About the journal
Clinical Nurse Specialist is a journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- ISSN
- 0887-6274 · 1538-9782
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- http://journals.lww.com/cns-journal/pages/default.aspx
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1987-01-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 38 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=60)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
3950
Last recorded publication year
2025
h-index
60
i10-index
613
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Editorial & policy4
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 80%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 31%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- CNSClin Nurse Spec
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 8709115
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Subject areas
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Nursing education and management
- Nursing education and management
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences Research and Education
Show all subjects (50)
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Ethics in medical practice
- Ethics in medical practice
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Disaster Response and Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
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