International Content of High‐Ranking Nursing Journals in the Year 2000

To evaluate the extent of an international perspective in publication in nursing journals.Characteristics of 2,581 articles, authors of articles, and journals (editorial purpose and editorial team) of 42 high-ranking nursing journals for the year 2000 were analyzed.The characteristics were assessed using seven operational definitions of "international."Major findings were: (a) 747 (28.9%) articles were identified as international, of which (b)...