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MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

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ISSN: 0361929X, 15390683

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
2.2
SJR
0.441
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Maternity and Midwifery
Pharmacology (nursing)
Areas
Nursing
Years of issue
1976-2025
journal names
MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
MCN-AM J MATERN-CHIL
Publications
5 667
Citations
18 622
h-index
47
Publications
534
Citations
6 915
Top-3 organizations
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (112 publications)
New York University
New York University (51 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1491 publications)
Canada (21 publications)
United Kingdom (6 publications)
USA (39 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
722 citations, 3.88%
JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
606 citations, 3.25%
Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
277 citations, 1.49%
Midwifery
265 citations, 1.42%
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
254 citations, 1.36%
Nursing for Women's Health
218 citations, 1.17%
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
203 citations, 1.09%
Advances in Neonatal Care
202 citations, 1.08%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
178 citations, 0.96%
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
167 citations, 0.9%
Journal of Human Lactation
155 citations, 0.83%
Journal of Clinical Nursing
149 citations, 0.8%
Birth
147 citations, 0.79%
Pediatrics
147 citations, 0.79%
Breastfeeding Medicine
133 citations, 0.71%
Maternal and Child Health Journal
127 citations, 0.68%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
124 citations, 0.67%
PLoS ONE
119 citations, 0.64%
Journal of Neonatal Nursing
111 citations, 0.6%
Western Journal of Nursing Research
105 citations, 0.56%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
104 citations, 0.56%
Health Care for Women International
102 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
95 citations, 0.51%
Research in Nursing and Health
92 citations, 0.49%
Women and Birth
87 citations, 0.47%
Neonatal network : NN
86 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
80 citations, 0.43%
British Journal of Midwifery
79 citations, 0.42%
International Journal of Nursing Studies
79 citations, 0.42%
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
77 citations, 0.41%
BMC Public Health
76 citations, 0.41%
Public Health Nursing
74 citations, 0.4%
The Journal of Perinatal Education
74 citations, 0.4%
Nutrients
70 citations, 0.38%
BMJ Open
68 citations, 0.37%
Maternal and Child Nutrition
68 citations, 0.37%
International Breastfeeding Journal
66 citations, 0.35%
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
65 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
64 citations, 0.34%
Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
64 citations, 0.34%
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
63 citations, 0.34%
Archives of Women's Mental Health
63 citations, 0.34%
Nursing Clinics of North America
62 citations, 0.33%
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
61 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Perinatology
60 citations, 0.32%
Children
60 citations, 0.32%
Obstetrics and Gynecology
56 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Women's Health
54 citations, 0.29%
Qualitative Health Research
53 citations, 0.28%
Cureus
53 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Pediatrics
52 citations, 0.28%
American Journal of Perinatology
48 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
48 citations, 0.26%
Children's Health Care
46 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Family Nursing
45 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
44 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Child Health Care
43 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Public Health
42 citations, 0.23%
Nurse Education Today
41 citations, 0.22%
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
40 citations, 0.21%
Clinics in Perinatology
39 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Nursing Education
38 citations, 0.2%
Advances in Nursing Science
37 citations, 0.2%
Clinical Nursing Research
37 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
37 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Psychology
36 citations, 0.19%
Social Science and Medicine
36 citations, 0.19%
BMC Pediatrics
35 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Pediatrics
35 citations, 0.19%
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
35 citations, 0.19%
Reproductive Health
34 citations, 0.18%
BMC Health Services Research
34 citations, 0.18%
Scientific Reports
34 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Affective Disorders
34 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
33 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
32 citations, 0.17%
Infant Mental Health Journal
32 citations, 0.17%
Seminars in Perinatology
32 citations, 0.17%
Applied Nursing Research
31 citations, 0.17%
Women's Health
31 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
31 citations, 0.17%
Early Human Development
31 citations, 0.17%
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
30 citations, 0.16%
Patient Education and Counseling
30 citations, 0.16%
Nursing and Health Sciences
30 citations, 0.16%
AORN Journal
29 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
28 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
28 citations, 0.15%
Biological Research for Nursing
28 citations, 0.15%
Pain Management Nursing
28 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
28 citations, 0.15%
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
28 citations, 0.15%
Women's Health Issues
27 citations, 0.14%
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
27 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
27 citations, 0.14%
Death Studies
27 citations, 0.14%
Nursing Forum
27 citations, 0.14%
BMC Nursing
27 citations, 0.14%
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
27 citations, 0.14%
Healthcare
26 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
4033 citations, 21.66%
Wiley
2487 citations, 13.36%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1977 citations, 10.62%
Springer Nature
1931 citations, 10.37%
SAGE
1444 citations, 7.75%
Taylor & Francis
1342 citations, 7.21%
MDPI
499 citations, 2.68%
Frontiers Media S.A.
