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African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

pISSN: 1682-5055University of South AfricaSouth Africa
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

0.3

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ4
General Health ProfessionsQ4
Economics and EconometricsQ4
Research and TheoryQ4

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African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery current release and quartile

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 0.3, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q4 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #5,592 in Medicine by Journal Metrics Score and #485 among Q4 Medicine journals. This context helps compare African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery against journals publishing in the same field.

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of 6,254 field journals

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery publication trend

Published 204 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 0.3.

2026 vs 2025: -8
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
626
H-Index
17
Fully Open Access
No
Recent OA Works
159
Subject Areas
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsResearch and Theory

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2022
60
2023
51
2024
37
2025
32
2026
24
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