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Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1940

ISSN1473-6500

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.724

H-Indexi

106

SNIPi

0.996

Total Worksi

4,828

Total Citationsi

81,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1940

Annual Volume~ 120 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,828

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

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?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-6500

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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

129

3.2k

2019

117

2.2k

2020

134

1.9k

2021

133

1.4k

2022

848

2023

111

705

2024

150

365

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.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anesthesiology

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchNausea and vomiting managementHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyEnhanced Recovery After SurgeryTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationPain Management and Opioid Use

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Is Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology: 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 Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 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 2.41.

Is Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology?