Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Critical Care Medicine is published by Sciendo 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine (JCCM) is an official Journal of the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania, and is published quarterly.JCCM is an international journal dedicated to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed articles about critical care medicine from all around the world. The prominent themes covered by the journal include pathologies related to critical care patients, within a broad spectrum of disciplines and therapeutic areas, including, but not restricted to general surgery, perioperative care, cardiology, internal medicine, pulmonology, infectious diseases, organ transplantation, emergency medicine, pediatrics and neurology. Our journal’s scope is to provide for all intensivists the newest information related to the critical ill patients, treatments and their outcomes.The journal will consider for publication suitable articles offering new insights into pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnostic and treatment in critical care medicine, from basic to clinical academic research, including also relevant topics on biomedical research, health policy research, medical technology development and ethical concerns.Why subscribe and readThe journal serves as a vital resource for the global multidisciplinary team managing the critically ill. Our mission is to advance the understanding of life-threatening pathologies through rigorous perioperative and intensive care research. By uniting international authors and readers, we provide a high-impact platform for studies that reflect diverse clinical models and drive the evolution of critical care standards across the globe.Why submitWe prioritize research with high clinical translatability, ensuring that scientific breakthroughs move rapidly from the page to the bedside. By offering a broad spectrum of publication formats - from rapid-response “Letter to the Editor” to complex original research - the journal provides a versatile platform for international authors to disseminate knowledge and influence global critical care standards.FundingThe Journal of Critical Care Medicine relies on the following revenue sources to sustain its operations: authors’ fees associated with publication, and institutional support from the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures.To expand its reach within the medical community, the journal utilizes direct marketing strategies. By delivering targeted messages v

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Editor-in-chief Leonard AZAMFIREIPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

12Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

20Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.55LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

24OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

79OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.39OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

45LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 11 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Sciendo

Country or region

Poland

Language

English

ISSN

2393-1809

Electronic ISSN

2393-1817

Society / sponsor

George Emil Palade University of Medicine

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub