Acute and Critical Care

Aims & Scope

Acute and Critical Care (abbreviated as Acute Crit Care, ACC) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes current works and ideas in critical and intensive care medicine.

It informs clinical and experimental results and evidences for all critical care physicians, critical care nurses, and other healthcare professionals and improves the care of critically ill patients.

It is a medium dedicated to basic, experimental, translational research as well as clinical studies relating to all fields of critical illness.

It publishes journals quarterly.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Nursing, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine and Nursing, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction: a review of pathophysiology

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Reverien, Insu, Hwa Jin, Dowan, Kyoseon, Inseok

• Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Sepsis

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Harsha, Shuyu, Cuk-Seong

• 2021 KSCCM clinical practice guidelines for pain, agitation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disturbance in the intensive care unit

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Yijun, Hak-Jae, Eun Jin, Tae Sun

• Pulmonary and Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Myung Hun, Myung-Jun, Yong Beom

• Prevention and management of delirium in critically Ill adult patients in the intensive care unit: a review based on the 2018 PADIS guidelines

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Seung Yong, Heung Bum

• Medical Management of Brain-Dead Organ Donors

  Citation: 53

  Authors: A.S.M. Tanim, Jae-myeong

• Management of post-cardiac arrest syndrome

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Youngjoon

• Brain-lung interaction: a vicious cycle in traumatic brain injury

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Ariana Alejandra, Érika Andrea, Jaime Adolfo, Iván David, Maria Paz, Luis Rafael, Pedro, Tariq

• Lund and Browder chart—modified versus original: a comparative study

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Arun, Kaushal Neelam

• Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy is associated with higher mortality rates in patients with sepsis

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Balaram Krishna J, Anika Sasidharan, Adarsh, Jason S, Jee Young, Obiageli Lynda, Ankit, Ankita, Marzio, Leonidas, Joaquin, Seema S., Suchita, Aanchal, Harmeen, Mengyang, Robert T., Perminder