Home›Search›Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd · India

ISSN0972-5229eISSN1998-359X

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-09-01). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.54

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.728

Total Worksi

4,118

Total Citationsi

35,627

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 392 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,118

Publisher OrgMedknow

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0972-5229 / 1998-359X

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

260

3.4k

2019

292

3.5k

2020

372

2.9k

2021

341

1.8k

2022

229

866

2023

496

845

2024

450

310

2025

419

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

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 MechanismsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Is Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine a predatory journal?

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-09-01). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.82.

Is Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine?