Nursing Journal Contents

Last update: October 2010,
by Maureen Bell

Below is a list of journals of interest for nursing. The journals listed are not necessarily held by the Library, but I have compiled the list to allow browsing of contents and abstracts of a wide range of titles. Electronic access to the full text of many journals is available to Library members through our e-Journals A-Z.

Click here to see a list of our nursing journals available online.

To check which journals are indexed in Medline, use the PubMed aphabetical list of journals
If you just want to check on a single title it's much easier to use the PubMed Journals Database
To see which journals are indexed in SCOPUS, (our largest database) use the Scopus list of sources.

If there is a particular journal you want to check to see which databases index its contents, use Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.

On this page you'll also find sites which list free medical online journals, information on Journal Impact Factors, H-Index, or Hirsch numbers, and some subject bibliographies using PubMed.

You may find additional titles of interest in my public health journals list, or my mental health journals list.

Journal Title Abbreviations

Alphabetical List of Journals

A

AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

AAOHN Journal: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

ABNF journal : official journal of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc.
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Accident & Emergency Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Advance for Nurse Practitioners
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Advances in Nursing Science
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Advances in Skin & Wound Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Alabama Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Alberta RN
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

American Journal of Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

American Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Annual Review of Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

ANS Advances in Nursing Science
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

AORN Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Applied Nursing Research: ANR
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
(BrowseMedline for contents and abstracts)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing (Later title International Journal of Mental Health Nursing)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education (Publisher's site)

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Australian Nursing Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

AWHONN Lifelines
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

B

Biological Research for Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

BMC Nursing
(Free full text from PubMed Central)

BMJ (Publisher's site) (Free full text)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

British Journal of Community Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

British Journal of Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

British Journal of Theatre Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

C

Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Journal of Nursing Administration (Later title Canadian Journal of Nursing and Leadership)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership (Previously Canadian Journal of Nursing Administration)
(Browse medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (CJNR)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Canadian Operating Room Nursing Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Cancer Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Clinical Nurse Specialist
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Clinical Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Publisher's site) (Free full text)
(Free full text from PuMed Central)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts) (Staff and students of the University also have access to the full Cochrane Library)

Colorado Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Communicating Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Computers in Nursing (Later title Computers, Informatics, Nursing: CIN)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Computers, Informatics, Nursing: CIN (Previously Computers in Nursing)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Contemporary Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Creative Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Critical Care Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

D

Dermatology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

E

Emergency Nurse : the Journal of the RCN Accident and Emergency Nursing Association.
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

European Journal of Oncology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Evidence-Based Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts

F

Florida Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

G

Gastroenterology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Geriatric
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

H

Heart & Lung: the Journal of Acute and Critical Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Holistic Nursing Practice
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Home Healthcare Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Hu li za zhi The Journal of Nursing
(Browse Medline forcontents and abstracts)

I

Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Intensive & Critical Care Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (Previous title Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Nursing Practice
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Nursing Studies
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Palliative Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Qualitative Methods - An Electronic Journal (Publisher's site)(Free full text)

International Journal of Trauma Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

International Nursing Review
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice (Publisher's site) (Free full text)

Internurse (Publisher's site) (Free full text)

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Issues in Mental Health Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

J

JANAC: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation
(Browse Medline for comntents and abstracts)

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development
(Browse Medline for contents and abtsracts)

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing: JSPN
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (Later title Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (Previously Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Christian Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Clinical Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Community Health Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Community Nursing (JCN) (Full text available free online)

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Emergency Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Gerontological Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Holistic Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Infusion nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Care Quality
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Education
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Management
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Measurement
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Research: JNR
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Nursing Scholarship
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Pediatric Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Practical Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Professional Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of School Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Transcultural Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Vascular Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (WOCN)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

K

Kansas Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Kentucky Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

L

Lancet
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Lippincott's Case Management (Continues Nursing Case Management)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

M

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Medical Journal of Australia (Publisher's site) (Free full text)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Medsurg Nursing Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Michigan Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Midwifery
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Midwifery Today Magazine with International Midwife
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Minority Nurse Newsletter
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

N

Nebraska Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nephrology Nursing Journal
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

New England Journal of Medicine
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

New Jersey Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nuritinga: an electronic journal of nursing (Full text in-house electronic journal of nursing, run from the Tasmanian School of Nursing.)

Nurse Education Today
(BrowseMedline for contents and abstracts)

Nurse Educator
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nurse Practitioner
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nurse Researcher
(Browse Medline for contents and absttracts)

Nursing( (year) (Each year the date is part of the title)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Administration Quarterly
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing & Health Sciences
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing BC
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Case Management ( Continued by Lippincott's Case Management)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Clinics of North America
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Economics
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Education Perspectives
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Ethics
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Forum
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing History Review
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing in Critical Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Inquiry
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Journal of India
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Law's Regan Report (Previously Regan Report on Nursing Law)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Leadership Forum
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Management (United States)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Management (Harrow, London, England)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Older People
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Outlook
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Philosophy
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Science Quarterly
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Standard Online (Provides a selection of articles and abstracts from the current week's issue of Nursing Standard. There is also an archive of articles available free of charge, but registration is required.)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Nursing Times
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

O

Oncology Nursing Forum
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Oklahoma Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (Publisher's site) (Free full text)
(Browse Medline for Contents and abstracts)

On-line Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care (Publisher's site) (Free full text)

ONS News / Oncological Nursing Society
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

The Open Nursing Journal
(Free full text from PubMed Central)

Oregon Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

ORL - Head and Neck Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Orthopedic Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Outcomes Management (Previously Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice (Continued by Outcomes Management)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

P

Pain Management Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Pediatric Nursing (US)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Pennsylvania Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Perspectives (Gerontological Nursing Association (Canada))
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Plastic Surgical Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Professional Nurse (London, England)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Public Health Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Q

The Qualitative Report (An online journal of qualitative research.) (Publisher's site)

Queensland Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

R

Reflections on Nursing Leadership / Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing.
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Regan Report on Nursing Law (Later title Nursing Law's Regan Report)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Rehabilitation Nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice (Continued by Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Research in Nursing & Health
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

RN
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

S

Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice (Later title Research and Theory for Nursing Practice)
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

School Nurse News
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

SCI nursing : a publication of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

T

Tar Heel Nurse
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Tennessee Nurse / Tennessee Nurses Association
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Texas Nursing
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

U

W

Western Journal of Nursing Research
(Browse Medline for contents and abstracts)

Free Journals Online

PubMed has a digital archive of selected life science journals at PubMedCentral.

Other useful lists are
The Free Medical Journals Site
HighWire Press -- Free Online Full-text Articles

A number of journals have free collections of articles grouped by topics
bmj.com Topic collections
cmaj.ca -- Collections
eMJA: Topic Lists

H-Index, or Hirsch Numbers

The H-index, sometimes called the Hirsch Index or Hirsch number, is based on the distribution of citations received by a given researcher's publications. The index was originally proposed by Jorge Hirsch in 2005.

H Index – A New Measure to quantify the Research Output of Individual Scientists (Lutz Bornmann)

h-index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Journal Impact Factors

The journal impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor will help you evaluate a journal’s relative importance, especially when you compare it to others in the same field.

eigenfactor.org - ranking and mapping scientific journals
The Eigenfactor is an alternative or supplement to the impact factor.

Impact factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Thomson Reuters Impact Factor
This essay was originally published in the Current Contents print editions June 20, 1994, when Thomson Scientific was known as The Institute for Scientific Information. It includes details on how to calculate an impact factor.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) allows you to check impact factors of journals in your field.
Access restricted to students and staff of the University

Subject Bibliographies

I've used Medline/PubMed to generate these subject bibliographies, in order to give you an idea of the vast array of material available through this database.

They are not highly refined searches and are not intended as any sort of authoritative statement on what is available. Rather they are intended to give you a general overview of the area, which you can explore at greater depth by constructing your own more tailored searches.

They are updated automatically as new data is loaded into the Medline database, and all items listed have a "Related Citations" link.

PubMed - Clinical Nursing Research

PubMed - Community Health Nursing

PubMed - Evidence-based Nursing

PubMed - Holistic Nursing

PubMed - Nursing Audit

PubMed - Nursing Methodology Research

PubMed - Oncologic Nursing

PubMed - Private Practice Nursing

PubMed - Nursing Theories and Models