The ''American Journal of Nursing'' (AJN) is a monthly

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nursing journal This is a list of notable academic journals about nursing. *''AACN Advanced Critical Care'' *''AACN Nursing Scan in Critical Care'' *'' Advance for NPs & PAs'' *''Advances in Neonatal Care'' *''American Journal of Critical Care'' *''Ame ...

established in 1900. the

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was

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and it is published by

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. In 2009 the journal was selected as one of the "100 Most Influential Journals in Biology and Medicine in the Last 100 Years" by the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of the

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History

The ''American Journal of Nursing'' was established in 1900 as its official journal by the Associated Alumnae of Trained Nurses of the United States which later became the

American Nurses Association The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. It is b ...

(ANA).

Isabel Hampton Robb Isabel Adams Hampton Robb (1859–1910) was an American nurse theorist, author, nursing school administrator and early leader. Hampton was the first Superintendent of Nurses at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, wrote several influential textbook ...

Lavinia Dock Lavinia Lloyd Dock (February 26, 1858 – April 17, 1956) was a nurse, feminist, author, pioneer in nursing education and social activist. Dock was an assistant superintendent at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing under Isabel Hampton Robb. She fou ...

Mary E. P. Davis Mary E. P. Davis (1840–1924) was a Canadian-born American nursing instructor and a founder of the ''American Journal of Nursing'' (''AJN''). Biography Davis, along with Sophia French Palmer, created the ''AJN'' in 1899, with the first issue g ...

and Sophia Palmer are credited with founding the journal, the latter serving as the first editor. Other editors have included

Mary May Roberts Mary May Roberts (1877–1959) was an American nurse and long-time editor of the ''American Journal of Nursing''. She was a chief nurse and director at the Army School of Nursing, Camp Sherman, Ohio, Camp Sherman, during World War I and was induct ...

(1921–1949),

Nell V. Beeby Nell Viola Beeby (August 1, 1896 – ) was an Indian-born American nurse. She was a nursing educator in China and went on to become editor-in-chief of American Journal of Nursing, ''The American Journal of Nursing''. Early life and education ...

(1949–1956), Jeanette V. White (1956–1957), Edith P. Lewis (1957–1959), Barbara G. Schutt (1959–1971), Thelma M. Schorr (1971–1981), Mary B. Mallison (1981–1993), Lucille A. Joel (1993–1998), Diana J. Mason (1998–2009) and Maureen S. Kennedy (2009–present) The journal was originally published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. In 1996

purchased the journal from the ANA of which it ceased to be the official journal, to the disappointment of then editor Mason.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 1.389.

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*{{Official website, https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Pages/aboutthejournal.aspx General nursing journals Monthly journals Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals English-language journals Publications established in 1900

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