Pensar Enfermagem - Journal of Nursing is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for a Special Issue dedicated to Research Methodologies. We invite the academic community, researchers, and healthcare professionals to contribute with their studies in this fundamental area for the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Special Issue Title: Research Methodologies in Nursing: Between Scientific Rigour and Innovation

Submission Opens: 15 July 2026

Submission Deadline: 27 November 2026

Special Issue Editors: Helga Rafael Henriques (ESEUL), Florinda Galinha de Sá (ESEUL), and Sara Correia (University of Oviedo).

The recording of the webinar Pensar Enfermagem Best Article Award 2025 – Humanisation of care from a multidisciplinary perspective, held on 8 June 2026 at 2.00 pm (local time in mainland Portugal), is now available.

The webinar for the 2025 Pensar Enfermagem Best Article Award – Humanisation of care from a multidisciplinary perspective – will take place on 8 June 2026 at 2.00 pm (local time) via the Zoom platform.

Pensar Enfermagem | Journal of Nursing is looking for new members for its Reviewers board.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between January and April 2026 in Volume 30, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing has established the Pensar Enfermagem Best Article Award, which aims to recognize the scientific quality of its publications. 

After analysis by an international independent jury, we are honored to announce that the Best Article of Pensar Enfermagem 2025 Prize has been awarded to the article Guidelines for the humanization of care provided by the multidisciplinary team in the adult emergency department by Sara Campino and Maria dos Anjos Coelho Rodrigues Dixe.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in Scopus.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between October and December 2025 in Volume 29, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing. During this period, was also published the Special Issue Interdisciplinarity, Networking and Healthcare Outcomes.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between July and September 2025 in Volume 29, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc: https://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7900.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between April and June 2025 in Volume 29, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing special issue is now available for consultation. This edition contains the 36 papers presented at 2nd CIDNUR International Conference, Nursing Trends: research for a better health – Lisbon 2024.

It is with great enthusiasm that Scientific Journal Pensar Enfermagem invites you to take part in the “Pensar Enfermagem 2024 Best Article Award” Webinar, which will take place on 29 May 2025, between 4pm and 5.30pm, via Zoom.

Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing has established the Pensar Enfermagem Best Article Award, which aims to recognize the scientific quality of its publications.

After analysis by an internacional jury, the Best Article of Pensar Enfermagem 2024 Prize has been awarded to the article Evaluation of mental health care for postpartum women in primary care: an evaluative study.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between January and March 2025 in Volume 29, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

Journal: Pensar Enfermagem

Special Issue Title: Interdisciplinarity, networking and healthcare outcomes

Submission Deadline: 15th March 2025

Special Issue Editors:

Pedro Bernardes Lucas1,2, Marcelle Miranda da Silva1,3, Karla Crozeta Figueiredo1,4

1. Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Lisboa, Portugal.
2. Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal.
3. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
4. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil.

Journal: Pensar Enfermagem

Special Issue Title: Interdisciplinarity, networking and healthcare outcomes

Submission Deadline: 15^th December 2024

Special Issue Editors:

Pedro Bernardes Lucas^1,2, Marcelle Miranda da Silva^1,3, Karla Crozeta Figueiredo^1,4

1. Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Lisboa, Portugal.
2. Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal.
3. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
4. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between June and September 2024 in Volume 28, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

Journal: Pensar Enfermagem

Special Issue Title: Interdisciplinarity, networking and healthcare outcomes

Submission open call: 1^th August 2024

Submission Deadline: 15^th December 2024

Special Issue Editors:

Pedro Bernardes Lucas^1,2, Marcelle Miranda da Silva^1,3, Karla Crozeta Figueiredo^1,4

1. Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Lisboa, Portugal.
2. Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal.
3. Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
4. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now registered in FAIRsharing: https://fairsharing.org/5538.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between April and June 2024 in Volume 28, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

The Pensar Enfermagem | Journal of Nursing has joined the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service, from Clarivate.

The complete edition of Volume 27, Number 1 (2023) of Pensar Enfermagem has just been published, bringing together the 20 articles published continuously during 2023.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in INDEXAR, Directory of Digital Repositories and Scientific Journals!

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between January and March 2024 in Volume 28, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested is invited to visit the available publications.

Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing has established the Pensar Enfermagem Best Article Award, which aims to recognize the scientific quality of its publications.

We announce the published articles in rolling pass format between October and December 2023 in Volume 27, Number 1 of the Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing.

Anyone who’s interested are invited to visit the available publications.

The article by Prof. Jean Watson stands out.

To all, 

Pensar Enfermagem – Journal of Nursing is now publishing Cochrane Corners, contributing to the transfer of knowledge, on the proposal of Cochrane Portugal’s Board. Learn more at About the Journal.

Professor Jean Watson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Colorado, USA, visited ESEL on 27 June 2023 as part of the International Meeting of the Portuguese Nursing Science Network for Human Care. At our request, she agreed to publish an article in the Pensar Enfermagem journal. This publication honours our journal, considering she is one of the world's leading reference in nursing.

Volume 27, Number 1 (2023) of Pensar Enfermagem has 12 (twelve) articles published so far.

The editorial profile of this continuous publication issue is made up of original articles (3), review articles (7) and theoretical articles (2).

We invite anyone who’s interested to visit the available publications.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in RCAAP – Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Journals Directory)!

Pensar Enfermagem | Journal of Nursing informs that it is temporarily unavailable to accept the submission of review protocols.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in the Latindex 2.0 Catalogue!

The Pensar Enfermagem | Journal of Nursing has joined ReviewerCredits, a platform to certify and recognize the activity of reviewers. To take advantage of these benefits, we invite our reviewers to register on the ReviewerCredits platform and claim reviews performed for Pensar Enfermagem. This service is provided free of charge.

The Pensar Enfermagem Journal is now indexed in Latindex.

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