Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
A&A practice
ISSN 2575-3126 · Wolters Kluwer Health
A&A practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); subscription journal; 242 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
A&A practice is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anesthesia and Pain Management, Airway Management and Intubation Techniques and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A&A Practice is published for the clinician at the bedside. Every article we publish is grounded in evidence and designed to synthesize complex information for the practicing clinician.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief David HaoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine16.2%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine10.1%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine6.6%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine6.1%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine6%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine4.4%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine4.1%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · ANESTHESIOLOGY · rank 58/72
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,655 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 140 | 23 | 19 |
| 2025 | 242 | 25 | 179 |
| 2024 | 145 | 16 | 227 |
| 2023 | 88 | 15 | 179 |
| 2022 | 98 | 11 | 276 |
| 2021 | 189 | 24 | 481 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 2575-3126
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 143, Issue 2 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about A&A practice
What CAS zone is A&A practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, A&A practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anesthesiology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of A&A practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 24.
What JCR quartile is A&A practice in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, ANESTHESIOLOGY Q4 (58/72). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index A&A practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, A&A practice is indexed in Scopus.
Is A&A practice open access, and what is the APC?
A&A practice is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .