Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
ISSN 0887-9303 · eISSN 1550-5111 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.2 (journal website); subscription journal; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 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 Nursing education and management, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, together about 21.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This study assessed the effects of integrating daily sedation interruptions with an early progressive mobility strategy on outcomes in critically ill, ventilated patients.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing7.5%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine7.2%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions7%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions6.5%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine6.4%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine5.7%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine5.2%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine4.9%
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 | Critical Care Medicine | 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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Care Nursing | Q2 | 13/28 | 55th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 541OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,886 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 1 | 612 |
| 2025 | 54 | 1 | 922 |
| 2024 | 44 | 1 | 1,019 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2 | 1,015 |
| 2022 | 36 | 0 | 1,035 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2 | 1,115 |
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
- 0887-9303
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-5111
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
What CAS zone is Critical Care Nursing Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine. 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 Nursing Quarterly?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 52.
Which databases index Critical Care Nursing Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Critical Care Nursing Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .