| Discipline | Nursing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Päivi Åstedt-Kurki & Marja Kaunonen |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1987-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.438 (2016) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Scand. J. Caring Sci. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | SJSCEN |
| ISSN | 0283-9318 (print) 1471-6712 (web) |
| LCCN | 2001242201 |
| 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Nursing (Social Science)". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.