Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY

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 1.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 86/192 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY 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 1.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 86 out of 192 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 1,401 total citations, 64 total articles, 66 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.700, which is equal to 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 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.830.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1057-3631 and electronic ISSN 1550-5065. 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 nameJOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY
Abbreviated journalJ NURS CARE QUAL
PublisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,720
ISSN1057-3631
eISSN1550-5065
Total cites1,401
Total articles64
Citable items66
Cited half-life7.2 years
Citing half-life5.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.700
5-Year Impact Factor1.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.830
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank86/192
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY is 1.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY?

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY?

JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY 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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