Journal profile · NURSING
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
ISSN 0730-4625 · eISSN 1538-8646 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; median 190 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 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 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, together about 27.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editor-in-chief Kathleen Ahern GouldPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions14.5%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine7.6%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions5.4%
- Medical Case Reports and StudiesMedicine5%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.8%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities4.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing4.3%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
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 Q3 · NURSING · rank 106/194
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
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)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 592OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,786 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 2 | 12 |
| 2025 | 72 | 1 | 62 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2 | 104 |
| 2023 | 70 | 7 | 219 |
| 2022 | 68 | 5 | 273 |
| 2021 | 63 | 5 | 363 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
190 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 145 days – 323 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 77 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 292 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (143 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0730-4625
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-8646
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
What CAS zone is Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 190 days (interquartile range 145–323 days). 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.
What JCR quartile is Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, NURSING Q3 (106/194). 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 Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing 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: .