Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Journal of Patient Safety
ISSN 1549-8417 · eISSN 1549-8425 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES
Journal of Patient Safety: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.84; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 163 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); 146 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Patient Safety is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues and Hospital Admissions and Outcomes, together about 47.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This study aims to identify the vulnerability of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) and differences in health care utilization among patients with HAIs across various patient and hospital factors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief David Westfall BatesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions30.2%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions9.7%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine7.3%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine4.9%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine4.9%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions4.6%
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.7%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions3.3%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 128/194
- JCR Q3 · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES · rank 85/125
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
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
- 1.84LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 770OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 27.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 88LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,948 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 137 | 36 | 14 |
| 2025 | 146 | 41 | 149 |
| 2024 | 114 | 38 | 354 |
| 2023 | 96 | 42 | 573 |
| 2022 | 147 | 71 | 1,385 |
| 2021 | 145 | 53 | 1,911 |
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
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 219 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 199 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (312 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1549-8417
- Electronic ISSN
- 1549-8425
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Patient Safety
What CAS zone is Journal of Patient Safety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Patient Safety is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services. 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 Journal of Patient Safety?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.84; CiteScore 5, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Patient Safety?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 108–219 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 Journal of Patient Safety in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Q3 (128/194), HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES Q3 (85/125). 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 Patient Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Patient Safety is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Patient Safety open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Patient Safety is a hybrid 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .