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Journal of Clinical Nursing Template

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About the Journal of Clinical Nursing format

Journal of Clinical Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Nursing education and management, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues. Over its lifetime it has published 11,678 papers, which have received 344,417 citations.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Clinical Nursing 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inNursing education and management Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
ISSN0962-1067
Citation impact (2-yr)3.17
h-index173
i10-index6,951
Article processing charge$4,940
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Technology Sydney
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal of Clinical Nursing per year

276
2014
336
2015
639
2016
547
2017
441
2018
420
2019
459
2020
566
2021
436
2022
390
2023
595
2024
444
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Clinical Nursing by publication year

8.7K
2014
10.1K
2015
19.6K
2016
21.6K
2017
12.9K
2018
12.6K
2019
18.2K
2020
13.8K
2021
6.8K
2022
4.3K
2023
3K
2024
826
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Clinical Nursing

Pain: a review of three commonly used pain rating scales

Amelia Williamson, B. Hoggart · 30 Jun 2005

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This review aims to explore the research available relating to three commonly used pain rating scales, the Visual Analogue Scale, the Verbal Rating Scale and the Numerical Rating Scale. The review provides information needed to understand the main properties of the scales. BACKGROUND: Data generated from pain-rating scales can be easily misunderstood.…

3,091 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Essential elements of questionnaire design and development

Janice Rattray, Martyn C. Jones · 11 Jan 2007

AIMS: The aims of this paper were (1) to raise awareness of the issues in questionnaire development and subsequent psychometric evaluation, and (2) to provide strategies to enable nurse researchers to design and develop their own measure and evaluate the quality of existing nursing measures. BACKGROUND: The number of questionnaires developed by nurses has increased…

1,514 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Hierarchy of evidence: a framework for ranking evidence evaluating healthcare interventions

David Evans · 20 Dec 2002

A number of hierarchies of evidence have been developed to enable different research methods to be ranked according to the validity of their findings. However, most have focused on evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions. When the evaluation of healthcare addresses its appropriateness or feasibility, then existing hierarchies are inadequate. This paper reports the development…

1,008 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Beyond ‘person‐centred’ care: a new vision for gerontological nursing

Mike Nolan, Sue Davies, Jayne Brown et al. · 1 Mar 2004

Currently considerable emphasis is placed on the promotion of person-centred care, which has become a watchword for good practice. This paper takes a constructively critical look at some of the assumptions underpinning person-centredness, and suggests that a relationship-centred approach to care might be more appropriate. A framework describing the potential dimensions of relationship-centred care is…

Covid‐19: Supporting nurses' psychological and mental health

Jill Maben 1,2,3,✉, Jackie Bridges · 22 Apr 2020

"I broke down and cried today. I cried of exhaustion, of defeat. Because after 4 years of being an ER nurse, I suddenly feel like I know nothing" (Sydni Lane, USA, Instagram and Facebook). (Fick , 2020) “It's an experience I would compare to a world war” Roberta Re, Italy. (Giuffrida, 2020) “we're on our…

Journal of Clinical Nursing template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Clinical Nursing format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Clinical Nursing template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Clinical Nursing use?
Journal of Clinical Nursing uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Clinical Nursing 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Clinical Nursing?
No. DocuGuru generates the USG LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Wiley-ready Journal of Clinical Nursing document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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