The Journal of Trauma Nursing (JTN) is the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN). Started in 1995, JTN is an international, peer-reviewed, scientific, bi-monthly journal that supports the STN mission by publishing original articles that advance trauma care across the trauma continuum globally.
 
Mission:
To improve trauma care by delivering the highest-quality evidence to trauma teams globally.
 
Vision:
To be a global leader in advancing trauma center evidence-based practice.
 
Aims:

1. To advance trauma knowledge
2. To promote trauma center evidence-based practice
   
3. To disseminate generalizable trauma quality improvement initiatives
   

1. Topic Relevance: Is the topic pertinent to contemporary trauma care?
2. Study Originality: Is the study interesting, innovative, or novel?
3. Study Context: Is the study framed with adequate breadth and currency of related literature?
4. Knowledge Advancement: Does the study add, extend, or challenge what is currently known?
5. Scientific Strength: Are the aim, design, data analysis, and conclusions aligned, reliable, and valid?
6. Writing Impact: Does the writing communicate with impact, concisely, with continuity and flow?
   

JTN is provided for free or nominal cost to institutions in low- and middle-income countries through participation in the HINARI Program developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). More detailed information is available here.

Abstracting and Indexing: CINAHL, EMBASE, INR, JCR, MEDLINE, PUBMED, SCIE, and SCOPUS​

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