Focus and Scope

The electronic journal Enfermería Global, supported by EDITUM (Editions of the University of Murcia), was founded in November 2002, with the sole intention of connecting and establishing a unifying bond among the nursing world, regardless of its roles, destinations, borders, hierarchies or academic level.

The journal was biannually published until February 2008 when it turned into four-monthly. It has been published quarterly since January 2011.

In a scientific and documentary style, the journal emerged from the interest in acquiring new means of information, access to research and the possibility of exchanging experiences and knowledge in an updated and rapid way.

Enfermería Global pays careful attention to every detail in its edition to make it an attractive and easy to use publication for the Internet user. The digital document is a resource that offers countless advantages and benefits, provided that we use it properly and we are able to select from the information overload to which we are exposed, all accurate, realistic, present and authentic information expressed in its full text and open access contents.

The articles, documents or published studies are related to the general fields corresponding to research, teaching, assistance and nursing administration. The sections of the journal are:

• Originals.- Original works, studies and researches.
• Reviews.- Critical and updated study on literature / themes of interest for the nursing discipline. Analysis and Conclusions are presented through its development.

Peer Review Process

In the review process of the articles from Enfermeria Global, scientific arbitration is carried out by peer review and by a third reviewer in case of disagreement, by reviewers who have the subject matter expertise, with complete anonymity in the review of manuscripts.

The time for reviewing and informing the author about its acceptance or rejection, shall be ten weeks after reception.

In the review process, Enfermeria Global provides reviewers with great competence and professional capacity, 95% of them are external to the publishing company, ensuring rigor, confidentiality, impartiality and honesty during this assessment.

The journal "Enfermeria Global “ has access to plagiarism detection tools and to diverse documents, such as the Library of the University of Murcia: Plagium, Dupli Checker, Viper, DOC C, Articlechecker, Copyscape, among others things.

Publication Frequency

The contents of the journal will be published collectively as part of an issue, with no possibility of adding new documents to that issue. The journal will be published quarterly.

Open Access Policy

Enfermería Global uses the OJS system (Open Journal Systems) -open access to its contents, free and full text- for its digital edition; thus, allowing the reader the possibility of taking out a subscription to receive information about the journal and the publication date of every issue on the Net.