JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
1. SUBMISSION
Thank you for your interest in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium. See Cover letter in Section 4 Preparing Your Submission for further details.
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Preprint Policy
The Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Data Citation
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2. AIMS AND SCOPE
The Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) is an international, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seeks to promote the development and exchange of knowledge that is directly relevant to all spheres of nursing practice. The primary aim is to promote a high standard of clinically related scholarship which advances and supports the practice and discipline of nursing. The Journal also aims to promote the international exchange of ideas and experience that draws from the different cultures in which practice takes place. Further, JCN seeks to enrich insight into clinical need and the implications for nursing intervention and models of service delivery. Emphasis is placed on promoting critical debate on the art and science of nursing practice.
JCN is essential reading for anyone involved in nursing practice, whether clinicians, researchers, educators, managers, policy makers, or students. The development of clinical practice and the changing patterns of inter-professional working are also central to JCN's scope of interest. Contributions are welcomed from other health professionals on issues that have a direct impact on nursing practice.
We publish high quality papers from across the methodological spectrum that make an important and novel contribution to the field of clinical nursing (regardless of where care is provided), and which demonstrate clinical application and international relevance.
Topics include but are not limited to:
Development of clinical research, evaluation, evidence-based practice and scientific enquiry;
Patient and family experiences of health and health care; illness and recovery;
Nursing research to enhance patient safety and reduce harm to patients;
The nature of nursing need, intervention, social interaction and models of service delivery;
Clinical nursing leadership;
Examination of clinical decision-making;
Exploration of organisational or systemic factors that enhance or impede the provision of effective, high-quality nursing care;
Application and dissemination of clinical knowledge and theory;
Role development and inter-disciplinary working, exploring the scope and changing boundaries of clinical nursing; and
Cultural comparisons and evaluations of nursing practice in different health sectors, social and geographical settings.
Useful Resources
Nurse Author & Editor is a valuable resource for authors, editors and reviewers involved or wanting to become involved in nursing journals and the free Nurse Author & Editor newsletter contains useful articles including the Writing for Publication booklet which you may find helpful.
If you are presenting a paper from a study from which publications have already been drawn, or are planned, please carefully read our guidance pertaining to multiple publications from a single study.
3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS
i. Original Articles
Pilot studies are not suitable for publication as original articles.
Word limit: 8,000 words maximum (quotations are included in the overall word count of articles, and abstract, references, tables and figures are excluded).
Abstract: 300 words maximum, no abbreviations. Structured under the sub-headings: Aims and objectives; Background (stating what is already known about this topic); Design; Methods (for both qualitative and quantitative studies state n); Results (do not report p values, confidence intervals and other statistical parameters); Conclusions (stating what this study adds to the topic); Relevance to clinical practice. Trial registration details (if required).
Main text structure: Introduction (putting the paper in context - policy, practice or research); Background (literature); Methods (design, data collection and analysis); Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Relevance to clinical practice.
References: 50 maximum
Impact Statement: should contain 2-3 bullet points under the heading 'What does this paper contribute to the wider global clinical community?'
Research Reporting Checklist: May be required. Please see Section 5.
ii. Review Articles
Literature reviews on any area of research relevant to clinical nursing are welcomed. We encourage authors to prospectively register their reviews with a registry such as PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/) or the Joanna Briggs Institute (https://joannabriggs.org/ebp/systematic_review_register).
Authors submitting a Scoping Review are encouraged to include a table that reports on the Patterns, Advances, Gaps, Evidence for practice and Research recommendations arising from the review (The PAGER Framework). Details of PAGER can be located: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.15998 and https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2021.1899596
Word limit: 8,000 words maximum (quotations are included in the overall word count of articles, and abstract, references, tables and figures are excluded).
Main text structure: Review Articles should be structures, under the sub-headings: Introduction, Aims, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Relevance to Clinical Practice.
References: 50 maximum
Research Reporting Checklist: Required. Please see Section 5.
iii. Discursive Articles
Word limit: 8,000 words maximum.
Main text structure: Aims; Background; Design (stating that it is a position paper or critical review, for example); Method (how the issues were approached); Conclusions, Relevance to clinical practice.……
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