Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Top Research Topics at Intensive and Critical Care Nursing?

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing is mainly concerned with subjects like Nursing, Intensive care, Intensive care unit, Intensive care medicine and Critical care nursing. It holds forums on Nursing that merges themes from other disciplines such as Family medicine, Qualitative research, Health care and MEDLINE. Psychological intervention, Sedation, Feeling, Thematic analysis and Critically ill are some topics wherein Intensive care research discussed in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing have an impact.

The journal focuses on Intensive care unit but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Nursing assessment, Delirium, Medical emergency, Emergency medicine and Physical therapy. The journal explores research in Intensive care medicine and the adjacent study of Mechanical ventilation. The Critical care nursing works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Primary nursing and Nurse education.

The in-depth study on Nurse education also explores topics in the intersecting field of Nursing research.

• Nursing (42.60%)
• Intensive care (34.58%)
• Intensive care unit (26.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A human factors engineering conceptual framework of nursing workload and patient safety in intensive care units (262 citations)
• The scope of professional practice. (213 citations)
• Use of a Behavioural Pain Scale to assess pain in ventilated, unconscious and/or sedated patients. (187 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Intensive and Critical Care Nursing:

The journal publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Nursing, Intensive care, Intensive care unit, MEDLINE and Critical care nursing. The most cited papers explore issues in Nursing which can be linked to other research areas like Health care, Social support, Family medicine, Qualitative research and Feeling. The discussions in the journal papers emphasized the topic of Intensive care unit in an attempt to further explore the field of Intensive care medicine.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Nursing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing deals with Intensive care, Intensive care unit, Nursing, MEDLINE and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Intensive and Critical Care Nursing addresses concerns in the field of Intensive care by exploring it in line with topics in Anxiety which intersect with Depression (differential diagnoses) and Mental health subjects. The journal deals with Intensive care unit in conjunction with Focus group and similar fields in Thematic analysis.

Some problems in Nursing that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Research design, Content analysis, Qualitative research and Health care. MEDLINE research presented in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing encompasses a variety of subjects, including Medical emergency and Delirium, Intensive care medicine. The close relationship between Emergency medicine and Cohort study is one of the points of interest dissected in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Nurses' perceptions and demands regarding COVID-19 care delivery in critical care units and hospital emergency services. (18 citations)
• Impact of COVID-19 on nursing time in intensive care units in Belgium. (15 citations)
• The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Canadian critical care nurses providing patient care during the early phase pandemic: A mixed method study. (12 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

• Marea Reading (43 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Pat Ashworth (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Carol Ball (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ruth Endacott (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• David R. Thompson (22 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (based on the number of publications) are:

• St. Vincent's Health System (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Gothenburg (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• RMIT University (35 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• St George's Hospital (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Griffith University (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 4.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.60% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.30% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.76% of all publications and 69.34% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Further Studies and Education in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

In-depth and continuous learning plays a significant role in the field of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. To expand their knowledge and expertise, professionals and aspiring nurses often choose to pursue further education. Several institutions offer comprehensive programs dedicated to this specialization, and Michigan, in particular, is home to some of the top nursing schools providing intensive and critical care nursing education.

Michigan's well-renowned educational institutions consistently rank among the best nursing schools in Michigan, providing up-to-date learning and best practices in the field. Students enrolled in these programs are exposed to the most recent research topics and findings, which are important in staying abreast of developments in intensive and critical care nursing.

Through rigorous research and training, these educational programs prepare students to address real-world clinical challenges effectively. They also provide ample opportunities for collaborative medical research, helping students better understand the interconnected nature of intensive and critical nursing care with other medical disciplines.

Investing in further studies in institutions like these pave the way for concentrated focus and advanced knowledge in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, enabling professionals to make significant contributions to healthcare innovation and quality patient care.