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Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1550-5111

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.346

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.452

Total Worksi

1,908

Total Citationsi

18,980

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal that provides current practice-oriented information for the continuing education and improved clinical practice of critical care professionals, including nurses, physicians, and allied health care professionals. It features original peer-reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest research.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,908

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?

1550-5111

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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

595

2019

604

2020

256

2021

160

2022

151

2023

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 NursingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationRespiratory Support and MechanismsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Is Critical Care Nursing Quarterly a predatory journal?

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

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 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 0.75.

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

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