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Critical Care Nurse

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · United States

ISSN0279-5442eISSN1940-8250

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.541

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.808

Total Worksi

3,762

Total Citationsi

32,223

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Nursing; Critical Care Nursing; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,762

Publisher OrgAmerican Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0279-5442 / 1940-8250

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

1.2k

2020

653

2021

535

2022

355

2023

161

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Critical Care NursingQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineNursing

Scopus Categories

Critical Care NursingMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationRespiratory Support and MechanismsPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Nurse

Is Critical Care Nurse a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Care Nurse: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Critical Care Nurse?

Critical Care Nurse is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.90.

Is Critical Care Nurse indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Care Nurse is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Critical Care Nurse?