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Critical Care Nurse

Abbreviation (ISO):CRIT CARE NURSE
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q3•Scopus SJR: 0.541•SCImago Rank: #10,960•Identifier (ISSN):0279-5442(Print)/1940-8250(Online)•Articles / Year: 55•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,899 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q3
2.3
↑ +0.3

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
37

37 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate10%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
55articles/year
0% Gold OA•93.1% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.75pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.3)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.3)
🔵 Computed
20251.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20241.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.6)
🔵 Computed
20221.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.192)
🔵 Computed
20211.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.708)
🔵 Computed
20201.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.484)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.291)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.707)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Critical Care Nurse (CCN) is an official publication of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Authors are invited to submit manuscripts for consideration and peer review. Clinical topics must meet the mission of CCN and address nursing practice of acute and critically ill patients.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine99.9%Biology67.7%Political science54.9%Law54.8%Intensive care medicine54.1%Chemistry52.4%Biochemistry49.6%Internal medicine46.7%MEDLINE44.7%Psychology35.1%Nursing35.1%Psychiatry28.1%Surgery25.8%Anesthesia20.8%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #10,960Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1980-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicineNursing
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.541

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
55

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.17

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,899 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations317
3-Year Documents211
Citable Documents139

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate81.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Critical Care NursingQ1
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Subscription
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Bimonthly
Founding Year
1980
Editorial Address
AMER ASSOC CRITICAL CARE NURSES, 101 COLUMBIA, ALISO VIEJO, USA, CA, 92656
Indexing & Databases
SCIESSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCRSCIE
38/66Q3
NURSING
JCRSCIE, SSCI
62/194Q2
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCISCIE
32/66Q2
NURSING
JCISCIE, SSCI
107/194Q3

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—697
2025292105
2024275174
20231.674371
20222.19276562
20211.70895660
20201.484981,193
20191.291871,359
20181.70777845
2017—821,569
2016—921,272
2015—822,894
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Critical Care Nurse

WoS Q3
0123201820192020202120222023202420252.00
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 10%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 18b2264c-ae6d-484d-86ae-b3980dfd0e44
Database Updated: 2026-09-29