Consistently ranked as one of the most-read and most assigned journals by faculties of graduate programs in nursing, Advances in Nursing Science (ANS) is intellectually challenging, innovative and progressive, and features articles from a wide range of scholarly traditions. The primary purposes of Advances in Nursing Science (ANS) are to advance the development of nursing knowledge and to promote the integration of nursing philosophies, theories and research with practice. ​The journal particularly encourages works that speak to the need for global sustainability and that take an intersectional approach, recognizing class, color, sexual and gender identity, and other dimensions of human experience related to health. Articles in ANS are peer-reviewed and chosen for their pioneering perspectives and for their significance in contributing the evolution of the discipline of nursing.

JoAnne Banks, RN, PhD
Bertha L. Shelton Endowed Professor of Research
Winston-Salem State University
Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN 
Professor 
University of Connecticut
Helene Berman, RN, PhD
Professor 
University of Western Ontario
Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anna D. Wolfe Chair
Endowed Professor of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Mary K. Canales, PhD, RN
University of Wisconsin
Eau Claire
W. Richard Cowling, III, RN, PhD, CS, FAAN
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Adeline Falk-Rafael, RN, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing
York University
Toronto, Canada
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
Professor & Marjorie O. Rendell Endowed Professor in Healthy Nursing Transitions
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Paula N. Kagan, PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Fellow,
Humanities Center, DePaul University
M. Katherine Maeve, RN, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Nursing
Charlie Norwood VAMC
Augusta, GA


Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, DrPS (hon), FAAN
Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Geraldine S. Pearson, PhD, PMH-CNS, FAAN
Associate Professor,
University of Connecticut
Margaret Dexheimer Pharris, PhD, RN, MPH, AHN-BC, FAAN
Professor
St. Catherine University
Carol Polifroni, EdD, RN 
Associate Professor 
University of Connecticut
Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Rush University, Chicago, IL
Marlaine C. Smith, RN, PhD, HNC
Professor and Dean 
Florida Atlantic University
Jeanne Sorrell, RN, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing 
George Mason University
Alice M. Tse, PhD, RN, APRN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing and Department Chair
University of Hawaii at Manoa  
Jean Watson, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Dan Willis, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison