American Journal of Nursing
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| Discipline | Nursing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Maureen Shawn Kennedy |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1900-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Delayed 7 years: Hybrid | |
| 1.389 (2013) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Am. J. Nurs. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | AJNUAK |
| ISSN | 0002-936X (print) 1538-7488 (web) |
| LCCN | 06036097 |
| JSTOR | 0002936X |
| OCLC no. | 1743347 |
| Links | |
American Journal of Nursing is a monthly peer reviewed nursing journal. It was established in 1900. The editor-in-chief is Maureen Shawn Kennedy. It the a hybrid open access journal allowing authors to make their articles immediately open access for a fee and a delayed open access journal with a 7-year embargo. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It is the oldest nursing journal still in publication.[1][2][3][4] In 2009 the journal was selected as one of the "100 Most Influential Journals in Biology and Medicine in the Last 100 Years" by the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association.[5] The title is commonly abbreviated "AJN".
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- PubMed/MEDLINE
- CINAHL
- Embase
- Current Contents
- Chemical Abstracts
- Psychological Abstracts
- Public Affairs Information Service
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.389, ranking it 22nd out of 103 journals in the category "Nursing".[6]
History
The American Journal of Nursing was established in 1900 by the Associated Alumnae of Trained Nurses of the United States which later became the American Nurses Association (ANA).[7] Isabel Hampton Robb, Lavinia Dock, Mary E.P. Davis and Sophia Palmer are credited with founding the journal.[8] The first editor of the AJN was Palmer.[9] Other editors have included Mary Roberts (1921–1949), Thelma M. Schorr (1971–1981) and Diana J. Mason.[10][11] From 1900 to 2006 the American Journal of Nursing was the official journal of the ANA. It has been called the leading professional nursing journal.[12] The AJN was originally published by J. B. Lippincott & Co..[13] In 1996 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins purchased the journal from the ANA.[11] The split from the ANA occurred when the association chose to work with another publisher and was disappointing to Mason, then editor of the AJN.[11]
References
- ^ "AJN The American Journal of Nursing". journals.lww.com. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "AJN, American Journal of Nursing". Lippincott NursingCenter.com. Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "American Journal of Nursing archives". The Online Books Page (finding aid). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "The American Journal of Nursing (AM J NURS)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine". Special Libraries Association. April 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Nursing". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
- ^ "The editor". American Journal of Nursing. 1 (1): 64–6. JSTOR 3401659.
- ^ Lambert, Vickie A.; Lambert, Clinton E. (2005). "Ch. 2: The Evolution of Nursing Education and Practice in the U.S.". In Daly, John; Jackson, Debra (eds.). Professional Nursing: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges. Springer Publishing. ISBN 9780826125576.
- ^ Egenes, Karen J. (2009). "Ch. 1: History of Nursing". In Roux, Gayle; Halstead, Judith (eds.). Issues and Trends in Nursing: Essential Knowledge for Today and Tomorrow. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 9780763752255.
- ^ Bullough, Vern L.; Sentz, Lilli, eds. (2004). "Thelma M. Schorr". American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. Springer Publishing. pp. 250–3. ISBN 9780826111470.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Mason, DJ (September 2006). "The ANA and the AJN: A letter to the first editor of the AJN, Sophia Palmer". American Journal of Nursing (editorial). 106 (9): 10–1. JSTOR 29744536.
- ^ "1900". History of Nursing Timeline: 1900-1929. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ American Journal of Nursing. 1 (1). front matter.
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Further reading
- Lewis, Edith Patton (1960) [First published in 1930 as Thirty Fruitful Years]. The Story of the American Journal of Nursing Company 1900/1960 (5th revision ed.). New York: The American Journal of Nursing Company. OCLC 456313958.
- Wheeler, CE (January 1985). "The American Journal of Nursing and the socialization of a profession, 1900-1920". Advances in Nursing Science. 7 (2): 20–34. PMID 3917644.
