Frontiers of Nursing is a nursing academic journal, CN 14-1395/R, ISSN 2097-5368. Size A4,quarterly publication, color printing, public offerings at home and abroad which is managedby the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, sponsored by Shanxi Nursing Associationand Shanxi Medical Periodical Press Co., Ltd. Frontiers of Nursing has been indexed by databasesincluding Scopus, Google Scholar, DOAJ, Baidu Scholar, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, Chaoxing, and so on.
Frontiers of Nursing is an important platform of nursing academic exchange. The missionis to carry out related guidelines, policies and regulations of journals publication, topublish academic papers, review articles of nursing domain experts and practitioners,to reflect nursing academic trends, scientific research and clinical practice experience fromdomestic and overseas nurses, and to promote the development of nursing science and theinternational influence of nursing research.
This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions will be initiallyassessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then sentto a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of thepaper. The editorial board is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance orrejection of articles. The editorial board’s decision is final. Authors may choose to submit thenames and institutional e-mail addresses of three potential referees. Note that the editorialboard retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.
The journal will keep up with the development trend of international nursing science andtrack hot points of basic nursing and clinical research, highlight groundbreaking progress,science and practicability.
The main columns of this journal include research report, review article, original article andexpert comment and so on.
Now the journal calls for English nursing manuscripts from domestic and overseas individuals,medical colleges and universities, scientific research institutions and medical units.
From Jan. 2026 to Dec. 2026 the journal welcomes any article submissions and does notcharge a publication fee, a review fee or a language editing fee. For excellent paperssupported by the National Natural Science Foundation, the press will pay extra remunerationbetween RMB 2 000 and 20 000 yuan after the rigorous review process.
We welcome your submission online (website: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/cnnr).
