Articles Published in Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Between 1987 and 1991

Abstract

Nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy are new as areas of research in the Nordic countries. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, the first scientific journal based in the Nordic countries for these research areas was established in 1987. In this article the first five volumes of the journal are reviewed. The study revealed a growing number of manuscripts submitted and an increase of pages per volume. Most articles came from nurses in Sweden. However, other disciplines were represented and papers came from all the Nordic countries and also from countries outside Scandinavia. In most articles patients were studied and both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used.

Review of Finnish Nursing Research from 1958 to 1995

“…Special mention must be made here of the lack of methodological articles. The same trend has also been seen internationally (7,18). The number of theses aiming at methodological elaboration or concept analysis is also very limited.…”

“…It is also difficult to gain a comprehensive view of the research work that has been done in the Scandinavian countries. One of the few systematic analyses has been presented by Segesten (7), who looks at the articles published in the Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences between 1987 and 1993. Most of the articles (n = 96) were concerned with patients (64%), one quarter with nursing staff and only a handful with questions of education.…”

“…The solutions for the organization of research and nursing education still vary considerably in Scandinavia. Segesten (7) points out that Sweden, for instance, encourages nurses to work for doctoral degrees in disciplines related to nursing. In Finland, on the other hand, most nurses do their doctoral studies in nursing science.…”

Some remarks on the relevance of basic research in nursing inquiry

“…Furthermore, much Nordic patient‐orientated research may be categorized as either nursing research or caring research, or be founded on other fields of knowledge. Finally, it must be mentioned that Nordic nursing research has developed gradually during a quarter of a century (Segesten, 1989, 1993; Heyman, 1995; Willman, 2000).…”

Creating a Swedish Top Ten List of Scientific Nursing Journals

“…Nursing journals, read and assigned most often in American doctoral programs, were listed by Templeton Gay et al (1989). The first five years of the Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences have been described in terms of manuscripts and articles, authors and institutions, subjects of study and methodology (Segesten 1993).…”