Impact Factor
3.14
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.17
425 total citations
h5-index
27
h5 depth signal
Cited share
64.7%
132 of 204
Total citations
425
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.85
External metric anchor
Self-citation
4.2%
18 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
751
United Kingdom
110
Australia
72
China
66
Canada
64
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
1,044
Healthcare Policy
162
Medical Ethics
125
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine
115
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
102
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,942
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
204
132 cited publications
Last 12 months
172
14.3 publications/month
Open access share
15.7%
27 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
751 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
1,044 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
16 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v5n1, Mar. 2009-
v5n1, Mar. 2009-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
National Patient Safety Foundation (U.S.)
Broad Categories
Health Services
Patient Care
MeSH Descriptors
Medical Errors
Safety Management
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001606
Open DOI
Psychometric Evaluation of the Discharge Checklist
Objectives: Validated discharge checklists can support discharge planning by enabling patients and care teams to systematically identify issues that hinder safe transitions from the hospital. This study evaluated the psychometric propert...
02
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001569
Open DOI
Laparoscopic and Robotic Device Malfunction: A Scoping Review
Laparoscopic and robotic surgeries have become the gold standard for many operations. Device malfunctions during these procedures represent a preventable source of patient harm; however, the trends in malfunction reporting and their impl...
03
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001594
Open DOI
Code Surgical Emergency Team (SET) is the “Missing Code:” An Emerging Perioperative Hemorrhage Best Practice
Objectives: Managing the heightened risks of hemorrhage and hematoma vital organ compression due to surgical complications is a challenge for health care systems pursuing the ultimate goal of Zero Harm. Although a certain number of surgi...
04
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001602
Open DOI
Factors Influencing Statutory Duty of Candor Implementation in Victoria, Australia
Background: Globally, candor-type legislations, which encourage transparency following a serious adverse patient safety event (SAPSE), exist in various countries, or jurisdictions within them, including the United Kingdom, Canada, German...
05
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001601
Open DOI
Design for Safety and Resilience: Looking Underneath the Safety-I and II Labels
Ten years ago, Safety-II was introduced as a new approach to safety and contrasted with the existing approach (Safety-I), which emphasized learning from work as done in practice and the adaptive capacity of professionals who manage to de...
06
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001597
Open DOI
Clarifying the Concept of “Unanticipated Transfer to the ICU”: A Scoping Review
Unanticipated transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU), typically defined as an unscheduled escalation of care from inpatient general wards, is widely used in clinical research as a marker of adverse events, clinical deterioration, and ...
07
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001599
Open DOI
Adverse Events due to Surgical Procedures Among Pediatric Inpatients: The Japan Adverse Event Study
Objectives: Adverse events (AEs) and medical errors (MEs) related to surgery in pediatric inpatients are critical concerns. However, comprehensive epidemiological data across pediatric surgeries remain limited. We aimed to examine the de...
08
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001598
Open DOI
Nighttime Interruptions and Clinical Risk: A Systematized Review of After-hours Paging and Error-related Outcomes
Nighttime inpatient cross-cover combines fatigue, reduced staffing, limited patient familiarity, and frequent paging interruptions, with resident physicians carrying much of this workload in teaching hospitals. We conducted a systematize...
09
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001596
Open DOI
Robotic Surgery Needs a Cybersecurity Time-out: Integrating Cyber Readiness Into the Surgical Safety Checklist
Was not provided for this article.
10
DOI 10.1097/pts.0000000000001595
Open DOI
Reducing Insulin Self-Administration Errors in Adults With Diabetes: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Structured Intervention
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured intervention based on Rapid-Cycle Deliberate Practice (RCDP) in reducing insulin self-administration errors in adults with diabetes. Methods: A quasi-experimental single-group pret...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
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