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Critical Care Medicine

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States

ISSN0090-3493eISSN1530-0293
SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR
60
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
✓ Scopus Q1+25
Total60
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
2.12
H-Index
385
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
2.146
Total Works
56,997
Total Citations
1,361,435
2yr Mean Citedness
0.86
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Retractions
20
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Critical Care Medicine focuses on the diagnosis, management, and outcomes of critically ill patients. Recent articles address topics such as septic shock, extracorporeal life support, hemodynamic instability, remote telecritical care, carbon monoxide poisoning, neutropenic sepsis, community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, persistent inflammation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome. The journal also covers frailty, artificial intelligence in critical care, circadian rhythms in acute lung injury, and the use of magnesium and antibiotics in intensive care settings.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published—
FrequencyMonthly
StatusActive
Total Publications56,997
Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review—
Review Time—
Acceptance Rate—
OA License—
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
0090-3493 / 1530-0293
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentRespiratory Support and MechanismsCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref