Nursing in Critical Care

Aims & Scope

Nursing in Critical Care is an international peer-reviewed journal covering any aspect of critical care nursing practice, research, education or management.

Critical care nursing is defined as the whole spectrum of skills, knowledge and attitudes utilised by practitioners in any setting where adults or children, and their families, are experiencing acute and critical illness.

Such settings encompass general and specialist hospitals, and the community.

Nursing in Critical Care covers the diverse specialities of critical care nursing including surgery, medicine, cardiac, renal, neurosciences, haematology, obstetrics, accident and emergency, neonatal nursing and paediatrics.

Papers published in the journal normally fall into one of the following categories: -research reports -literature reviews -developments in practice, education or management -reflections on practice

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.948

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	56

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5281

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	979

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• The effect of early mobilization in critically ill patients: A meta‐analysis

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Kui, Beibei, Min, Doudou, Liangliang, Shiguang, Ting, Futai

• Effects of aromatherapy on sleep quality and anxiety of patients

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Ezgi, Sevgin, Dilek, Ercan

• Mental distress and influencing factors in nurses caring for patients with <scp>COVID</scp>‐19

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Min, Lili, Xiaohui, Guorong, Yuling, Hong, Xiaoying, Wenwen, Shuyun, Holly

• Intensive care nurses' experiences during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Rafael‐Jesús, María‐Dolores, Elena, Ana‐María, José

• Registered nurses' experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Lina, Ann‐Charlotte, Axel, Ing‐Marie

• Earplugs and eye masks: do they improve critical care patients’ sleep?

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Annette, Micheala, Elaine, Chris

• Interprofessional collaboration in the ICU: how to define?^*

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Louise

• Practice development: purpose, methodology, facilitation and evaluation

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Kim, Brendan

• Pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence in intensive care patients: a literature review

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Eman SM, Theo, Ruud JG

• Personality, stress and coping in intensive care nurses: a descriptive exploratory study

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Lorraine, Fiona, Akhtar

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