Journal of Emergency Nursing Hits Record Impact Factor
Event summary
- The Journal of Emergency Nursing achieved a record-high impact factor of 3.2 for 2025, up from 2.3 in 2024.
- Citations increased by 127 year-over-year while the number of citable articles remained constant.
- Editor-in-Chief Anna Valdez attributed the rise to growing academic interest and quality research submissions.
- The journal is published six times annually with original emergency nursing research.
The big picture
This milestone reflects growing academic validation for emergency nursing research, a field only designated as a specialty in 2011. The impact factor boost positions the journal as a key publication outlet for tenure-track academics, potentially increasing its influence on emergency nursing practice standards and policy development.
What we're watching
- Academic Influence
- How sustained citation growth will affect the journal's standing among nursing researchers.
- Author Attraction
- Whether the higher impact factor draws more high-caliber submissions from nurse scientists.
- Field Visibility
- The pace at which emergency nursing gains recognition as a critical academic discipline.