Table 2. Top 20 most published journals in a relevant subject. Izmir, Turkey, 2017.
| Rank | Journal | Publisher Country | Research Domain | FYIF* | N† | X ‡ | %§ | C** |
| 1 | Pain Management Nursing | USA | Nursing | 1.689 | 460 | 457 | 11.49 | 3618 |
| 2 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | USA | Nursing | 2.612 | 7494 | 416 | 10.46 | 9344 |
| 3 | Journal of Clinical Nursing | England | Nursing | 1.825 | 4438 | 378 | 9.50 | 4952 |
| 4 | International Journal of Nursing Studies | England | Nursing | 4.278 | 2552 | 143 | 3.59 | 2317 |
| 5 | Cancer Nursing | USA | Oncology, Nursing | 2.193 | 1827 | 137 | 3.44 | 2910 |
| 6 | Oncology Nursing Forum | USA | Oncology, Nursing | 2.879 | 859 | 106 | 2.66 | 2026 |
| 7 | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences | England | Nursing | 1.794 | 1463 | 62 | 1.55 | 906 |
| 8 | Revista Latino Americana De Enfermagem | Brazil | Nursing | 0.884 | 1513 | 61 | 1.53 | 195 |
| 9 | Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da Usp | Brazil | Nursing | 0.648 | 1589 | 59 | 1.48 | 158 |
| 10 | Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing | USA | Oncology, Nursing | 0.904 | 840 | 52 | 1.30 | 520 |
| 11 | Nursing Clinics of North America | USA | Nursing | 0.781 | 2170 | 52 | 1.30 | 358 |
| 12 | Journal of Midwifery Women’s Health | USA | Nursing | 1.451 | 994 | 51 | 1.28 | 731 |
| 13 | Journal of Hospice Palliative Nursing | USA | Nursing | 0.759 | 472 | 49 | 1.23 | 84 |
| 14 | European Journal of Oncology Nursing | England | Oncology, Nursing | 2.155 | 816 | 48 | 1.20 | 355 |
| 15 | Orthopaedic Nursing | USA | Nursing, Orthopedics | 0.634 | 467 | 48 | 1.20 | 277 |
| 16 | Applied Nursing Research | USA | Nursing | 1.738 | 1022 | 46 | 1.15 | 274 |
| 17 | International Journal of Nursing Practice | USA | Nursing | 1.139 | 834 | 46 | 1.15 | 437 |
| 18 | Journal of Emergency Nursing | USA | Emergency Medicine, Nursing | 1.222 | 937 | 46 | 1.15 | 276 |
| 19 | Nursing Research | USA | Nursing | 2.113 | 2133 | 44 | 1.10 | 775 |
| 20 | Nurse Education Today | Scotland | Education & Educational Research, Nursing | 2.636 | 2719 | 39 | 0.98 | 364 |
*FYIF: Five-Year Impact Factor; †N: All Published Articles; ‡X: Number of Articles about Pain; §%: Percentage; **C: Number of Citations