Journal profile · Medicine-Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Journal of Intensive Care
ISSN 2052-0492 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2013
Journal of Intensive Care: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.51; fully open access; APC about USD 2,665; median 73 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Intensive Care is published by BioMed Central 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 46.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Intensive Care is an open access journal encompassing all aspects of intensive care medicine, such as intensive and critical care, trauma and surgical intensive care, pediatric intensive care, acute and emergency medicine, perioperative medicine, resuscitation, infection control and organ dysfunction. In addition, the journal encourages submissions considering the different cultural aspects of intensive care practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Editor-in-chief Takeshi SuzukiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Japan 33, United States 5, Hong Kong, China 2, South Korea 2, France 2 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences15.6%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences15.6%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering15.6%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine11.9%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine5.7%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine5.3%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine3.2%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine3.1%
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: 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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 7.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.91LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 579OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,300,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,679 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 102 | 102 | 71 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 513 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 727 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 1,556 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | 947 |
| 2021 | 95 | 95 | 2,042 |
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 Crossref · to
73 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 40 days – 97 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 91 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (190 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,235 / USD 2,665 / GBP 2,020 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,577 / EUR 2,163 / GBP 1,956 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,090 / USD 2,490 / GBP 1,890 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,020 / USD 2,665 / EUR 2,235 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Comment Correspondence Matters ArisingLength not stated
- correspondenceFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Comment Correspondence Matters ArisingLength not stated
- matters arisingFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Comment Correspondence Matters ArisingLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Comment Correspondence Matters ArisingLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Comment Correspondence Matters ArisingLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscript must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or present in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Intensive Care articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attributi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2052-0492
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intensive Care
What CAS zone is Journal of Intensive Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Intensive 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 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Intensive Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.51; CiteScore 8.8, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Intensive Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 73 days (interquartile range 40–97 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Intensive Care based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (33), United States (5) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Intensive Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Intensive Care is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Intensive Care open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Intensive Care is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,665.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .