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The Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology & Perioperative Practice was founded on the belief that valuable scholarship extends beyond traditional research and comes from clinicians closest to the patients. We provide a rigorous scholarly home for high-quality case reports, case series, clinical observation reports, evidence-based practice projects, quality improvement initiatives, scoping reviews, human factors and patient safety reports, perioperative innovations, and thoughtful perspectives on emerging issues facing our professions. The emphasis is always on work that is scientifically sound, clinically applicable, and capable of improving patient care.

Our mission is to improve patient care by publishing work that informs clinical practice, stimulates thoughtful discussion, and advances the science, education, safety, and delivery of anesthesia and perioperative care. We believe the most impactful scholarship begins with the questions clinicians ask every day at the bedside, in the operating room, and across the perioperative continuum.

Modern perioperative care is fundamentally interdisciplinary, and so is JNAPP. We enthusiastically welcome submissions from certified registered nurse anesthetists, student registered nurse anesthetists, perioperative and perianesthesia nurses, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, perfusionists, neuroscience/neuromonitoring specalists, engineers, quality and safety professionals, educators, researchers, and healthcare leaders. We believe that the best ideas emerge through collaboration across disciplines, specialties, and practice settings.

Beyond publishing scholarship, JNAPP strives to serve as a forum for collaboration, mentorship, and professional dialogue. We seek manuscripts that not only report findings, but also challenge assumptions, share practical lessons, identify emerging trends, and inspire innovation. Whether exploring a rare clinical scenario, translating evidence into practice, improving systems of care, or examining the human factors that shape perioperative safety, our goal is to foster meaningful conversations that advance the profession.

We are excited to launch this journal and invite you to become part of its community of authors, reviewers, and readers. Together, we can build a trusted source of clinically meaningful scholarship that elevates perioperative practice and ultimately improves the care of patients around the world.

Focus and Scope

The goal of the Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP) (ISSN 3143-3308) is to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly work dedicated exclusively to clinically grounded contributions in nurse anesthesiology and perioperative nursing. This journal will publish original papers on topics such as case reports, case series, clinical observations, practice-based insights, scoping reviews, rare complications and near miss events, evidence-based practice and quality improvement (QI) initiatives, and innovations in perioperative management.  The journal will not publish traditional experimental research, randomized trials, or hypothesis-driven studies. Instead, it will serve as a rigorously reviewed platform for clinically meaningful, practice-facing scholarship. JNAPP will fill a significant gap in nurse anesthesia publishing by providing a venue where CRNAs, fellows, nurse anesthesia residents, perioperative nurses, and clinical leaders can disseminate insights directly relevant to patient care. 

The mission and vision of the journal are:

  1. Mission: To advance nurse anesthesiology and perioperative practice through the dissemination of high-impact, clinically relevant scholarship. The Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology & Perioperative Practice is dedicated to empowering clinicians across the perioperative continuum with rigorous, peer-reviewed, practice-focused scholarship that promotes patient safety, clinical excellence, interprofessional collaboration, and continuous improvement in patient care.
  2. Vision: To become a leading peer-reviewed journal for clinically relevant, case-based scholarship in nurse anesthesiology and perioperative practice worldwide. Through timely, accessible, and practice-driven publication, JNAPP seeks to accelerate the translation of clinical insight into improved patient outcomes, foster innovation across the perioperative continuum, and cultivate a global community committed to excellence in perioperative care.
     

Submission Checklist

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format and uses the template that corresponds to the correct article type.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring an Anonymous Review have been followed.
  • All figures, charts, graphs, and images include alt text.

Copyright Notice

 

This Author Agreement for Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP) ("Agreement") is entered into by and between The Ohio State University, on behalf of its University Libraries ("Publisher"), and the author ("Author").

For good and valuable consideration, Publisher and Author agree as follows:

  1. Author hereby grants to Publisher the right to publish, reproduce, distribute, translate, transmit, and display his/her submitted work and an abstract thereof ("Work") in the Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP) in whole or in part and in all formats and all media, as well as to ensure accessibility of works under University policy and current web accessibility standards. Author also hereby grants to Publisher the right for Publisher to enter into agreements with third parties that grant such third parties any or all of the rights that Author has granted to Publisher herein. The aforementioned rights may include the rights necessary to index and abstract the Work. The Author agrees that any subsequent publication of the Work will credit Academic Dermatology as the site of first publication and provide a link to the Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP). This Agreement is subject to the terms and expectations outlined on Publisher's website ( http://go.osu.edu/publishing-services ).
  2. Author represents and warrants that: (1) they are the creator and rights holder of the Work; (2) Publisher's exercise of the rights granted to Publisher herein will not infringe or violate any copyright or any other right of a third party; (3) if the Work contains any third party content, they have obtained the unrestricted permission of the copyright owner or that use of third party material is allowed because the material is in the public domain or an appropriate fair use analysis has been performed and there is a reasonable belief that use is permitted; and (4) the Work contains nothing libelous or otherwise unlawful. Author hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Publisher and its trustees, officers, employees, agents, and subgrantees from all claims related to Publisher's exercise of the rights granted to Publisher herein or related to the subject matter covered in Author's representations and warranties.

Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP) is published under a CC BY NC 4.0 license, to allow for certain types of reuse without permission. By submitting this agreement, the Author agrees to apply a CC BY NC 4.0 license to the Work upon publication.

Peer Review

The Journal of Nurse Anesthesiology and Perioperative Practice (JNAPP) submissions are peer-reviewed using a blinded process, meaning that the authors of the submission do not know the identity of those who review the submission unless released by the reviewer.

Publication Cycle

This journal published continuously as articles are accepted.