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CHEST Critical Care

Elsevier · United States · Est. 2023

eISSN2949-7884

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.707

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

264

Total Citationsi

545

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

CHEST Critical Care is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that advances the care of patients served by critical care clinicians. It publishes clinical research relevant to critical care, intensive care, and medical education.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2023

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications264

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2949-7884

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineRespiratory System

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersRespiratory Support and MechanismsSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesNosocomial Infections in ICUCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesAirway Management and Intubation Techniques

Frequently asked questions about CHEST Critical Care

Is CHEST Critical Care a predatory journal?

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

CHEST 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 1.30.

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

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