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Acute and Critical Care

Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine · South Korea · Est. 2005

ISSN2586-6060

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

230

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 76d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.65

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.778

Total Worksi

565

Total Citationsi

4,265

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications565

Publisher OrgKorean Society of Critical Care Medicine

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate18%

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2586-6060

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

870

2019

675

2020

685

2021

890

2022

361

2023

374

2024

111

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 TreatmentRespiratory Support and MechanismsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersNosocomial Infections in ICUCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Frequently asked questions about Acute and Critical Care

Is Acute and Critical Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acute and Critical Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Acute and Critical Care?

Acute and 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 2.30.

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

Acute and Critical Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Acute and Critical Care?