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Critical Care Explorations

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN2639-8028eISSN2639-8028

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.942

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.833

Total Worksi

1,398

Total Citationsi

14,954

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,398

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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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?

2639-8028 / 2639-8028

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.1k

2019

239

5.4k

2020

293

4.2k

2021

228

2.7k

2022

190

1.4k

2023

171

731

2024

167

202

2025

110

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentRespiratory Support and MechanismsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesNosocomial Infections in ICUCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsAcute Kidney Injury Research

Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Explorations

Is Critical Care Explorations a predatory journal?

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

Critical Care Explorations 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 1.91.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Critical Care Explorations?