290 citations, 1.56%
Mary Ann Liebert
275 citations, 1.48%
Springer Publishing Company
220 citations, 1.18%
American Academy of Pediatrics
191 citations, 1.03%
BMJ
187 citations, 1%
Cambridge University Press
167 citations, 0.9%
Mark Allen Group
157 citations, 0.84%
Oxford University Press
150 citations, 0.81%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
147 citations, 0.79%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
122 citations, 0.66%
JMIR Publications
115 citations, 0.62%
SLACK
115 citations, 0.62%
SciELO
111 citations, 0.6%
American Psychological Association (APA)
80 citations, 0.43%
Hindawi Limited
78 citations, 0.42%
Emerald
61 citations, 0.33%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
49 citations, 0.26%
Walter de Gruyter
48 citations, 0.26%
AACN Publishing
32 citations, 0.17%
IGI Global
29 citations, 0.16%
Korean Society of Women Health Nursing
26 citations, 0.14%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
25 citations, 0.13%
American Medical Association (AMA)
25 citations, 0.13%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
24 citations, 0.13%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
23 citations, 0.12%
S. Karger AG
23 citations, 0.12%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
22 citations, 0.12%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
22 citations, 0.12%
Scientific Research Publishing
20 citations, 0.11%
American Public Health Association
19 citations, 0.1%
Joint Commission Resources Inc.
19 citations, 0.1%
Japan Academy of Midwifery
19 citations, 0.1%
AME Publishing Company
17 citations, 0.09%
Consortium Erudit
16 citations, 0.09%
American Society for Nutrition
15 citations, 0.08%
Associacao Brasileira de Enfermagem
14 citations, 0.08%
14 citations, 0.08%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
14 citations, 0.08%
Brieflands
14 citations, 0.08%
F1000 Research
14 citations, 0.08%
Medknow
13 citations, 0.07%
CAIRN
13 citations, 0.07%
IntechOpen
13 citations, 0.07%
IOS Press
12 citations, 0.06%
Oncology Nursing Society
12 citations, 0.06%
CMA Impact Inc.
11 citations, 0.06%
IMR Press
10 citations, 0.05%
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
10 citations, 0.05%
Media Sphere Publishing House
10 citations, 0.05%
University of Chicago Press
9 citations, 0.05%
Mallet Conseil
9 citations, 0.05%
Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
9 citations, 0.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
9 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
9 citations, 0.05%
Remedium, Ltd.
8 citations, 0.04%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
7 citations, 0.04%
American Physiological Society
7 citations, 0.04%
Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing
7 citations, 0.04%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
7 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
7 citations, 0.04%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
7 citations, 0.04%
Guilford Publications
7 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
6 citations, 0.03%
American Society for Microbiology
6 citations, 0.03%
Korean Society of Nursing Science
6 citations, 0.03%
University Pub. Group
6 citations, 0.03%
Canadian Science Publishing
6 citations, 0.03%
A and V Publications
6 citations, 0.03%
DoNotEdit
6 citations, 0.03%
XMLink
6 citations, 0.03%
Apex Publishing
6 citations, 0.03%
Duke University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
5 citations, 0.03%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
5 citations, 0.03%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.03%
American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
5 citations, 0.03%
American Thoracic Society
5 citations, 0.03%
National Association of Social Workers Press
5 citations, 0.03%
OpenEdition
5 citations, 0.03%
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
5 citations, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
5 citations, 0.03%
RCNi
5 citations, 0.03%
AOSIS
5 citations, 0.03%
European Publishing
5 citations, 0.03%
Hacettepe Universitesi Hemsirelik Fakultesi Dergisi
5 citations, 0.03%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
4 citations, 0.02%
American Diabetes Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Lavoisier
4 citations, 0.02%
National Medical Association
4 citations, 0.02%
American College of Physicians
4 citations, 0.02%
Massachusetts Medical Society
4 citations, 0.02%
American Dental Education Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Medicine Publishing
4 citations, 0.02%
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Publishing organizations

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Brigham Young University
112 publications, 1.98%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
61 publications, 1.08%
New York University
51 publications, 0.9%
University of Iowa
50 publications, 0.88%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
46 publications, 0.81%
Villanova University
32 publications, 0.56%
University of Pennsylvania
29 publications, 0.51%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
27 publications, 0.48%
University of Connecticut
19 publications, 0.34%
Case Western Reserve University
17 publications, 0.3%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
13 publications, 0.23%
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
12 publications, 0.21%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12 publications, 0.21%
University of Illinois at Chicago
11 publications, 0.19%
Western Michigan University
11 publications, 0.19%
Saint Louis University
11 publications, 0.19%
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
10 publications, 0.18%
University of Washington
9 publications, 0.16%
University of Louisville
9 publications, 0.16%
Drexel University
8 publications, 0.14%
Ohio State University
8 publications, 0.14%
University of Central Florida
8 publications, 0.14%
Wayne State University
8 publications, 0.14%
