Journal of Research in Nursing is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 that publishes papers six times a year in the field of Nursing

Nursing

Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....

. The journal's editors are Dr Ann McMahon and Professor Julienne Meyer (City University

City University

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). It has been in publication since 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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Scope

Journal of Research in Nursing aims to bring together research and current policy. The journal publishes papers on a variety of topics in relation to health care. Journal of Research in Nursing aims to highlight key issues in particular areas using papers written by experts in specific fields.

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Research in Nursing is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• British Nursing Index
• Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts
• Periodical Abstracts
• Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
• MasterFILE Premier