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Journal of the Intensive Care Society

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1751-1437eISSN1751-1437

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.58

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.854

Total Worksi

2,125

Total Citationsi

12,483

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,125

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-1437 / 1751-1437

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

1.2k

2019

1.6k

2020

592

2021

290

2022

224

2023

141

2024

122

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 NursingQ1

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care NursingCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersRespiratory Support and MechanismsCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesDisaster Response and Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Is Journal of the Intensive Care Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Intensive Care Society: 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 Journal of the Intensive Care Society?

Journal of the Intensive Care Society 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 1.17.

Is Journal of the Intensive Care Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Intensive Care Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Intensive Care Society?