Nursing & Health Sciences

Overview

Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS) is a premier international journal focusing on the exchange of knowledge in nursing and health sciences, particularly between the East and West. It has an international authorship, readership and Editorial Board. The journal was the first nursing and health sciences journal to be fully published in English in Japan. It began in 1999 and is owned by the Society for Nursing and Health Sciences at Yamaguchi University. By encouraging Eastern and Western scholars to share their knowledge and experiences, Nursing & Health Sciences provides readers with a deeper understanding of health care around the world, and the opportunity to enrich their own practices to improve global health.

The types of articles published in NHS are papers on:
• Original research of all designs and methods, related to clinical practice, education, health policy, health management, health service delivery and evaluation, or public health.
• Research methodology and protocols.
• Systematic reviews of research evidence (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods); meta-analyses, meta-syntheses. (Please note that narrative or traditional literature reviews are no longer published).
• Scholarly papers presenting in-depth analysis and discussion of philosophical, theoretical, conceptual, professional practice or health policy issues or innovations. Authors should note that concept analysis papers are not a priority for publication in NHS.
• Commentary on previous articles published in NHS (include all details of the article being published) or Letters to the Editor.
NOTE: Authors wishing to write Guest Editorials should communicate directly with the Editor-in-Chief.

Aims and Scope

Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS) is a premier international journal focusing on the exchange of knowledge in nursing and health sciences, particularly between the East and West. It has an international authorship, readership and Editorial Board. The journal was the first nursing and health sciences journal to be fully published in English in Japan. It began in 1999 and is owned by the Society for Nursing and Health Sciences at Yamaguchi University. By encouraging Eastern and Western scholars to share their knowledge and experiences, Nursing & Health Sciences provides readers with a deeper understanding of health care around the world, and the opportunity to enrich their own practices to improve global health.

Nursing & Health Sciences provides an opportunity for the sharing of both formal, research based knowledge and more informal clinical experience and practice. The Journal publishes scholarly manuscripts, case reports and opinion papers that enrich the understanding of nursing and health sciences around the world. The Journal is covered by the Social Science Citation Index, PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Index Medicus/MEDLINE.

Keywords

nursing and health sciences, nursing research, nursing in japan, laboratory medicine, medical engineering, nursing education, health care policy

Abstracting and Indexing Information

• Abstracts in Anthropology (Baywood Publishing)
• Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing)
• Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing)
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing)
• BNI: British Nursing Index (ProQuest)
• CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing)
• Embase (Elsevier)
• Health Source Nursing/Academic (EBSCO Publishing)
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE (NLM)
• Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
• Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
• MEDLINE (NLM)
• ProQuest Central (ProQuest)
• ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (ProQuest)
• ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)
• PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA)
• Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson Reuters)
• SCOPUS (Elsevier)
• Social Sciences Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)