The Journal of Advanced & Clinical Nursing Sciences is committed to advancing the discipline of nursing through the publication of high-quality, evidence-based research, scholarly reviews, clinical practice reports, and educational innovations. Our aim is to provide a platform for academic and clinical discourse that contributes meaningfully to the development of nursing science, enhances patient outcomes, and supports the evolution of professional nursing practice worldwide.

The journal welcomes original work that addresses challenges, explores innovations, or offers insights into clinical nursing, education, healthcare systems, and interdisciplinary collaboration. We believe that nursing, as both an applied and academic field, draws strength from its foundation in compassionate care, rigorous training, and ongoing scholarly reflection. By publishing research that bridges theory and practice, we aim to strengthen the connections between the clinical setting, classroom, research environment, and policy-making arena.

Scope of Topics
We accept manuscripts that cover a wide range of themes within the nursing and allied health sciences domain. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Advanced Clinical Practice: Research focused on nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and other advanced practice roles. Topics may include diagnostic reasoning, prescribing practices, clinical protocols, or patient safety initiatives.
• Nursing Education and Pedagogy: Studies on teaching methodologies, curriculum development, simulation in nursing education, student evaluation, faculty development, and continuing professional education.
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research Application: Projects that demonstrate how evidence is integrated into clinical decision-making, guideline development, or quality improvement.
• Patient-Centered Care: Submissions that explore strategies to improve communication, shared decision-making, care coordination, and outcomes across varied care settings.
• Nursing Leadership and Management: Research into healthcare administration, team coordination, nurse retention, staffing models, and leadership development in clinical environments.
• Community and Public Health Nursing: Studies on outreach programs, preventive health strategies, health literacy, immunization campaigns, and responses to local or global public health challenges.
• Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing: Work that explores mental health assessment, therapeutic communication, interventions for psychiatric conditions, or stigma reduction efforts.
• Chronic Disease Management: Research into nursing-led interventions for diabetes, hypertension, asthma, heart failure, or other long-term conditions, with a focus on patient education, adherence, and monitoring.
• Women’s Health and Maternal-Newborn Nursing: Articles on perinatal care, antenatal and postnatal nursing, reproductive health, family planning, and midwifery practice.
• Geriatric and Pediatric Nursing: Age-specific care strategies, developmental support, geriatric syndromes, and intergenerational nursing approaches.
• Infection Control and Acute Care: Research on protocols, interventions, or innovations in infection prevention, emergency nursing, trauma care, and intensive care nursing.
• Cultural Competence and Global Health: Contributions that examine cultural awareness in practice, transnational nursing programs, migrant health, and culturally safe care delivery.
• Technological Integration and Nursing Informatics: Manuscripts that explore digital recordkeeping, clinical decision support systems, telehealth adoption, or the use of wearable devices and mobile health tools in nursing practice.
• Ethical and Legal Considerations: Exploration of ethical dilemmas, scope of practice, informed consent, end-of-life care, and advocacy within healthcare systems.

Types of Submissions Encouraged
The journal invites a wide variety of submission types, including:

• Original Research Articles
• Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
• Clinical Case Reports and Series
• Quality Improvement and Practice-Based Evidence Papers
• Educational Models and Innovations
• Theoretical and Conceptual Papers
• Reflective Practice Essays
• Commentaries and Perspectives
• Reports on Interprofessional Collaboration
• Policy Analysis and Health Systems Research

Articles should be based on clearly defined aims and sound methodologies. Authors are expected to demonstrate relevance to nursing audiences, whether the work is situated in a hospital ward, community clinic, academic program, or health system.

Global Perspective
We encourage authors from around the world to submit work that reflects the diversity of nursing practice in different settings. Whether in high-tech urban hospitals or rural health centers, nursing professionals face unique challenges and opportunities. The journal supports the inclusion of global perspectives, especially from underrepresented regions and healthcare contexts that are often overlooked in mainstream academic publishing.

Why This Journal Matters
Nursing professionals are at the forefront of healthcare, often leading patient care, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring continuity in complex clinical systems. By offering a scholarly outlet focused specifically on the interplay between advanced clinical work and academic inquiry, the Journal of Advanced & Clinical Nursing Sciences supports the development of a knowledge base that is not only scientifically credible but also practically useful.

Our scope intentionally spans the full continuum of nursing care, from foundational research to bedside application, and from individual experiences to health policy implications. This allows us to foster a dialogue that is broad, inclusive, and responsive to the evolving needs of the profession.

As a platform for open-access publication, we are committed to ensuring that high-quality research is freely accessible to nurses, students, educators, and decision-makers worldwide. This helps bridge the gap between those who generate knowledge and those who use it in everyday practice.

If your work contributes to the science, practice, or teaching of nursing in any of its forms, we invite you to consider the Journal of Advanced & Clinical Nursing Sciences as a place to share your findings, your experiences, and your voice.