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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Shock (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Shock published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Surgeryrank 69 of 337 journals
- Critical Care Medicinerank 19 of 63 journals
- Hematologyrank 37 of 104 journals
- Peripheral Vascular Diseasesrank 40 of 109 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Shock
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Shock is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
02Review time
Review time of Shock
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Shock published between Feb 2025 and Aug 2026 were accepted within 69 days of submission, and the middle half took between 50 and 94 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Surgery, Shock ranks 26 of 95 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Surgery →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Shock
Shock follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme.
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Retractions and research integrity at Shock
Retractions per year
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Shock has 6 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Jan 2021. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
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04Indexing
Indexing of Shock
- ISSN
- 1073-2322
- eISSN
- 1540-0514
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Critical Care Medicine, Hematology, Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Diseases
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Shock
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06Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Shock?
Based on 45 research articles Shock published from Feb 2025 to Aug 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 69 days, and half of them were accepted between 50 and 94 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 7 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Shock?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Shock is 2.29: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.29 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Shock?
The h-index of Shock is 158 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 158 of its papers have each been cited at least 158 times. Its i10-index is 4,644.
What is the quartile of Shock?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Shock is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Shock indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Shock appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Shock an SCIE journal?
Yes. Shock is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Shock in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Shock is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does Shock offer an APC waiver?
Shock follows the policy of Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Shock retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 6 retracted papers in Shock, 3 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are concerns/issues about data, ethical violations by author, misconduct - official investigation(s) and/or finding(s). A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
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