Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Journal of Critical & Intensive Care
ISSN 2717-6428 · Turkish Society of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine
Journal of Critical & Intensive Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Critical & Intensive Care is published by Turkish Society of Medical and Surgical Intensive 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, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, together about 44.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine18.6%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine14.7%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine11.2%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine8.1%
- Acute Kidney Injury ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Clinical Nutrition and GastroenterologyNursing4.7%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine3.9%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine3.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine | Q4 | 110/122 | 10th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 135 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 30 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 45 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Turkish Society of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine
- ISSN
- 2717-6428
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Critical & Intensive Care
What CAS zone is Journal of Critical & Intensive Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Critical & Intensive Care 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.
Which databases index Journal of Critical & Intensive Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Critical & Intensive Care is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Critical & Intensive Care open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Critical & Intensive Care is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .