International Journal of Nursing Studies

International Journal of Nursing Studies is a monthly journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1963 and covering nursing, midwifery and health services research, indexed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 8.7International Journal of Nursing Studies 是由 Elsevier 出版的月刊，1963 年创刊，涵盖护理、助产与卫生服务研究，被 MEDLINE、科学引文索引扩展版、社会科学引文索引与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 8.7。

Scope

• The delivery and organization of health services by nursing, midwifery and allied health professions护理、助产与相关卫生专业所提供的服务及其组织方式。
• Health management and the health workforce卫生管理与卫生人力。
• Health policy and evidence-based practice卫生政策与循证实践。
• Research methodology and the development of measurement and analytical techniques研究方法学，以及测量与分析技术的发展。
• Rigorous evaluation of complex health interventions and policies对复杂卫生干预与政策的严格评估。

History

• The journal was founded in 1963 by Pergamon Press as a quarterly该刊 1963 年由 Pergamon Press 创办，初为季刊。
• Its first editor was Elsie Stevenson of the University of Edinburgh首任主编为爱丁堡大学的 Elsie Stevenson。
• It was later absorbed into Elsevier and now appears monthly其后并入 Elsevier，现为月刊。
• Its impact factor rose from about 3.7 in 2017 to 8.7 in 2025其影响因子由 2017 年的约 3.7 升至 2025 年的 8.7。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Peter Griffiths of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom现任主编为英国南安普敦大学的 Peter Griffiths。
• The deputy editor is Chiara Dall'Ora of the same university, and the executive editor is Ian Norman of King's College London副编辑为同校的 Chiara Dall'Ora，执行编辑为伦敦国王学院的 Ian Norman。
• The editorial board numbers about fifty members drawn from seventeen countries编委会约有 50 位成员，来自 17 个国家。
• The journal is hybrid open access with an article processing charge of about 5840 US dollars该刊为混合开放获取，版面费约 5840 美元。