Journal profile · Critical Care Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
ISSN 0090-3493 · eISSN 1530-0293 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1973
Critical Care Medicine: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.18; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 2,220 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Care Medicine is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Primary objective: To determine the driving ability of adult ICU survivors 2 months after hospital discharge. Secondary objectives: Evaluate driving resumption at 3, 6, and 12 months; factors associated with driving resumption; and acceptability of a comprehensive driving assessment.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Critical Care Medicine
Editor-in-chief Jonathan E. SevranskyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine15.2%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine11.3%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine7.7%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.4%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine5.2%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine4.9%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.7%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · rank 8/66
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 7.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 249LetPub ·
- h-index
- 389OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14,633OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 204LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 56,997 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,063 | 82 | 418 |
| 2025 | 2,220 | 105 | 2,112 |
| 2024 | 377 | 114 | 3,484 |
| 2023 | 1,921 | 119 | 4,549 |
| 2022 | 1,661 | 153 | 4,919 |
| 2021 | 2,151 | 213 | 16,787 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1973
- ISSN
- 0090-3493
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-0293
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Care Medicine
What CAS zone is Critical Care Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Care Medicine is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Critical Care Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.18; CiteScore 10.8, h-index 389.
How long does peer review take at Critical Care Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 JCR quartile is Critical Care Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Q1 (8/66). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Medicine.
Which databases index Critical Care Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Care Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Critical Care Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Care Medicine is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .