Journal of Forensic Nursing
Last updated ISSN 1556-3693
Journal of Forensic Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Forensic Nursing concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Sex work and related issues
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
Key facts
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1556-3693, 1939-3938 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| 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 | 1,096 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | journals.lww.com/forensicnursing/pages/default.aspx |
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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