Journal profile · NURSING
AACN Advanced Critical Care
ISSN 1559-7768 · eISSN 1559-7776 · Wolters Kluwer Health
AACN Advanced Critical Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 51 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AACN Advanced Critical Care 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 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 29.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine10.7%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions9.7%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine8.8%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine6.1%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine4.9%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions4.5%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.2%
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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 359OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,049 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 51 | 6 | 63 |
| 2024 | 54 | 5 | 106 |
| 2023 | 54 | 9 | 233 |
| 2022 | 47 | 4 | 226 |
| 2021 | 59 | 3 | 587 |
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
- 1559-7768
- Electronic ISSN
- 1559-7776
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AACN Advanced Critical Care
What CAS zone is AACN Advanced Critical Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AACN Advanced Critical Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. 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.
Which databases index AACN Advanced Critical Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AACN Advanced Critical Care is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is AACN Advanced Critical Care open access, and what is the APC?
AACN Advanced Critical Care 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; 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: .