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Call for Papers: Reimagining Nursing: Antiracism and Epistemic Justice (Journal of Advanced Nursing)

Journal of Advanced Nursing is inviting nursing scholarship on antiracism and epistemic justice in nursing practice, education and research. This guide sets out topic areas consistent with that scope, fit checks, contribution types editors tend to value and practical steps for submitting before the 27 March 2027 deadline.

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Deadline
27 March 2027
Last checked
10 November 2026
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Key dates

Manuscript deadline
27 March 2027
Details last checked
10 November 2026
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About the journal

Journal
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Publisher
Wiley
Call type
Call for papers
Scope
Special issue inviting nursing scholarship on antiracism and epistemic justice in nursing practice, education and research.
Guest editors
Listed on the official collection page
Access and fees
Open access; an article processing charge normally applies on acceptance
Originality
Original work, not under review elsewhere; confirm on the official page

Topics consistent with the call

  • Antiracist approaches to nursing curricula, pedagogy and clinical education
  • Experiences of racism among nurses, students and patients in care settings
  • Epistemic justice and whose knowledge counts in nursing research and practice
  • Organisational and policy interventions addressing racism within nursing workforces
  • Participatory and community-led research methods that centre marginalised voices
  • Historical and theoretical analyses of race and knowledge in nursing

Based on the published scope; the full list of themes is on the official call page.

Is your work a fit? Check before you write

  1. Address antiracism, epistemic justice or both, with a clear link to nursing practice, education or research.
  2. Make the theoretical framing explicit and use it consistently throughout the manuscript.
  3. Describe positionality, reflexivity and ethical safeguards where the study design calls for them.
  4. Follow an appropriate reporting guideline and confirm accepted article types on the official call page.
  5. Submit a complete, co-author-approved manuscript before 27 March 2027.

Why This Call Is a Priority Now

Nursing has increasingly examined how racism shapes care, careers and the production of knowledge within the profession. Antiracism and epistemic justice offer frameworks for asking whose experience is recognised, whose expertise is valued and how inequities are reproduced in education, practice and research. A themed issue in a broad nursing journal gives authors a dedicated space for this scholarship and an international readership of clinicians, educators, researchers and leaders who can act on its findings.

Who Should Submit

Academic backgrounds

  • Nursing and midwifery
  • Nurse education
  • Health equity and social justice research
  • Sociology of health
  • Critical race and decolonial studies

Institutions and sectors

  • Universities and schools of nursing
  • Health services and hospital trusts
  • Professional and regulatory nursing bodies
  • Community and advocacy organisations

Article types commonly published in Journal of Advanced Nursing

  • See the journal’s article types

What the Editors Typically Value

  1. Empirical studies that document how racism operates in nursing education, workplaces or care delivery.
  2. Theoretical work that applies epistemic justice to nursing knowledge and evidence hierarchies.
  3. Evaluations of antiracist interventions with attention to implementation and sustainability.
  4. Methodological contributions on participatory or community-led approaches that centre marginalised perspectives.

Paper Ideas You Could Develop

Antiracist curriculum reviewA qualitative study with nursing students and educators exploring how an antiracist curriculum revision was experienced and what changed in teaching practice.
Testimonial injustice in careAn interpretive study of how patients from racialised communities describe having their accounts of symptoms believed or dismissed by nurses.
Workforce progression and raceA mixed-methods study examining racial disparities in nurse career progression and the organisational factors associated with them.

Your Plan to the Deadline

A suggested schedule working back from 27 March 2027. Adjust it to the stage your work has reached.

  1. By 10 Feb 2027

    Open the official collection page and the Journal of Advanced Nursing submission guidelines; confirm the scope, article types and guest editors.

  2. By 24 Feb 2027

    Write a one-paragraph statement of your research question, design and the contribution your paper makes to the collection.

  3. By 6 Mar 2027

    Complete the analysis and agree the key findings, figures and tables with your co-authors.

  4. By 17 Mar 2027

    Draft the full manuscript to the Journal of Advanced Nursing article type and the relevant reporting guideline.

  5. By 22 Mar 2027

    Circulate the draft to co-authors and an independent reader; revise for clarity, accuracy and completeness.

  6. By 25 Mar 2027

    Complete final checks: formatting, references, declarations, data availability statement and cover letter.

  7. By 27 Mar 2027

    Submit through the journal’s online system, selecting the collection, after re-checking the official call page.

What you gain from publishing here

  • Publication in Journal of Advanced Nursing, reaching readers working on this topic.
  • A themed collection that groups your paper with related work.
  • Editorial and peer feedback that can strengthen the work, whatever the decision.
  • A peer-reviewed output for your CV, thesis or grant reporting.

What happens after you submit

  1. Submission: upload through the Journal of Advanced Nursing online system and select the collection.
  2. Editorial screening: the editors check fit with the collection; papers outside its scope may be returned without review.
  3. Peer review: suitable papers are sent to reviewers under the journal’s review model.
  4. Revision and decision: respond to each reviewer comment and keep a record of the changes.
  5. Production: accepted papers move to proofs and open access publication, with the article processing charge set out by the publisher.

What the Collection Is Looking For

The special issue seeks nursing scholarship that advances antiracism and epistemic justice across practice, education and research. Consistent with the journal’s remit, it is likely to welcome empirical studies, theoretical and discussion papers, and methodological work, provided the contribution to nursing is clear. Rigorous methods, explicit theoretical framing and attention to reflexivity will strengthen a submission. Authors should confirm accepted article types and any guest editor details on the official call page.

Read the call itselfThis guide summarises the call. Open the official collection page before you plan a submission, and record the date you checked it and the guest editors listed.Open the official call

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How Pubrica Can Help With This Submission

Pubrica’s subject specialists can review, write, edit, format and prepare your manuscript for this call, planned back from the deadline. You remain the author of your work.

Pre-submission peer reviewAn expert review of the manuscript against the call and the journal’s requirements. Manuscript editingSubject-specialist editing for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Journal formattingFormatting of the manuscript, references, figures and tables to the journal’s guidelines. BiostatisticsStatistical analysis and review of results. Cover letterA cover letter that explains how the manuscript fits the call. Journal submissionPreparation of submission files and completion of the online submission.
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FAQs

Questions Authors Ask

The published deadline is 27 March 2027. Collections can close early or be extended, so confirm the date on the official call page before you plan your submission.

The guest editors are listed on the official collection page. Check their research interests, as they help to judge whether your manuscript fits the collection.

The call invites nursing scholarship broadly, so a well-argued theoretical or discussion paper may be suitable if the journal accepts that article type. Authors should check the official call page and the journal’s author guidelines to confirm.

Access model: Hybrid. Check the journal’s fees page for any article processing charge before you submit.

Sources

  1. Journal of Advanced Nursing. (2026). Reimagining Nursing: Antiracism and Epistemic Justice [Collection call for papers]. Wiley. Retrieved 10 November 2026, from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652648/homepage/call-for-papers

How to cite this page

Pubrica Insights. (2026). Call for Papers: Reimagining Nursing: Antiracism and Epistemic Justice (Journal of Advanced Nursing). Pubrica. https://pubrica.com/insights/calls-and-conferences/reimagining-nursing-antiracism-and-epistemic-justice/

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