Research field · part of Health Sciences
Nursing
Caring for people who are sick or injured.
1.4M
Works (OpenAlex)
16.6M
Citations (OpenAlex)
4
Subfields
Counts: OpenAlex snapshot, March 2026. They cover every work OpenAlex has classified in this field, not only papers in our index.
Most-cited papers in Nursing
From our index (snapshot, October 2026): papers whose primary topic falls in this field, ranked by citation count. Counts that fail a plausibility check are left out.
Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice
Fiona Timmins
2013Nurse Education in Practice5,594 citations
A MEDIUM FOR THE CULTIVATION OF LACTOBACILLI
J. C. de Man, Morrison Rogosa, M. Elisabeth Sharpe
1960Journal of Applied Bacteriology5,300 citations
Release of reactive nitrogen intermediates and reactive oxygen intermediates from mouse peritoneal macrophages. Comparison of activating cytokines and evidence for independent production.
Aihao Ding, Carl Nathan, Dennis J. Stuehr
1988The Journal of Immunology2,831 citations
Use of Detergents in the Analysis of Fibrous Feeds. IV. Determination of Plant Cell-Wall Constituents
P.J. Van Soest, R H Wine
1967Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL2,396 citations
Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice
Daphne Stannard
2012AORN Journal2,120 citations
A starch hydrolysis procedure to estimate glycemic index
Isabel Goñi, Alejandra García‐Alonso, Fulgêncio Saura-Calixto
1997Nutrition Research2,009 citations
RAPID METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FAT IN FECES
J. H. Van De Kamer, H. ten Bokkel Huinink, H. A. Weyers
1949Journal of Biological Chemistry1,873 citations
Morphological, thermal and rheological properties of starches from different botanical sources
Narpinder Singh, Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur, Navdeep Singh Sodhi, Balmeet Singh Gill
2003Food Chemistry1,843 citations
Starch—composition, fine structure and architecture
Richard F. Tester, John Karkalas, Xin Qi
2004Journal of Cereal Science1,687 citations