Critical Care

Aims & Scope

Critical Care is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal.

Critical Care aims to improve the care of critically ill patients by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to intensivists.

Critical Care aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field.

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
• Medline
• PubMed
• Embase

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, 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
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

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, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 3,290.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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.

• Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury

  Citation: 5339

  Authors: Ravindra L, John A, Sudhir V, Bruce A, Claudio, David G, Adeera

• Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group

  Citation: 5200

  Authors: Rinaldo, Claudio, John A, Ravindra L, Paul

• Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: a KDIGO summary (Part 1)

  Citation: 2080

  Authors: John A, Norbert

• RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury are associated with hospital mortality in critically ill patients: a cohort analysis

  Citation: 1127

  Authors: Eric AJ, Gilles, Alexander, Ramesh, Derek C, Dirk, John A

• Discovery and validation of cell cycle arrest biomarkers in human acute kidney injury

  Citation: 1042

  Authors: Kianoush, Ali, Thomas, Antonio, Sean M, Max, Azra, Robert, Cynthia M, Lakhmir S, Danielle L, Thorsten, Lui G, Michelle Ng, Kyle J, Michael, James, Patrick M, Eric AJ, Olivier, Michael, Patrick, Jay L, Daniel T, Matthew E, Gernot, Peter A, Scott, Marlies, Thomas, Nathan I, Andrew D, Jing, Amy M, Jean-Louis, Christophe, Ludwig, Michael G, R Gentry, Kai, John A

• The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition

  Citation: 1004

  Authors: Donat R., Bertil, Vladimir, Jacques, Daniela, Beverley J., Radko, Marc, Giuseppe, Louis, Charles-Marc, Jean-Louis, Rolf

• Sepsis biomarkers: a review

  Citation: 979

  Authors: Charalampos, Jean-Louis

• Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in COVID-19

  Citation: 873

  Authors: Wentao, Xiuwen, Deqing, Jing, Ran, Yongjiu, Chang, Haibin, Jie, Donghong, Yu, Zhaolong, Zhancheng

• The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition

  Citation: 772

  Authors: Rolf, Bertil, Vladimir, Timothy J., Jacques, Enrique, Daniela, Beverley J., Radko, Giuseppe, Edmund A. M., Yves, Louis, Arthur, Jean-Louis, Donat R.

• Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major trauma: an updated European guideline

  Citation: 744

  Authors: Donat R, Bertil, Vladimir, Timothy J, Jacques, Enrique, Daniela, Beverley J, Radko, Giuseppe, Edmund, Yves, Louis, Arthur, Jean-Louis, Rolf