Table 4.
Ranking of the top 10 journals in VR-based nursing professional skills training based on the number of local citations.
| Journal | Local citations, n | Documents, n | Impact factorb | Rank (quartile) |
| Clinical Simulation in Nursing a | 1401 | 125 | 2.856 | Q1 |
| Nurse Education Today a | 1397 | 93 | 3.906 | Q1 |
| Journal of Nursing Education a | 526 | 32 | 2.381 | Q2 |
| Journal of Medical Internet Research a | 470 | 27 | 7.077 | Q1 |
| Nurse Education In Practice a | 440 | 27 | 3.43 | Q1 |
| CIN-Computers Informatics Nursing a | 421 | 25 | 2.146 | Q3 |
| Journal of Advanced Nursing a | 407 | 19 | 3.057 | Q1 |
| Nurse Educator | 385 | 18 | 2.791 | Q1 |
| JMIR Serious Games | 382 | 18 | 3.364 | Q2 |
| Nursing Education Perspectives | 343 | 17 | 0.59 | Q3 |
aJournals classified as core resources in virtual reality–based nursing professional skills training according to the Bradford law.
bImpact factor in 2021.