Most-cited articles by year
AJN American Journal of Nursing
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins · ISSN 0002-936X · 91,732 works in OpenAlex · h-index 163
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles AJN American Journal of Nursing published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 343 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 354 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 348 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 381 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 421 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 456 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 445 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 458 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 446 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
AJN American Journal of Nursing published between 343 and 458 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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