Clinical Risk

Aims & Scope

Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, formerly named Clinical Risk, is a peer-reviewed journal.

It builds on its roots in the UK to provide an international forum for the exchange of new knowledge and ideas in the fields of patient safety, risk management, and medico-legal issues.

It prioritizes evidence-based research papers and reviews, as well as commentaries on timely patient safety issues where there are implications for patient care, clinical and professional practice, health care governance, and policy.

The Journal acknowledges the centrality of the case study in both medical and medico-legal practice, and promotes a multidisciplinary, mixed-methods approach to understanding and improving patient safety.

Papers commissioned by Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) provide insights to work on patient safety in the UK as well as medico-legal issues and clinical negligence cases with patient safety implications.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Editorial: Obstetrical Perineal Injury and Anal Incontinence

  Citation: 250

  Authors: Abdul H.

• Systems analysis of clinical incidents: the London protocol

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Sally, Charles

• Patient safety and interactive medical devices: Realigning work as imagined and work as done

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Ann, Dominic, Chris

• What is the NHS Safety Thermometer?

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Maxine, Kevin, Ailsa

• Failure to rescue: using rapid response systems to improve care of the deteriorating patient in hospital

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Christian Peter, John Robert

• The Incidence of Medication Errors and Ways to Reduce Them

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Nick, Bryony

• Ten years of maternity claims: an analysis of the NHS Litigation Authority data – key findings

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Annette

• Preventing falls and fall injuries in hospital: a major risk management challenge

  Citation: 26

  Authors: David

• Older patients and falls in hospital

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Frances, Adam

• Organisational reporting and learning systems: Innovating inside and outside of the box

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Mark, Dominic