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Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2731-3786Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | 27 / 147 | 81st | Q1 |
| Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine | 27 / 122 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.4.
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care is Q1 in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (rank 27 of 147) and Q1 in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (rank 27 of 122), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.918, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,079 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2731-3786.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 3.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #14 of 145 Scopus journals in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care published 102 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Italy (42.5%), China (6.5%) and Germany (4.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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