Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
ISSN 0972-5229 · eISSN 1998-359X · Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 119 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); 450 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine is published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd 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, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, together about 33.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (ISSN 0972-5229) is a specialty periodical published monthly, under the auspices of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. Journal encourages research, education and dissemination of knowledge in the fields of critical care medicine and emergency medicine. The aims and objectives of this journal are as follows: • To promote the practice, education and research specifically related to the Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine • To promote the exchange of current and innovative procedures as well as basic and clinical research in all areas. • Focus on extensive research to enable researchers and scientists to communicate their findings to the rest of the community. • To promote student's research in Critical Care Medicine. • To promote optimal health benefits among the professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Jigeeshu V. DivatiaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 8, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, South Korea 1, France 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine14.1%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine10.9%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine8.7%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine6.6%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine5.7%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine5%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.2%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,087OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 115LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 4,412Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,494 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 435 | 435 | 61 |
| 2025 | 450 | 450 | 338 |
| 2024 | 496 | 496 | 873 |
| 2023 | 229 | 229 | 885 |
| 2022 | 341 | 341 | 1,830 |
| 2021 | 372 | 372 | 2,955 |
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
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 158 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 171 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (427 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
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–10
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- articles dealing with neonates and infants; Animal Research or Animal Studies; Case reports or Case Series; Narrative review articles
Article types accepted3
- editorialThe submitted manuscripts are duly acknowledged. The article once submitted will undergo plagiarism check. An initial check is conducted to ensure that all auth…Length not stated
- original articleReports of original clinical and basic research of interest are the primary material to be published as original articles. Types: Randomized controlled trials, …Length not stated
- review articleTypes: Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, narrative reviews, scoping reviews According to the PRISMA reporting guidelines, the Journal recommends the authors to…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
The journal adheres to the ICMJE recommendation for authorship requirements. All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND Drafting the work or revising it cri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures of conflict of interest
Conflicts of interest can be defined as financial and non-financial in relation to the work. Authors are required to disclose any financial interests or affiliations with institutions, organizations, or companies that are mentioned in the manuscript or whose products and services are mentioned in the manuscript, and any competing interest that could be perceived as a bias in the work. If the submi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement
The authors are required to include Data Availability Statement in the articles that report results derived from research data. Data Availability Statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found. Statement should include that the data set used in the current study is available (option as appropriate) a. repository name b. name of the p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
This Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement is based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors as per Committee on Publication Ethics, ICMJE & WAME. Please visit Policy page for more details.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing
Under Creative Commons the Authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content. The authors assign exclusive commercial re-use rights of the article to the Publisher. All open access articles published are distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License as currently displayed at http://creativecommons.org…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
A comprehensive outlook on open access policy that we follow: Open access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested in reading it at no cost and with limited restrictions with regards to reuse. Open access publications are freely and permanently available online to anyone with an internet access. The journal allows…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial and peer review process
The submitted manuscripts are duly acknowledged. The article once submitted will undergo plagiarism check. An initial check is conducted to ensure that all author instructions are complied with and the guidelines for submission are followed. All communications regarding the manuscript with the Journal should be handled by one of the authors (assigned as ‘corresponding author’). The Managing editor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism policy
The journal follows World Association of Medical Editors (WAME’s) definition of plagiarism: “Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. The intent and effect of plagiarism is to mislead the reader as to the contributi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal permits submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers. The authors should mention this in the title page when submitting and include the name of the preprint server and DOI for the preprint. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed. If the paper is accepted, the authors must include a link on the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy for Authors
The Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine upholds a Repository Policy and is listed in Sherpa Romeo for compliance with self-archiving regulations. Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF in their institutional repository or any suitable subject repository (according to the end-user license of the article, i.e., strictly for non-commercial re-use) immediately upon publication.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
When any manuscript is submitted to the IJCCM, it is with the understanding that it has not been submitted elsewhere for consideration for publication, or has not been previously published in any form, except in conferences and meetings. IJCCM does not publish Case reports or Case Series. These may be submitted to the Indian Jounal of Critical Care Case Report (https://www.ijccr.org/journalDetails…
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
- Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd
- ISSN
- 0972-5229
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-359X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
What CAS zone is Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 85–158 days). 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 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–10; Cover letter: Required. 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 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (8), United Kingdom (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .