
AACN Publishing
237 citations, 1.65%
MDPI
231 citations, 1.61%
JMIR Publications
154 citations, 1.07%
Oxford University Press
131 citations, 0.91%
Frontiers Media S.A.
112 citations, 0.78%
BMJ
109 citations, 0.76%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
96 citations, 0.67%
Oncology Nursing Society
70 citations, 0.49%
Emerald
67 citations, 0.47%
IGI Global
59 citations, 0.41%
Cambridge University Press
58 citations, 0.4%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
57 citations, 0.4%
Hindawi Limited
54 citations, 0.38%
Mary Ann Liebert
52 citations, 0.36%
RCNi
44 citations, 0.31%
Springer Publishing Company
42 citations, 0.29%
SciELO
37 citations, 0.26%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
32 citations, 0.22%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
27 citations, 0.19%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
21 citations, 0.15%
Walter de Gruyter
19 citations, 0.13%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
17 citations, 0.12%
American Medical Association (AMA)
17 citations, 0.12%
AOSIS
17 citations, 0.12%
Scientific Research Publishing
16 citations, 0.11%
Brieflands
16 citations, 0.11%
AME Publishing Company
15 citations, 0.1%
Hans Publishers
15 citations, 0.1%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
14 citations, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
14 citations, 0.1%
American Academy of Pediatrics
13 citations, 0.09%
Korean Society of Nursing Science
13 citations, 0.09%
Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
13 citations, 0.09%
Medknow
13 citations, 0.09%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
12 citations, 0.08%
Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
12 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
11 citations, 0.08%
Joint Commission Resources Inc.
11 citations, 0.08%
Society of Hospital Medicine
11 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
11 citations, 0.08%
IOS Press
10 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
10 citations, 0.07%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
10 citations, 0.07%
Kowsar Medical Publishing Company
10 citations, 0.07%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
10 citations, 0.07%
9 citations, 0.06%
S. Karger AG
9 citations, 0.06%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
9 citations, 0.06%
F1000 Research
9 citations, 0.06%
8 citations, 0.06%
8 citations, 0.06%
Tissue Viability Society
8 citations, 0.06%
American Thoracic Society
8 citations, 0.06%
CSIRO Publishing
8 citations, 0.06%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
8 citations, 0.06%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
7 citations, 0.05%
Mallet Conseil
7 citations, 0.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
7 citations, 0.05%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
7 citations, 0.05%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
6 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
6 citations, 0.04%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
6 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.04%
PAGEPress Publications
6 citations, 0.04%
British Psychological Society
6 citations, 0.04%
Taiwan Nurses Association
5 citations, 0.03%
Societe Francaise de Sante Publique
5 citations, 0.03%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
5 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Human Kinetics
5 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.03%
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
4 citations, 0.03%
American Diabetes Association
4 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
4 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.03%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
4 citations, 0.03%
Association for Perioperative Practice
4 citations, 0.03%
Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention
4 citations, 0.03%
Society for Translational Oncology
4 citations, 0.03%
American Public Health Association
4 citations, 0.03%
Maad Rayan Publishing Company
4 citations, 0.03%
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
4 citations, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
Universidade Federal do Parana
3 citations, 0.02%
Spandidos Publications
3 citations, 0.02%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
3 citations, 0.02%
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)
3 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society of Adult Nursing
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
3 citations, 0.02%
American Veterinary Medical Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Dietitians of Canada
3 citations, 0.02%
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Publishing organizations

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
104 publications, 2.73%
Indiana University Bloomington
73 publications, 1.92%
University of Texas at Austin
42 publications, 1.1%
Cleveland Clinic
32 publications, 0.84%
Indiana University Indianapolis
28 publications, 0.74%
Boston College
27 publications, 0.71%
University of California, San Francisco
19 publications, 0.5%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
18 publications, 0.47%
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
17 publications, 0.45%
Yale University
16 publications, 0.42%
Pennsylvania State University
16 publications, 0.42%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
15 publications, 0.39%
University of Washington
12 publications, 0.32%
University of Colorado Denver
12 publications, 0.32%
Massachusetts General Hospital
11 publications, 0.29%
Mayo Clinic
11 publications, 0.29%
Wilfrid Laurier University
11 publications, 0.29%
Houston Methodist Hospital
10 publications, 0.26%
Indiana University Health
10 publications, 0.26%
Purdue University Northwest
9 publications, 0.24%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
9 publications, 0.24%
La Salle University
9 publications, 0.24%
Wright State University
7 publications, 0.18%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
7 publications, 0.18%
University of Colorado Boulder
7 publications, 0.18%
University of Missouri
7 publications, 0.18%
University of Pittsburgh
7 publications, 0.18%
Johns Hopkins University
6 publications, 0.16%
Stanford University
6 publications, 0.16%
University of Akron
6 publications, 0.16%
Ege University
5 publications, 0.13%
University of Turku
5 publications, 0.13%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5 publications, 0.13%
San Diego State University
5 publications, 0.13%
Wayne State University
5 publications, 0.13%
University of Michigan
5 publications, 0.13%
Purdue University
5 publications, 0.13%
Texas Woman's University
5 publications, 0.13%
Kent State University
5 publications, 0.13%
College of Staten Island
5 publications, 0.13%
Clemson University
4 publications, 0.11%
Catholic University of America
4 publications, 0.11%
Oregon Health & Science University
4 publications, 0.11%
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Central Florida
4 publications, 0.11%
Grand Valley State University
4 publications, 0.11%
Marquette University
