RT Journal Article T1 Research, Reading, and Publication Habits of Nurses and Nursing Students Applied to Impact Journals: International Multicentre Study A1 Sánchez Gómez, María Begoña A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan A1 Bonilla Calero, Ana Isabel AB Publishing in JCR and SJR journals has become crucial for curricular development. Results from nursing investigations “compete” for publication in journals which are not specific to the field of care, affecting the academic development of these investigators. This phenomenon may lead to an ongoing adverse effect on nursing researchers and academics engaged in research in nursing care. The aim of this study was to evaluate habits regarding scientific literature consulting, the transfer of published material, and the citation of nursing investigations. A cross-sectional descriptive study by means of questionnaires was carried out, focusing on both Spanish and Portuguese nurses. The findings of the study reveal the following reasons for reading the scientific literature: that the language was understood; for learning and applying what was learnt; that the journal was of open access; for elaborating protocols and work procedures; and that the journal was indexed in scientific databases and in nursing databases. The reasons for reading, using, and publishing in journals were related to knowledge of the language and the associated usefulness of learning and applying knowledge. Creating a specific index of research publications in nursing will have a positive effect on the scientific production of caring methodologies. PB MDPI SN 1660-4601 (electrónico) YR 2023 FD 2023-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22066 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22066 LA eng NO Sánchez-Gómez, M. B., Duarte-Clíments, G., Gómez-Salgado, J., González-Pacheco, M. E., de Castro-Peraza, M. E., Novo-Muñoz, M. M., Rodríguez-Gómez, J. Á., Martínez-Riera, J. R., Pessoa-Moreira, R., Martins, M. do R., Echevarría-Pérez, P., & Bonilla-Calero, A. I. (2023). Research, Reading, and Publication Habits of Nurses and Nursing Students Applied to Impact Journals: International Multicentre Study. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 20, Issue 6, p. 4697). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064697 NO This project was funded by the Fundación Canaria Instituto Sanitaria de Canarias through the “Call for grants for the financing of Nursing Research Projects corresponding to the year 2019” aid, Record 19/34. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 30 may 2026