Online database of healthcare journals, O - Z
Please find below a list of journals whose editors are particularly committed to encouraging more nurses to publish their work. Each journal entry has details of: focus of journal, types of article wanted, target audience, frequency, editor, contact, instructions to authors and the website link. The full list of journals can be found on the journals main page
Palgrave Macmillan
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: At Palgrave we specialise in textbook publishing for the pre-registration and post-registration student market, although we also have significant clusters of titles aimed at educators and professionals. We span the nursing, midwifery and health spectrum and have particular strengths in research, key skills and professional values. Our list is supported by the Journal of Public Health Policy, Social Theory and Health journal, and our market-leading Study Skills range. We would be delighted to discuss book proposals with any potential authors.
Target audience: Students on pre-registration and post-registration Nursing and allied health programmes, students of Health Studies and related disciplines, qualified nurses and other health professionals.
Frequency: We publish throughout the year. To find out more about some of our latest texts please visit: www.palgrave.com/nursinghealth
Editor: Kate Llewellyn, Commissioning Editor (Books) – Health and Nursing. Contact email: k.llewellyn@palgrave.com
Website: www.palgrave.com/nursinghealth
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/PalgraveNursing
Other information: To sign up to our mailing list please register your details at: http://www.palgrave.com/login/register.asp. Do you have an idea or suggestion for a textbook? Let us know at: http://www.palgrave.com/nursinghealth/ideas/.
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care is recognized and respected as the journal for advanced practice psychiatric nurses. The journal provides advanced practice nurses with current research and clinical application, as well as knowledge about psychiatric nursing, prescriptive treatment, and education. It publishes peer-reviewed papers that reflect clinical practice issues, psychobiological information, and integrative perspectives that are evidence-based. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care includes regular columns on the biology of mental illness and pharmacology, the art of prescribing, integrative perspectives, and private practice issues.
Target audience: Nurses and health professionals providing psychiatric care
Frequency: Quarterly. Print and online.
Editor: Geraldine S. Pearson. Contact email gpearson@uchc.edu
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1744-6163
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wiley_Nursing
Other information: Visit the Adult and Geropsychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (AGPN) Division of the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) online at http://www.ispn-psych.org/html/agpn.html. Now publishes accepted papers online ahead of print. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library.
Practice Nursing
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Practice Nursing is the leading monthly clinical journal for nurses who work in general practice. It publishes articles on all aspects of the practice nurse's role to keep readers up to date with the latest clinical developments and evidence. It also provides a forum to discuss political and professional issues, and encourages the publication of research into the ongoing development of the nurse's role in general practice.
Target audience: Practice nurses, nurse practitioners, practice managers, practice nurse educators, nurse prescribers, nurse partners
Frequency: Monthly
Editor: Liam Benison. Contact email: pn@markallengroup.com
Website: http://www.practicenursing.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/practicenursing.journal
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PNjournal
Other information: The Editor is keen to hear from anyone interested in writing for the journal or publishing their research.
Primary Health Care
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Peer-reviewed clinical articles, literature reviews, reports of research, evaluations and reports of service evaluations and comment opinion articles that inform and encourage critical reflection among professionals in the primary care and community health field. Articles should have clear implications for practice.
Target audience: Nurses working in primary care and community settings, such as practice nurses, district nurses, health visitors, school nurses, nurse practitioners and community matrons.
Frequency: Ten issues per year, monthly except January and August.
Editor: Julie Sylvester. Contact Helen Hyland, email: helen.hyland@rcnpublishing.co.uk.
Website: www.primaryhealthcare.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Primary-Health-Care/37605083469
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NScomment
Other information: Please contribute your work or views of the field to julie.sylvester@rcnpublishing.co.uk.
Public Health Nursing
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Public Health Nursing publishes thought-provoking theoretical discussions, timely reviews, dynamic clinical reports, and commentary by the nation's health care leaders. This publication focuses and places in context the rapidly changing issues which concern public health professionals as they manage today's healthcare system and invent future systems. The Journal's highly respected contributors provide a vehicle for remaining on the cutting edge of current thinking and research in the field.
Target audience: Public Health Professionals
Frequency: Bimonthly. Print and online.
