For the latest studies and theories on nursing research, turn to the Western Journal of Nursing Research, an international periodical that's ranked among the top nursing research journals. Since its inception more than two decades ago, the Western Journal of Nursing Research has risen to the challenges of the ever-changing nursing research field, providing an innovative forum for nurse researchers, students and clinical practitioners to participate in ongoing scholarly debate.

Research, Commentary, and Response
 
To give you a well-balanced perspective on the information presented, each issue of the Western Journal of Nursing Research offers clinical research reports broadened by commentaries and authors' responses. Your participation is invited through reviews, commentaries, and research papers as well as your submissions to the department editors and Letters to the Editor in the Information Exchange section.

Valuable Information
 
You'll refer to the information in the Western Journal of Nursing Research again and again - and you'll want to share it with your colleagues. The Western Journal of Nursing Research is a springboard for your own research as well as an effective classroom supplement. Here's just a sample of the regular features you'll find indispensable to you, your students and your career:

• Book reviews and reactions
• Calendar of upcoming events, conferences, developing research projects and grant availability
• Commentaries on all clinical articles with author rejoinders
• Methodologies, both practical and instructional
• New techniques
• Reports of completed and ongoing research
• Researcher dialogue with responses

Special Departments Address Your Special Concerns
 
To expand your knowledge of the nursing research field, special Western Journal of Nursing Research departments address specific topics of concern, including:

• Issues in Clinical Nursing Research
• Nursing Informatics
• Grantsmanship

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).