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Annals of Intensive Care

Springer-Verlag GmbH and Co. KG · Germany · Est. 1964

ISSN2110-5820eISSN2110-5820

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.95

H-Indexi

116

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.739

Total Worksi

1,833

Total Citationsi

70,763

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 169 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,833

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPMCPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer-Verlag GmbH and Co. KG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2110-5820 / 2110-5820

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS, PMC, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Citations received

142

7.5k

2019

171

10k

2020

184

6.2k

2021

121

3.4k

2022

132

2.4k

2023

182

2.3k

2024

192

880

2025

110

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)

Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentRespiratory Support and MechanismsHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersNosocomial Infections in ICUTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationAcute Kidney Injury ResearchCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Intensive Care

Is Annals of Intensive Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Intensive Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annals of Intensive Care?

Annals of Intensive Care 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 5.76.

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

Annals of Intensive Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Intensive Care?