Boston College
8 publications, 0.14%
Virginia Commonwealth University
8 publications, 0.14%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
8 publications, 0.14%
Michigan State University
7 publications, 0.12%
Columbia University
7 publications, 0.12%
Boston Children's Hospital
7 publications, 0.12%
Rush University
7 publications, 0.12%
University of Delaware
7 publications, 0.12%
Duke University
6 publications, 0.11%
Massachusetts General Hospital
6 publications, 0.11%
University of Texas at Austin
6 publications, 0.11%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
6 publications, 0.11%
Marquette University
6 publications, 0.11%
University of Minnesota
6 publications, 0.11%
Wake Forest University
6 publications, 0.11%
University of Tennessee
6 publications, 0.11%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.09%
Johns Hopkins University
5 publications, 0.09%
Oregon Health & Science University
5 publications, 0.09%
Vanderbilt University
5 publications, 0.09%
Oakland University
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Kentucky
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Rochester
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Colorado Denver
5 publications, 0.09%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Texas Medical Branch
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
5 publications, 0.09%
Texas Woman's University
5 publications, 0.09%
University of Nebraska Medical Center
5 publications, 0.09%
University of New Mexico
5 publications, 0.09%
Arizona State University
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Arizona
4 publications, 0.07%
Purdue University
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
4 publications, 0.07%
East Carolina University
4 publications, 0.07%
Mayo Clinic
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Texas at Arlington
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
4 publications, 0.07%
Creighton University
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Missouri
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Massachusetts Lowell
4 publications, 0.07%
Medical University of South Carolina
4 publications, 0.07%
University of Pittsburgh
4 publications, 0.07%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
3 publications, 0.05%
West Virginia University
3 publications, 0.05%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
3 publications, 0.05%
Yale New Haven Hospital
3 publications, 0.05%
University of California, San Francisco
3 publications, 0.05%
Loyola University Chicago
3 publications, 0.05%
Governors State University
3 publications, 0.05%
Georgia State University
3 publications, 0.05%
Emory University
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Manitoba
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Florida
3 publications, 0.05%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Alabama
3 publications, 0.05%
Texas Christian University
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Connecticut Health
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
3 publications, 0.05%
University of Oklahoma
3 publications, 0.05%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.05%
California State University, Chico
3 publications, 0.05%
Istanbul University
2 publications, 0.04%
Durham University
2 publications, 0.04%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.04%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.04%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.04%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.04%
Seattle University
2 publications, 0.04%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.04%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.04%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Brigham Young University
10 publications, 1.87%
University of Pennsylvania
5 publications, 0.94%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5 publications, 0.94%
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
4 publications, 0.75%
Massachusetts General Hospital
2 publications, 0.37%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
2 publications, 0.37%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.19%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.19%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Louisville
1 publication, 0.19%
Winston-Salem State University
1 publication, 0.19%
Cleveland Clinic
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Connecticut
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Massachusetts Lowell
1 publication, 0.19%
Medical University of South Carolina
1 publication, 0.19%
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USA, 1491, 26.31%
USA
1491 publications, 26.31%
Canada, 21, 0.37%
Canada
21 publications, 0.37%
United Kingdom, 6, 0.11%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 0.11%
China, 4, 0.07%
China
4 publications, 0.07%
Australia, 3, 0.05%
Australia
3 publications, 0.05%
Jordan, 2, 0.04%
Jordan
2 publications, 0.04%
Turkey, 2, 0.04%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.04%
Egypt, 1, 0.02%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.02%
Ireland, 1, 0.02%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.02%
Spain, 1, 0.02%
Spain
1 publication, 0.02%
Netherlands, 1, 0.02%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.02%
New Zealand, 1, 0.02%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.02%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.02%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.02%
Thailand, 1, 0.02%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.02%
Philippines, 1, 0.02%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.02%
Finland, 1, 0.02%
Finland
1 publication, 0.02%
South Africa, 1, 0.02%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.02%
Japan, 1, 0.02%
Japan
1 publication, 0.02%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 39, 7.3%
USA
39 publications, 7.3%
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