4 publications, 0.11%
McMaster University
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.11%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 publications, 0.11%
Arkansas State University
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.11%
Louisiana State University
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Nebraska Medical Center
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Dayton
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
4 publications, 0.11%
University of Technology Sydney
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.08%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.08%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.08%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.08%
Ohio State University
3 publications, 0.08%
Yale New Haven Hospital
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.08%
Rush University
3 publications, 0.08%
Winona State University
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Cincinnati
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
3 publications, 0.08%
University of South Alabama
3 publications, 0.08%
Texas Christian University
3 publications, 0.08%
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
3 publications, 0.08%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
3 publications, 0.08%
Canterbury Christ Church University
3 publications, 0.08%
New Mexico State University
3 publications, 0.08%
California State University, Dominguez Hills
3 publications, 0.08%
Ataturk University
2 publications, 0.05%
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
2 publications, 0.05%
Pamukkale University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 0.05%
Sun Yat-sen University
2 publications, 0.05%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.05%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0.05%
Washington State University
2 publications, 0.05%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2 publications, 0.05%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2 publications, 0.05%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.05%
Duke University Hospital
2 publications, 0.05%
Gonzaga University
2 publications, 0.05%
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
2 publications, 0.05%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2 publications, 0.05%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2 publications, 0.05%
UCLA Health
2 publications, 0.05%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 0.05%
Vanderbilt University
2 publications, 0.05%
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Cleveland Clinic
7 publications, 1.66%
Indiana University Bloomington
7 publications, 1.66%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
7 publications, 1.66%
Grand Valley State University
3 publications, 0.71%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
3 publications, 0.71%
Sun Yat-sen University
2 publications, 0.47%
University of California, San Francisco
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Michigan–Flint
2 publications, 0.47%
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Colorado Health
2 publications, 0.47%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 0.47%
Ataturk University
1 publication, 0.24%
Dokuz Eylül University
1 publication, 0.24%
Izmir Katip Celebi University
1 publication, 0.24%
Southern Medical University
1 publication, 0.24%
Auburn University
1 publication, 0.24%
Duke University Hospital
1 publication, 0.24%
Duke University Health System
1 publication, 0.24%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.24%
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
UCLA Health
1 publication, 0.24%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.24%
Rush University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Chicago Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.24%
People's Liberation Army General Hospital and Medical School (301 Hospital)
1 publication, 0.24%
Emory University Hospital
1 publication, 0.24%
Emory Healthcare
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Mayo Clinic Health System
1 publication, 0.24%
Mayo Clinic
1 publication, 0.24%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of North Carolina Health Care
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Colorado Denver
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.24%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1 publication, 0.24%
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1 publication, 0.24%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Universidad de Chile
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Missouri
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Akron
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1 publication, 0.24%
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Publishing countries

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USA, 1139, 29.95%
USA
1139 publications, 29.95%
Canada, 44, 1.16%
Canada
44 publications, 1.16%
Australia, 26, 0.68%
Australia
26 publications, 0.68%
Turkey, 16, 0.42%
Turkey
16 publications, 0.42%
United Kingdom, 13, 0.34%
United Kingdom
13 publications, 0.34%
China, 11, 0.29%
China
11 publications, 0.29%
Finland, 5, 0.13%
Finland
5 publications, 0.13%
Portugal, 3, 0.08%
Portugal
3 publications, 0.08%
Ireland, 3, 0.08%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.08%
Netherlands, 3, 0.08%
Netherlands
3 publications, 0.08%
Belgium, 2, 0.05%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.05%
Iraq, 2, 0.05%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.05%
Iran, 2, 0.05%
Iran
2 publications, 0.05%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.05%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.05%
Sweden, 2, 0.05%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.05%
Denmark, 1, 0.03%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.03%
Israel, 1, 0.03%
Israel
1 publication, 0.03%
Spain, 1, 0.03%
Spain
1 publication, 0.03%
Cameroon, 1, 0.03%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.03%
Malaysia, 1, 0.03%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.03%
Mexico, 1, 0.03%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.03%
Oman, 1, 0.03%
Oman
1 publication, 0.03%
Pakistan, 1, 0.03%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.03%
Poland, 1, 0.03%
Poland
1 publication, 0.03%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.03%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.03%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.03%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.03%
Singapore, 1, 0.03%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.03%
Chile, 1, 0.03%
Chile
1 publication, 0.03%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 80, 18.96%
USA
80 publications, 18.96%
China, 2, 0.47%
China
2 publications, 0.47%
Australia, 1, 0.24%
Australia
1 publication, 0.24%
Canada, 1, 0.24%
Canada
1 publication, 0.24%
Turkey, 1, 0.24%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.24%
Chile, 1, 0.24%
Chile
1 publication, 0.24%
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