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Addictions nursing

Guest Editors:
Marissa Abram, PhD, PMHNP-BC, Duke University, USA
Long Kwan Ho, BNurs, MPhil, PhD, RN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
Timothy Sowicz, PhD, University of New Mexico, USA

Submission Status: Open until 9 February 2026

Rehabilitation nursing

Guest Editors:
Rafael Alves Bernardes, PhD, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Rogério Manuel Ferrinho Ferreira, PhD, Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal
César João Vicente da Fonseca, PhD, University of Évora, Portugal

Submission Status: Open until 16 January 2026

Disaster nursing

Guest Editors:
Gulcan Taskiran Eskici, PhD, RN, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
Lesley Gray, PhD, MPH, MSc, University of Otago, New Zealand
Amir Khorram-Manesh, MD, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Submission Status: Open until 11 December 2025

Critical care nursing

Guest Editors:
Fatma Refaat Ahmed, PhD, RN, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Rana Ali Alameri, PhD, SFHEA, CNS, RN, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), Saudi Arabia

Submission Status: Open until 19 November 2025

Pediatric nursing

Guest Editors:
Godfrey Katende, DNP, MSN, BSN, Aga Khan University, Uganda
Julia Petty, RGN, RSCN, PGCE, EdD, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Submission Status: Open until 23 October 2025

Care for the aging population

Guest Editors:
Chantal Backman, RN, MHA, PhD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Michael Connolly, PhD, MSc (Nursing), BA (Phil), RGN, RNT, University College Dublin; Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services, Ireland
Zvonka Fekonja, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, University of Maribor, Slovenia


Submission Status: Open until 27 August 2025

Promoting mental health and well-being in the nursing workforce

Guest Editors:
Janie Brown, PhD, MEd, BN, Grad Dip Adult Ed, Int Care Cert, Dip App Sc (Nursing), Curtin School of Nursing, Australia
Alannah Cooper, PhD, BNurs, RN, Murdoch University, Australia
Petros Galanis, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Moisoglou, PhD, RN, University of Thessaly, Greece

Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025

Nursing approaches to self-care, self-management, and adaptation to illness

Guest Editors:
Åsa Audulv, RN, PhD, Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden
Francisco Miguel Correia Sampaio, RMN, MSc, PhD, Nursing School of Porto, Portugal
Clemente Neves Sousa, RN, MSc, PhD, Nursing School of Porto, Portugal

Submission Status:
Open until 20 June 2025

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Healthcare in the context of global challenges

Guest Editors:
Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Manuel Leyva-Moral: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Patrick Palmieri: Universidad Norbert Wiener, Peru

Complementary nursing interventions

Guest Editors:
Nokuthula Gloria Nkosi, MSc, MTech, PhD: WITS University, South Africa
Zeng Jie Ye, PhD: Guangzhou Medical University, China

Digitalization of nursing

Guest Editors:
Konstantinos Antypas, PhD, SINTEF Digital, Norway
Mattias Georgsson, PhD, MPH, RN, Jönköping University, Sweden
Nancy Staggers, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of Utah, US

Nursing in the age of climate change

Guest Editors:
Rasmieh Al-Amer: RN BN, MSc, PhD, Isra University, Jordan
Pammla Petrucka: RN, BScN, MN, PhD, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Francisco Sampaio: RMN, MSc, PhD, Postdoc, Nursing School of Porto, Portugal

Person-centered care in nursing

Guest Editors
Clare Harvey, PhD, Massey University, New Zealand
Carlos Laranjeira, RN, MHN, MSc, PhD, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Portugal

 

Ethics in nursing

Guest Editor
Edison Luiz Devos Barlem PhD: Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil
 

Diversity in nursing

Guest Editors
Lila de Tantillo, PhD, MS, APRN, FNP-BC, Jacksonville University, Keigwin School of Nursing, United States of America
Juan Manuel Gonzalez, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ENP-C, FNP-BC, CEN, CNE, FAANP, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, United States of America
 

Nursing workforce shortage

Guest Editors:
Maha Atout, PhD, MSN, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Aurelija Blaževičienė, PhD, MPH, RN, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
 

Nursing education

Guest Editors:
Sadeq Al-Fayyadh, PhD, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Hsiao-Yun Chang, PhD, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dana Tschannen, PhD, RN, University of Michigan School of Nursing, USA

 

Community-based nursing

Guest Editors:
Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh, PhD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Neti Juniarti, S.Kp., M.Kes., MNurs., PhD, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

 

Management and leadership in nursing

Guest Editors:
Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, PhD, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Abdelaziz Hendy, PhD, RN, Ain Shams University, Egypt

 

Nursing vulnerable populations

Guest Editors:
Jane Currie, PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Luke Molloy PhD, RPN, RN, University of Wollongong, Australia
Mirko Prosen, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN, FFNMRCSI, University of Primorska, Slovenia

 

Artificial intelligence and nursing practice

Guest Editors:
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan, PhD, MSc, RN, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Kathrin Seibert, DPH, MSc, RN, University of Bremen, Germany

 

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