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Intensive Care Medicine

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1964

ISSN1432-1238

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

4.066

H-Indexi

312

SNIPi

6.112

Total Worksi

15,769

Total Citationsi

736,909

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Intensive Care Medicine serves as the premier publication platform facilitating the communication and exchange of cutting-edge research and ideas within the field of intensive care medicine on a comprehensive scale. This platform is designed for professionals engaged in intensive medical care, including intensivists, medical specialists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals dealing with adult ICU patients. ICM is the official journal of The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. ICM aims to advance the understanding and practice of intensive care medicine among professionals in Europe and beyond. The journal provides a robust platform for disseminating current research findings and innovative ideas in intensive care medicine. Intensive Care Medicine publishes a wide array of content, including review articles, original research papers, letters, reviews, debates, and more. This diversity ensures comprehensive coverage of topics relevant to the intensive care community.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

FrequencyMonthly, 1995-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,769

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1238

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

371

16k

2019

433

50k

2020

292

18k

2021

340

8.9k

2022

341

2023

454

5.5k

2024

500

2.7k

2025

329

318

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 MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Respiratory Support and MechanismsSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationNosocomial Infections in ICUMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationAcute Kidney Injury Research

Frequently asked questions about Intensive Care Medicine

Is Intensive Care Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Intensive Care Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Intensive Care Medicine?

Intensive 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 5.36.

Is Intensive Care Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Intensive Care Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.