We conducted a survey about what kind of journal has been used in research of nursing in our country. In Volume 1 through 37 of journal “Kango Kenkyu (The Japanese journal of nursing research)”, we analyzed 11, 202 journal theses listed in reference of thesis written by Japanese. Number of journal title was 828 non-Japanese journals and 967 Japanese journals. Number of journal thesis was 4, 159 non-Japanese journals and 7, 043 Japanese journals. Average number of year cited was 11 years for non-Japanese journal and 6 years for Japanese journals. The journal “Kango Kenkyu (The Japanese journal of nursing research)”, which was eligible for research, was cited 814 times, and it is 12 percent of the number cited in Japanese journals. In the ranking of cited document by journal, top were “Nursing Research” (329 times) for non-Japanese journal and “Kango Kenkyu (The Japanese journal of nursing research)” (814 times) for Japanese journal. In addition, as a result of summarizing ranking of journals cited by thesis eligible for survey, title of non-Japanese and Japanese journal was not changed. In non-Japanese journals, 126 theses listed the “Nursing Research” as cited document while in Japanese journals, 298 theses listed the “Kango Kenkyu (The Japanese journal of nursing research)” as cited document.