Abbreviated title (ISO 4) J. Fam. Nurs. Language English Publication history 1995-present | Discipline Health Sciences Edited by Janice M. Bell | |
Publisher SAGE Publications (United Kingdom) | ||
Journal of Family Nursing is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Nursing. The journal's editor is Janice M. Bell, RN, Ph (University of Calgary). It has been in publication since 1995 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
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Scope
Journal of Family Nursing (JFN) publishes papers on nursing research, practice, education, and policy issues, as well as empirical and theoretical analyses on the subject of family health. The journal is international and interdisciplinary and offers collaborative perspectives which aim to examine cultural diversity and families across the life cycle.
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Family Nursing is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 1.568, ranking it 22 out of 107 journals in the Social Sciences category ‘Nursing’., 15 out of 39 journals in the Social Sciences category ‘Family Studies’. and 22 out of 107 journals in the Sciences category ‘Nursing’.