Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Journal of Acute Disease
ISSN 2221-6189 · eISSN 2589-5516 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Acute Disease: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 132 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Acute Disease is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 17.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Chuanzhu LuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine6.8%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine5.5%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine5.3%
- Rabies epidemiology and controlImmunology and Microbiology5.1%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine4.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine4.7%
- Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine4.5%
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
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 | 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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · rank 58/66
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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 159OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 822 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 7 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 45 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 74 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 68 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 110 |
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
132 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 210 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 4 days (11 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 113 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (47 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access licensing terms apply to open access content. Model summary
For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2221-6189
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-5516
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 1 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Acute Disease
What CAS zone is Journal of Acute Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Acute Disease 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 Journal of Acute Disease?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Acute Disease?
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 132 days (interquartile range 82–210 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Journal of Acute Disease in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Q4 (58/66). 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 Journal of Acute Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Acute Disease is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Acute Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Acute Disease is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .