Journal metric profile

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 0.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 150/192 Recorded category rank

Clinical Nurse Specialist JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Clinical Nurse Specialist is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 150 out of 192 journals in its listed category. A Q4 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 783 total citations, 47 total articles, 47 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.500, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 0.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.420.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Clinical Nurse Specialist is identified in this record by print ISSN 0887-6274 and electronic ISSN 1538-9782. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameClinical Nurse Specialist
Abbreviated journalCLIN NURSE SPEC
PublisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Metric year2025
Overall rank14,036
ISSN0887-6274
eISSN1538-9782
Total cites783
Total articles47
Citable items47
Cited half-life8.5 years
Citing half-life6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.900
5-Year Impact Factor1.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.420
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank150/192
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Clinical Nurse Specialist?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Clinical Nurse Specialist is 0.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Clinical Nurse Specialist?

Clinical Nurse Specialist is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Clinical Nurse Specialist?

Clinical Nurse Specialist is listed as being published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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