Editors: Sarah E. Abrams and Judith C. Hays. Contact email ryehl@wiley.com.
Website: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/phn
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wiley_Nursing
Other information: Now publishes accepted papers online ahead of print. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library.
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults aims to make sense of current research and policy in working with older people at a time of demographic change. The Journal particularly considers the implications of policy and research in the context of managing and commissioning services and aims to draw out practical information about how to promote quality of life in later years as well as offer guidance on appropriate service provision. The Journal's high-quality, peer-reviewed articles consider the role of older people within their wider communities with the overall goals of promoting the potential for independence, control and enhanced well-being.
Target audience: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults is a hugely valuable source of information and intelligence for academics, universities and colleges, commissioners, practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, managers, health boards, mental health services, education, local authorities, NHS and primary care trusts, the voluntary and community sectors, service users, carers and students.
Frequency: Four times per year
Editor: Ron Iphofen. Contact email: ron.iphofen@gmail.com (Fiona Poland will be editor from 2014. Email: f.poland@uea.ac.uk)
Website: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/qaoa.htm
Facebook:
Twitter: @EmeraldHSC
Other information: The journal is multi-agency and multidisciplinary in outlook. In addition to research-based articles that will be peer-reviewed, papers giving viewpoints and perspectives from practitioners, commentators and users of services are welcomed.
Quality in Primary Care
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Quality in Primary Care is an international peer reviewed journal for those researching, teaching or practising in the fields of quality improvement, clinical governance or clinical audit related to primary and prehospital care. The journal is concerned with all aspects of quality and quality improvement in primary and prehospital care and the interfaces between primary, secondary and social care. We publish high-quality original research that advances knowledge on these topics generalisable to other settings and countries and from other disciplines related to medicine, including nursing, practice management, professions allied to medicine and social science. We intend the journal to fulfil the following functions: to encourage the scientific study of quality improvement by publication of relevant research; to chart the development of local, national and international quality systems; to create and support a community of people interested in quality improvement; to act as an ambassador for better patient standards and for quality generally; to campaign for important issues in quality and to promote best practice in quality improvement; to act as a resource for practitioners charged with leading quality in primary health care by publishing examples of effective quality improvement projects; to debate and critique health service policy relating to quality; to act as a sounding board for new ideas, to stimulate debate and encourage innovation; to provide a platform for international exchange; to promote a better understanding of patient involvement.
Target audience: Those researching, teaching or practising in the fields of quality improvement, clinical governance or clinical audit related to primary and prehospital care, leaders of organisational and clinical teams in both secondary and primary care; people interested in clinical governance; Medical and healthcare libraries.
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Editor: Professor A Niroshan Siriwardena. Contact email: nsiriwardena@lincoln.ac.uk or qpc@lincoln.ac.uk
Instructions to authors: http://www.radcliffehealth.com/shop/quality-primary-care
Website: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rmp/qpc
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Other information: This is the first international journal devoted solely to the topic of quality in primary healthcare. The journal is supported by a strong Editorial Board which includes colleagues from the United Kingdom, United States, Europe and Australia. Quality in Primary Care is the official journal of the European Forum for Primary Care and is affiliated with the International Federation of Primary Care Research Networks, North American Primary Care Research Group and the Australian Primary Health Care Institute.
Rehabilitation nursing
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Rehabilitation Nursing is a refereed, award-winning publication and is the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN). The purpose of the journal is to provide rehabilitation professionals particularly rehabilitation nurses with quality articles whose primary focus is rehabilitation nursing, including areas of clinical practice, education, administration, healthcare policy, and research. Scholarly manuscripts are invited that are relevant to rehabilitation nursing and interprofessional collaboration and/or expansion of the science underpinning practice. Integrative reviews of the literature are also accepted if knowledge gaps are identified and specific directions for future research are provided. It is recommended that authors seek colleague peer review prior to submission of manuscripts. Articles range from administration and research to education and clinical topics; nursing perspectives, resource reviews, and product information; and continuing education opportunities in every issue.
Target audience: Rehabilitation Nurses are an integral part of the rehabilitation healthcare team and provide care to the patient as well as to the families as they learn to be caregivers. Rehabilitation nurses and associated health care professionals working in a variety of practice settings, including nursing schools, acute care outpatient rehabilitation facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long term care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies.
