Journal profile · Critical Care Medicine
Current Opinion in Critical Care
ISSN 1070-5295 · eISSN 1531-7072 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Current Opinion in Critical Care: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.79; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 112 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Opinion in Critical Care is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 2 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, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Current Opinion in Critical Care delivers a broad-based perspective on the most recent and most exciting developments in critical care from across the world. Published bimonthly and featuring thirteen key topics – including the respiratory system, neuroscience, trauma and infectious diseases – the journal’s renowned team of guest editors ensure a balanced, expert assessment of the recently published literature in each respective field with insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Critical Care Medicine
Editor-in-chief Jean-Louis VincentPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine15.4%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine10%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine8.3%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine7.8%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine7.1%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine5.1%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine4.8%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · rank 19/66
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
- 3.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,764OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,138 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 74 | 9 | 14 |
| 2025 | 112 | 20 | 190 |
| 2024 | 100 | 18 | 461 |
| 2023 | 110 | 37 | 1,178 |
| 2022 | 96 | 30 | 1,276 |
| 2021 | 103 | 45 | 2,101 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1070-5295
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-7072
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Critical Care
What CAS zone is Current Opinion in Critical Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Opinion in Critical Care is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Current Opinion in Critical Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.79; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Current Opinion in Critical Care?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 JCR quartile is Current Opinion in Critical Care in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Q2 (19/66). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index Current Opinion in Critical Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Opinion in Critical Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Opinion in Critical Care open access, and what is the APC?
Current Opinion in Critical Care 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: .