Name

The Nurse Practitioner Journal

Legal name

Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Website

https://tnpj.com

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nursing and Medical Journals

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Peer-reviewed nursing journal
• Nurse practitioner literature
• Clinical medical publishing
• Nursing continuing education
• Healthcare research journal

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Journal Subscriptions: The journal generates revenue through print and digital subscription models. Subscriptions are available to institutions via the Ovid platform and to individuals through the Wolters Kluwer shop. Subscription access provides full content including articles, multimedia, and collections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Nurse Practitioner Journal is a monthly, peer-reviewed clinical journal that delivers evidence-based research articles, clinical reviews, and continuing education content aimed at nurse practitioners and advanced practice registered nurses. It is published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., distributed institutionally through the Ovid research platform and to individuals through the LWW online shop (shop.lww.com), and carries an Impact Factor of 1.1 with ISSN 0361-1817.

Product overview

The Nurse Practitioner Journal is a standalone peer-reviewed medical journal published by Wolters Kluwer Health through the Ovid platform. It provides monthly clinical content including research articles, case studies, and drug updates for nursing professionals. The journal is hosted on Ovid alongside other Wolters Kluwer journals (such as PAIN, Anesthesiology, and Neurology) but operates as an independent nursing-focused publication with its own editorial leadership and ISSN (0361-1817).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Nurse Practitioner Journal (print and digital subscription)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Nursing2025: A Lippincott-published, peer-reviewed clinical journal for practicing nurses. Operates inside the same Wolters Kluwer Health stable and competes directly for nursing CE/clinical readership and institutional subscriptions.
• American Journal of Nursing (AJN): A long-running Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott peer-reviewed nursing journal with a broader nursing audience but overlapping clinical content. Sits in the same publisher's portfolio and competes for nursing library budget allocations.
• Journal of Advanced Nursing: A leading peer-reviewed nursing research journal published by Wiley, covering clinical practice, research, and education. Competes for nursing scholarship submissions and institutional subscription dollars globally.
• Nursing Research: A Lippincott-published peer-reviewed research journal for nursing science. Competes directly with The Nurse Practitioner for nursing faculty and researcher readership and library subscriptions.
• Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP): The flagship peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, also targeting APRNs with clinical and policy content. It is the most direct competitor to The Nurse Practitioner for NP readership and manuscript submissions.

Broad incumbents

• The Lancet: A leading general medical journal with global institutional reach. Competes for hospital and university library budgets that could otherwise be allocated to specialty nursing journals such as The Nurse Practitioner.
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): A premier general medical journal distributed through Ovid. While not NP-specific, it competes for the same institutional subscription pool and provides the 'gold standard' clinical content NPs may consume instead of specialty journals.
• JAMA: A flagship general medical journal that also serves as a subscription anchor for institutional Ovid bundles. It is broader in scope but competes for the same library budget line and clinician readership attention.

Emerging players

• UpToDate: A point-of-care clinical decision-support resource widely used by NPs and other clinicians. It is a substitute rather than a direct journal competitor, but it pressures subscription value for clinical reference periodicals.
• BMC Nursing: An open-access, peer-reviewed nursing journal published by BioMed Central. Represents the open-access alternative that pressures subscription-based nursing journals on author choice and institutional procurement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-nurse-practitioner-journal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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