Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

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| title = Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

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| abbreviation = Scand. J. Caring Sci.

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| discipline = Nursing

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| language = English

| editors = Päivi Åstedt-Kurki & Marja Kaunonen

| publisher = Wiley-Blackwell

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| history = 1987-present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| impact = 1.438

| impact-year = 2016

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| ISSN = 0283-9318

| eISSN = 1471-6712

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| LCCN = 2001242201

| OCLC = 909877561

| website = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14716712

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The Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering nursing, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy. Established in 1987, it was the first journal covering these topics to be established in the Nordic countries.{{Cite journal |last=Segesten |first=K. |date=1993 |title=Articles published in Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences between 1987 and 1991 |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=195–199 |issn=0283-9318 |pmid=8108623|doi=10.1111/j.1471-6712.1993.tb00202.x }} It is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Nordic College of Caring Science, of which it is the official journal. The editors-in-chief are Päivi Åstedt-Kurki and Marja Kaunonen (University of Tampere). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.438, ranking it 30th out of 114 journals in the category "Nursing (Social Science)".{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Nursing (Social Science) |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}