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Australian Critical Care

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland

ISSN1036-7314eISSN1878-1721

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.842

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.979

Total Worksi

3,715

Total Citationsi

25,704

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,715

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1036-7314 / 1878-1721

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

139

1.9k

2019

246

2020

134

1.6k

2021

193

1.5k

2022

147

943

2023

230

716

2024

274

310

2025

111

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

Emergency NursingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineNursing

Scopus Categories

Critical Care NursingEmergency Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersRespiratory Support and MechanismsSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Frequently asked questions about Australian Critical Care

Is Australian Critical Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australian Critical Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Australian Critical Care?

Australian Critical Care 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 1.47.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Australian Critical Care?