Frequency: Bi monthly. Print and online
Editor: Dr Elaine Tilka Miller To submit: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rnj.
Website: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/rnj
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiley_nursing
Other information: Now publishes accepted papers online ahead of print. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library
Research in Nursing and Health
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Research in Nursing & Health (RINAH) is a broad, peer-reviewed, research journal devoted to publication of a wide range of research and theory that will inform the practice of nursing and other health disciplines. The editors invite research reports on nursing practice, education, administration, and history; on health issues relevant to nursing; and on the testing of research findings in practice. Papers on research methods and techniques are appropriate if they go beyond what is already generally available in the literature. Theory papers are accepted if knowledge is advanced; preference is given to papers in which theory is developed, rather than simply reviewed. Integrative reviews of the literature are accepted if gaps in knowledge are identified and directions for future research provided. Critical reviews of new books and other publications on research and theory may be included. Letters to the editor commenting on published articles or research and theory issues are welcome.
Target audience: Senior nurses, midwives and health visitors, managers, researchers, educators, advanced nursing students. Medical & all healthcare professionals
Frequency: Bimonthly. Print and online
Editor: Margaret Kearney. Contact email: rinah@ohsu.edu
Website: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/nur
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiley_nursing
Other information: Now publishes accepted papers online ahead of print. Also, read the special virtual issue on getting published in research journals - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-240X/homepage/virtual_issue_-_getting_published.htm. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: The Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences is an international peer-reviewed Journal publishing research that has a patient, family or community focus and which promotes an interdisciplinary team approach. As the official publication of the Nordic College of Caring Science, the Journal shares their mission to contribute to the development and advancement of scientific knowledge on caring related to health, well-being, illness and the alleviation of human suffering. Of special interest are scholarly articles addressing and initiating dialogue on theoretical, empirical and methodological concerns related to critical issues. All articles are expected to demonstrate respect for human dignity and accountability to society. In addition to original research the Journal also publishes reviews, meta-syntheses and meta-analyses.
Target audience: Health professionals - nurses, midwives, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, community nurses
Frequency: Quarterly. Print and online.
Editor: Åshild Slettebø (Editor-in-Chief); Lennart Fredriksson (Associate Editor). Contact email: SJCSedoffice@wiley.com
Website: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/scs
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiley_nursing
Other information: Visit the Nordic College of Caring Science at http://www.nccs.nu/. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library.
Wiley-Blackwell
Editorial Acquisition: Griselda Campbell, Associate Director, Nursing and Healthcare Journals. Magenta Styles, Senior Commissioning Editor, Nursing and Healthcare Books
Contact details: Griselda Campbell, Tel: 44 (0) 1865 476515, email: griselda.campbell@wiley.com, Magenta Styles, Tel: 44 (0) 1865 476544, email: magenta.styles@wiley.com, Wiley-Blackwell, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK.
Website: www.wiley.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiley_nursing
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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
Focus of journal /types of article wanted: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing is a peer-reviewed evidence-based nursing journal developed by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. It is a primary source of information for using evidence-based nursing practice to improve patient care by featuring: Knowledge synthesis articles with best practice recommendations and applications; Original papers and features that present research which challenges and develops knowledge about evidence-based nursing; Special features and columns with information geared to readers' diverse roles; Commentaries about current evidence-based nursing issues and developments; A forum that encourages readers to engage in an ongoing dialogue on critical issues and questions in evidence-based nursing; Reviews of the latest publications and resources on evidence-based nursing; News about professional organizations, conferences and other activities around the world related to evidence-based nursing; Links to other global evidence-based nursing resources and organizations
Target audience: Clinicians, educators, researchers, nurse leaders, policy makers
Frequency: Quarterly. Print and online
Editor: Jo Rycroft-Malone. Tracey Bucknall and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk (Associate Editors). Contact email j.rycroft-malone@bangor.ac.uk
Website: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/wvn
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wileynursing
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiley_nursing
Other information: Now publishes accepted papers online ahead of print. Visit our nursing subject page at: Nursing - Wiley Online Library.