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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

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Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
DisciplineNursing
LanguageEnglish
Edited byPäivi Åstedt-Kurki & Marja Kaunonen
Publication details
History1987-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.438 (2016)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Scand. J. Caring Sci.
Indexing
CODENSJSCEN
ISSN0283-9318 (print)
1471-6712 (web)
LCCN2001242201
OCLC no.909877561
Links

The Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering nursing, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy. Established in 1987, it was the first journal covering these topics to be established in the Nordic countries.[1] It is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Nordic College of Caring Science, of which it is the official journal. The editors-in-chief are Päivi Åstedt-Kurki and Marja Kaunonen (University of Tampere). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.438, ranking it 30th out of 114 journals in the category "Nursing (Social Science)".[2]

References

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  1. ^ Segesten, K. (1993). "Articles published in Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences between 1987 and 1991". Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 7 (4): 195–199. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6712.1993.tb00202.x. ISSN 0283-9318. PMID 8108623.
  2. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Nursing (Social Science)". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
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