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WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #6,398CAS 2区Hybrid

Australian Critical Care

Abbreviation (ISO):AUST CRIT CARE
Country: Australia•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 0.842•SCImago Rank: #6,398•Identifier (ISSN):1036-7314(Print)•Articles / Year: 75•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,191 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q2
3.6
↑ +0.9

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
31

31 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ2
Self-Citation Rate15.4%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
75articles/year
37.08% Gold OA•86.67% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

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

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.6)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.6)
🔵 Computed
20252.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.7)
🔵 Computed
20242.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.6)
🔵 Computed
20232.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.3)
🔵 Computed
20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.265)
🔵 Computed
20212.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.737)
🔵 Computed
20202.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.214)
🔵 Computed
20192.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.515)
🔵 Computed
20182.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.93)
🔵 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

Australian Critical Care is the official journal of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN). It is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal, providing clinically relevant research, reviews and articles of interest to the critical care community. Australian Critical Care publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers that report research findings, research-based reviews, discussion papers and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of critical care practitioners, educators, administrators and researchers. Interprofessional articles are welcomed.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
MedicineIntensive care medicine54.8%Internal medicine44.6%Psychology41.4%Nursing36%Psychiatry35.2%Biology30%Surgery27.4%Mathematics24.5%Pathology23.4%Economics23.4%Political science22.9%Law22.8%Physics21.4%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #6,398Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1992-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Nursing
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.842

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
54

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.39

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,191 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,271
3-Year Documents392
Citable Documents349

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)1

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate59.7%

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
Emergency NursingQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3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
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Founding Year
1992
Editorial Address
STE 800, 230 PARK AVE, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10169
Indexing & Databases
SCIESSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCRSCIE
21/66Q2
NURSING
JCRSCIE, SSCI
20/194Q1
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCISCIE
14/66Q1
NURSING
JCISCIE, SSCI
27/194Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—13638
20252.7274382
20242.6230821
20233.31471,049
20223.2651931,616
20212.7371341,643
20202.2142462,089
20192.5151391,932
20181.931812,297
2017—1521,664
2016—1131,645
2015—1081,059
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Australian Critical Care

WoS Q2
1234201820192020202120222023202420252.70
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2.7

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 15.4%

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: 66c5d813-88b5-4731-9777-d5f2c14079fa
Database Updated: 2026-09-29