Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Critical Care and Resuscitation
ISSN 1441-2772 · eISSN 2652-9335 · Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · AUSTRALIA · Founded 1999
Critical Care and Resuscitation: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1; subscription journal; APC about USD 2,300; median 57 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Care and Resuscitation is published by Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Critical Care and Resuscitation is the official journal of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. It is a quarterly digital publication with original articles of scientific & clinical interest in the specialties of Critical Care, Intensive Care, Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine and related disciplines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Ary Serpa NetoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 25, Hong Kong, China 3, Brazil 3, United Kingdom 2, Singapore 1 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine17.6%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.5%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine7.3%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine7.1%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine6.8%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine5.9%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine4.3%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 574OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,754 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 64 | 3 |
| 2025 | 59 | 58 | 49 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 132 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 240 |
| 2022 | 57 | 53 | 252 |
| 2021 | 70 | 66 | 487 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
57 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 38 days – 86 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 96 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,300 / EUR 2,150 / GBP 1,840 / JPY 285,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 4–10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,700 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 2
- Not considered
- Do not include acknowledgements on the title page
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor are welcomed and will be published if appropriate. They should be presented in single-word, double- line spaced type and generally be no m…Length not stated
- original articleObituary: No abstract. Article formats Original articles and surveys should be in IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion) (word limit, 2700…main text ≤ 2,700 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to carefully consider the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor.To request such a change, t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of conflict of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, where an author is also on the Critical Care and Resuscitation Editorial Team, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing statement
To foster transparency, we encourage you to state the availability of your data in your submission. This may be a requirement of your funding body or institution. If your data is unavailable to access or unsuitable to post, you will have the opportunity to indicate why during the submission process, for example by stating that the research data is confidential. The statement will appear with your …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
This journal offers authors Open Access only. Critical Care and Resuscitation will pay authors' fees for such Open Access up to the end 2024.To read about Open Access Author copyrights, see https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/copyrightUpon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete an 'Exclusive License Agreement' (for more information see https://www.elsevier.com/OAauthoragre…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page from the Journal Homepage for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Peer review is the critical assessment of manuscripts submitted to journals by experts who are usually not part of the editorial staff. Critical Care and Resuscitation uses a single-blind peer review system. Unbiased, independent, critical assessment is an intrinsic part of all scholarly work, including scientific research, peer review is an important extension of the scientific process. See Criti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1441-2772
- Electronic ISSN
- 2652-9335
- Society / sponsor
- College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Care and Resuscitation
What CAS zone is Critical Care and Resuscitation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Care and Resuscitation is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Critical Care and Resuscitation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.1; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Critical Care and Resuscitation?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 57 days (interquartile range 38–86 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Critical Care and Resuscitation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 4–10; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,700 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 2. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Critical Care and Resuscitation based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (25), Hong Kong, China (3) and Brazil (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Critical Care and Resuscitation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Care and Resuscitation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Critical Care and Resuscitation open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Care and Resuscitation is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .