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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN1529-7535eISSN1947-3893

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.213

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.214

Total Worksi

10,949

Total Citationsi

148,681

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Pediatrics; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,949

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 Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1529-7535 / 1947-3893

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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

387

6.4k

2019

443

6.9k

2020

2.6k

2021

822

3.5k

2022

268

2.9k

2023

721

1.4k

2024

218

640

2025

148

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 and Intensive Care MedicineQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicinePediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentRespiratory Support and MechanismsNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCongenital Heart Disease StudiesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsNosocomial Infections in ICUAirway Management and Intubation Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Is Pediatric Critical Care Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: 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 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 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 1.57.

Is Pediatric Critical Care Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine?