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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Churchill Livingstone · United States

ISSN0964-3397eISSN1532-4036

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.281

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.527

Total Worksi

3,375

Total Citationsi

57,412

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Nursing; Critical Care Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,375

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0964-3397 / 1532-4036

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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

156

3.7k

2020

137

2.9k

2021

138

2.5k

2022

170

1.8k

2023

266

1.9k

2024

335

827

2025

193

105

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineNursing

Scopus Categories

Critical Care Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesRespiratory Support and MechanismsSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Is Intensive and Critical Care Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Intensive and Critical Care Nursing: 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 Intensive and Critical Care Nursing?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 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 2.88.

Is Intensive and Critical Care Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing?