Journal profile · Nursing
Critical Care Nurse
ISSN 0279-5442 · eISSN 1940-8250 · American Association of Critical Care Nurses · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1980
Critical Care Nurse: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.21; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 92 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Care Nurse is published by American Association of Critical Care Nurses 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 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 31.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions12.8%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine9.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine8.9%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine6.2%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.7%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing5%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.2%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions3.7%
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 | Critical Care 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 | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.21LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 834OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,767 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 92 | 14 | 106 |
| 2024 | 75 | 11 | 174 |
| 2023 | 74 | 12 | 371 |
| 2022 | 76 | 11 | 564 |
| 2021 | 95 | 13 | 662 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
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
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0279-5442
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-8250
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Nurse
What CAS zone is Critical Care Nurse in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Care Nurse is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine / 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.
What is the impact factor of Critical Care Nurse?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.21; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Critical Care Nurse?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Critical Care Nurse?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Care Nurse is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Critical Care Nurse open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Care Nurse 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .