Frontiers of Nursingis a nursing academic journal, CN 14-1395/R, ISSN 2095-7718. Size A4,quarterly publication, color printing, public offerings at home and abroad which is managed by the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, sponsored by Shanxi Nursing Association and Shanxi Medical Periodical Press.Frontiers of Nursinghas been indexed by databases including Scopus, Google Scholar, DOAJ, Baidu Scholar, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, Chaoxing, and so on.

Frontiers of Nursingis an important platform of nursing academic exchange. The mission is to carry out related guidelines, policies and regulations of journals publication, to publish academic papers, review articles of nursing domain experts and practitioners,to reflect nursing academic trends, scientific research and clinical practice experience from domestic and overseas nurses, and to promote the development of nursing science and the international influence of nursing research.

This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The editorial board is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The editorial board’s decision is final. Authors may choose to submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of three potential referees. Note that the editorial board retains the sole right to decide whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

The journal will keep up with the development trend of international nursing science and track hot points of basic nursing and clinical research, highlight groundbreaking progress,science and practicability.

The main columns of this journal include research report, review article, original article and expert comment and so on.

Now the journal calls for English nursing manuscripts from domestic and overseas individuals,medical colleges and universities, scientific research institutions and medical units.

From Jan. 2021 to Dec. 2021 the journal welcomes any article submissions and does not charge a publication fee, a review fee or a language editing fee. For excellent papers supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, the press will pay extra remuneration between RMB 2 000 and 20 000 yuan after the rigorous review process.