Visions: History
and New Directions

Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science

Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science was established as the official journal of the Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS) in 1993, providing readers with essential knowledge about Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB). Visions was founded as a peer reviewed journal by Violet M. Malinski, RN; PhD and Sheila Cheema, RN; PhD. The journal has always aimed to assist scholars who are interested in discovering, understanding, and disseminating nursing knowledge related to SUHB. Visions has been indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) since its inception. The 27 volumes of Visions (1993-2021) can be found on the SRS website (https://www.societyofrogerianscholars.org/visions).

Long standing goals of Visions have been to secure a publisher; become indexed in MEDLINE; and become indexed in the Science Citation Index to receive a Journal Impact Factor (JIF). These goals have been achieved with a new partnership with Advances in Nursing Science (ANS). In this collaboration, each issue of ANS will expandby 15 to 20 pages–these pages will be devoted to one article that remains true to the purpose of discovering, understanding, and disseminating nursing knowledge based on a perspective related to Rogers’ SUHB. The section in ANS will be titled Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science. The section will be branded with a custom logo that will be at the top of the first page of the article, above the title. The article will have a place of pride in ANS as the last article in the issue–it is well known that the most widely read articles in any journal are the first and last ones. Further, on the table of contents, the title of the article will be preceded by the word “Visions:” so readers will immediately know which article is the Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science article in the issue. Visions will maintain its own editor, editorial board, and peer review panel. These experts in SUHB will continue to ensure that only the most current and comprehensive manuscripts that help to improve the understanding of Rogerian Science are published in Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science in ANS.

By virtue of this collaboration, articles published in Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science will be indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, Ovid, and CINAHL. For promotion, Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science can identify the Journal Impact Factor of ANS (currently 2.147) as well as membership in COPE: The Committee on Publication Ethics. Upon publication of each issue, the table of contents of ANS is sent to all subscribers (at present in excess of 3200), further expanding the reach and visibility of Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science. Visions articles on the ANS website will:

• Be presented with an Altmetric donut;

• Have keywords highlighted;

• Be linked to searches for similar articles;

• Have the opportunity for authors to create video abstracts or be featured in the ANS Blog.

Authors will have the option to choose having their article published as open access through the hybrid model used by ANS. When appropriate, the article may be highlighted as a “Featured Article” on the ANS website. Lippincott/Wolters Kluwer will be the publisher of record for Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science. The ISSN for ANS is 0161-9268 (print) and 1550-5014 (online).

Members in good standing of the Society of Rogerian Scholars will receive access to the online version of ANS as well as a print copy in the mail as a member benefit.

Manuscripts submitted to Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science should be papers that contribute significantly to a perspective based on Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings. Research reports, concept analyses, reviews, and theoretical or philosophic discussion papers focused on SUHB are welcome. Papers submitted for consideration in Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science must be original, not previously published, and not under consideration for publication by any other journal. Guidelines for ANS articles regarding style, presentation, length, formatting, references, tables, figures, supplemental digital content, originality, and permissions apply to articles submitted for Visions: Scholarship of Rogerian Nursing Science. Manuscripts should be submitted through Editorial Manager and identified for consideration as a Visions paper. All manuscripts will undergo peer review. The final decision for publication will be made by the Editor. Detailed guidelines for authors are available at the ANS website.