Edited By: Josef Trapani and Nina Stewart
Nursing in Critical Care publishes articles on all aspects of critical care nursing practice, research, education and management. The journal is concerned with the whole spectrum of skills, knowledge and attitudes utilised by practitioners in any setting where adults or children and their families are experiencing critical illness.
Journal Metrics
- 5.9CiteScore
- 2.6Journal Impact Factor
- 36%Acceptance rate
- 45 days Submission to first decision

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Articles
A Nomogram for Predicting In‐Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation
-  21 July 2025
The Impact of Digital Culture, Digital Competence and Clinical Decision Support System Usability on Critical Care Nurses' Clinical Judgement: A Moderated Moderation Analysis
-  21 July 2025
A Thematic Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Diaries Content
-  16 July 2025
Family Members' Recollections of the Care of ECMO Patients Transferred From a Spoke Hospital to a Hub Hospital: A Qualitative Study
-  11 July 2025
Characteristics, Outcomes and Recovery of Patients 65 Years or Older Admitted to Swedish Intensive Care Units: A Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Multicentre Study
-  11 July 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
The effect of early mobilization in critically ill patients: A meta‐analysis
-  360-367
-  20 June 2019
Mental distress and influencing factors in nurses caring for patients with COVID-19
-  94-101
-  27 July 2020
Effects of aromatherapy on sleep quality and anxiety of patients
-  105-112
-  27 July 2015
Factors influencing nurses' intentions to leave adult critical care settings
-  24-32
-  10 April 2018
The impact of preceptorship on the newly qualified nurse and preceptors working in a critical care environment: An integrative literature review
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  1178-1189
-  21 March 2024
The influence of spirituality and religion on critical care nursing: An integrative review
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  348-366
-  9 May 2021
A systematic review of the effect of early mobilisation on length of stay for adults in the intensive care unit
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  499-509
-  1 June 2022
Oral health care in adult intensive care units: A national point prevalence study
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  773-780
-  1 May 2023
Nurse staffing levels in critical care: The impact of patient characteristics
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  281-287
-  27 July 2022
Effects of non‐pharmacologic prevention on delirium in critically ill patients: A network meta‐analysis
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  727-737
-  27 May 2022
Use of nursing care bundles for the prevention of ventilator‐associated pneumonia in low‐middle income countries: A scoping review
- Nursing in Critical Care
-  1511-1534
-  13 April 2024
Recent issues
- Volume 30, Issue 4July 2025
- Volume 30, Issue 3May 2025
- Volume 30, Issue 2March 2025
- Volume 30, Issue 1
Special Issue: Environmental Sustainability
1-91January 2025Guest Editor(s):
Fredrika Sundberg, Heather Baid