Home to world leading nursing journal
The International Journal of Nursing Studies (IJNS), whose editorial office is based in the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London, has been ranked as the top academic nursing journal in the world, according to the Thomson-Reuters Impact Factors for 2010, released today (Wednesday 29 June 2011).
The IJNS has been closely associated with the School for a number of years. In 2005 Professor Ian Norman, Associate Dean (Staff Development) at the School, was appointed Editor-in-Chief and under his leadership the IJNS has risen from a middle ranking position in the impact factor list to being listed amongst the top three nursing journals in the world for the past three years. Its consistent position in the top group has consolidated its reputation as the most influential academic nursing journal in the world. However, this is the first year that it has been in the top spot. This is a substantial achievement, particularly since traditionally North American journals have been dominant in academic nursing.
The Thomson-Reuters Impact Factors report 2010 includes more than 10,000 of the world's most highly cited, peer reviewed journals in 238 disciplines from 84 countries, including over 1,300 regional journals.
Professor Norman commented: ‘I have been fortunate to attract an excellent people to work with me on the IJNS both at King’s and across the globe and today’s achievement is very much a team effort. I am particularly grateful to Stephanie Waller, who runs the journal’s editorial office here at King’s, and also to my colleague and collaborator Professor Peter Griffiths, the Executive Editor, who has moved recently from King’s to the University of Southampton. Today’s result is good news for the IJNS but I think it is also good news for nursing and midwifery as academic and practice disciplines. Over recent years there has been an overall rise in the impact factors of journals in the nursing list, which suggests that the papers that are being published in these journals are increasingly relevant to these disciplines and to the health professions generally.’
Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Head of School, and Professor Alison While, Associate Dean (Education & External Affairs), also from the School, are members of the IJNS Editorial Board.