American Journal of Nursing explained

American Journal of Nursing
Cover:AJN cover art.jpg
Abbreviation:Am. J. Nurs.
Editor:Maureen Shawn Kennedy
Discipline:Nursing
Publisher:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Frequency:Monthly
History:1900-present
Openaccess:Hybrid
Impact:2.7
Impact-Year:2022
Website:https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/pages/default.aspx
Link1:https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/pages/currenttoc.aspx
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/pages/issuelist.aspx
Link2-Name:Online archive
Jstor:0002936X
Oclc:1743347
Lccn:06036097
Coden:AJNUAK
Issn:0002-936X
Eissn:1538-7488

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) is a monthly peer-reviewed nursing journal established in 1900. the editor-in-chief is Carl Kirton[1] and it is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 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.[2]

History

The journal was established in 1900 as the official journal of the Associated Alumnae of Trained Nurses of the United States which later became the American Nurses Association.[3] Isabel Hampton Robb, Lavinia Dock, Mary E. P. Davis and Sophia Palmer are credited with founding the journal,[4] the latter serving as the first editor.[5] Other editors have included Mary May Roberts (1921–1949), Nell V. Beeby (1949–1956), Jeanette V. White (1956–1957), Edith P. Lewis (1957–1959), Barbara G. Schutt (1959–1971), Thelma M. Schorr (1971–1981), Mary B. Mallison (1981–1993), Lucille A. Joel (1993–1998), Diana J. Mason (1998–2009), Maureen S. Kennedy (2009–2022), and Carl Kirton (2022-present) [6] [7] [8] The journal was originally published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.[9] In 1996 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins purchased the journal from the association of which it ceased to be the official journal, to the disappointment of then editor Mason.[8]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.7.[10]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Editorial Boards . American Journal of Nursing . 14 June 2021 .
  2. Web site: Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine . . April 2009 . 2 December 2014.
  3. American Journal of Nursing . 1 . 1 . 64–6 . The editor . 3401659. 1900 . 10.1097/00000446-190010000-00021 .
  4. Book: John . Daly . Debra . Jackson . 2005 . Professional Nursing: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges . . 9780826125576 . Lambert . Vickie A. . Lambert . Clinton E. . Ch. 2: The Evolution of Nursing Education and Practice in the U.S. . registration . https://archive.org/details/professionalnurs0000unse_c3p8 .
  5. Book: Egenes, Karen J. . Roux . Gayle . Halstead . Judith . Issues and Trends in Nursing: Essential Knowledge for Today and Tomorrow. 2009 . Jones & Bartlett Publishers . 9780763752255 . 9 . Ch. 1: History of Nursing.
  6. Web site: Editorial Boards: American Journal of Nursing.
  7. Book: Vern L. . Bullough . Lilli . Sentz . 2004 . American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary . 3 . Thelma M. Schorr . 250–3 . 9780826111470 . . https://books.google.com/books?id=KDWiFMNlOfIC&pg=PA250.
  8. Mason . DJ . September 2006 . The ANA and the AJN: A letter to the first editor of the AJN, Sophia Palmer . American Journal of Nursing . 106 . 9 . 10–1 . editorial . 29744536. 10.1097/00000446-200609000-00001 .
  9. none . American Journal of Nursing . 1 . 1 . Front matter.
  10. Book: 2023 . American Journal of Nursing . 2022 Journal Citation Reports . . Social Sciences . Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports .

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