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Journal of Research in Nursing

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Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6295866 ↗
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The Journal of Research in Nursing is a bimonthly peer-reviewed nursing journal that covers the field of nursing. The editors-in-chief are Andree Le May (University of Southampton) and Ann McMahon. The journal was established in 1996 and is published by SAGE Publications.

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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of Research in Nursing” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.