Research and theory for nursing practice
Last updated ISSN 0889-7182
Research and theory for nursing practice is published by Springer Science+Business Media in nursing. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Research and theory for nursing practice concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Nursing education and management
- Ethics in medical practice
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0889-7182, 1541-6577, 1945-7286, 2377-6501 |
| 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 | 1,244 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
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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