TY - JOUR T1 - Scientific nursing journals over 25 years: most studies continue to focus on adults and psychological variables, with a decline in theory-testing-based studies and an increase in qualitative studies JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 117 LP - 118 DO - 10.1136/eb-2012-101115 VL - 16 IS - 4 AU - Marilyn H Oermann AU - Coretta Melissa Jenerette Y1 - 2013/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/16/4/117.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Yarcheski A, Mahon NE, Yarcheski TJ . A descriptive study of research published in scientific nursing journals from 1985 to 2010. Int J Nurs Stud 2012; 49: 1112– 21.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Most studies published in scientific nursing journals explore psychological variables in adult populations. Over the last 25 years less theoretically oriented research has been published in nursing journals. Future studies should expand journal selection to include more clinical and international nursing journals. Professional journals serve as vehicles for disseminating the findings of research and new knowledge to readers who can use that information in their own practice or research. Studies of journals can reveal important trends in the development of knowledge in a field, how works are related to one another, the most influential journals and patterns in authorship. Brown et al 1 analysed trends in nursing research over three decades (to 1980) based on … ER -