Nursing journals visibility in The Journal Citation Reports and Emerging Source Citation Index

INTRODUCTION. This paper analyzes the situation of nursing journals currently included in the Journal Citation Reports databases and the Emerging Source Citation Index of the 2018 Web of Science. METHOD. The sample was composed of 178 nursing journals published by 23 countries. Of the total of nursing journals analyzed, 122 are included in the Nursing category in the Journal Citation Reports and 56, in the Nursing category in the Emerging Source Citation Index database. RESULTS. It is observed that over the last fifteen years the number of nursing journals has increased notably in Web of Science. Only 7 countries (Australia, England, Netherlands, South Korea, Scotland, Switzerland and United States) currently have nursing journals in privileged positions (Quartiles 1 and 2) in the Journal Citation Reports. The United States and England are the countries that have the largest number of nursing journals in the Journal Citation Reports and Emerging Source Citation Index databases. Spain, with 4 nursing journals, is the country that stands out, after the United States and England, for being the one with the largest number of nursing journals in the Emerging Source Citation Index database. This will contribute not only to increasing the visibility of these publications, but also to give greater diffusion of Spanish scientific production in nursing among the national and international community.