Objective To explore the effect of journal club in cultivating the scientific research ability of oncology specialized nurses.Methods By cluster sampling method,a total of 45 oncology specialized nurses attending specialty training in Chinese PLA General Hospital in October 2014 and May 2015 were selected as the control group. A total of 48 oncology specialized nurses attending specialty training in October 2015 and May 2016 were selected as the experimental group. For two groups,training courses such as lecture, group discussion,and written assignment were given to them. The training lasted for a month. Furthermore, the experimental group conducted journal club for 5 times in 3 weeks,and it lasted 2 hours each time. After training,the score of a review completed by all nurses was compared between two groups,and the nurses′ opinions on journal club were investigated in the experimental group.Results The score of review in the experimental group(88.19±3.04)was higher than that(84.45±3.45)in the control group(t=-5.48,P<0.05). In the experimental group,95.83% of nurses believed that journal club training can increase innovative consciousness,93.75% of them thought that journal club training can improve the scientific research ability,and 91.67% of them thought that journal club training can raise self-learning ability.Conclusions The journal club training method can significantly improve the document retrieval ability,learning consciousness and innovation ability. It can promote comprehensive scientific research ability of oncology specialized nurses.