Contemporary Nurse
Last updated ISSN 1037-6178
Contemporary Nurse is published by Taylor & Francis in nursing. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Contemporary Nurse concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Nursing education and management
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1037-6178, 1839-3535 |
| Subject area | Nursing |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,470 |
| Publishing since | 1987 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcnj20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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