Minerva Anestesiologica

Aims & Scope

Minerva Anestesiologica is the journal of the Italian National Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care.

Minerva Anestesiologica publishes scientific papers on Anesthesiology, Intensive care, Analgesia, Perioperative Medicine and related fields.

Manuscripts are expected to comply with the instructions to authors which conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Editors by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	2.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.633

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	73

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9126

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	856

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Preoperative anxiety and implications on postoperative recovery: what can we do to change our history

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Dusica M., Nemanja K., Milan B., Vojislava, Goran M., Jennifer D., Davide

• Patient self-inflicted lung injury: implications for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS patients on non-invasive support

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Domenico L., Luca S., Davide, Massimo

• Erector spinae plane block: a systematic qualitative review

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Alessandro, Daniele, Christelle, Ludovica, Serkan, Tommaso

• Music therapy reduces stress and anxiety in critically ill patients: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Michele, Tiziana, Giovanni, Paolo, Davide, Stefano

• Safety and efficacy of remimazolam compared with propofol in induction of general anesthesia

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Guangrong, Lili, Fenyu, Minhui, Yanke, Mengxue, Zhibin, Xiaobao

• First ultrastructural autoptic findings of SARS -Cov-2 in olfactory pathways and brainstem

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Gaetano, Davide, Maria P., Alberto, Michele, Stefano, Giovanni

• Perioperative pain management in cardiac surgery: a systematic review

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Elena, Alberto, Vincenzo, Francesco, Antonio, Cinzia, Maria C., Massimo

• Intraoperative monitoring of nociception for opioid administration: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Yang, Bin, Xingyu, Ran, Chengmi, Xueyin

• Perioperative hemostatic management in the cirrhotic patient: a position paper on behalf of the Liver Intensive Care Group of Europe (LICAGE)

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Gianni, Annabel, Marieke T., Massimo, Matthias, Ton, Giancarlo M., Robert J., Fuat, Marco, Maureen J.

• Prevalence and outcome of silent hypoxemia in COVID-19

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Mattia, Alessio, Lorenzo, Giovanni B., Marco, Gianfranco, Cecilia, Paolo, Massimo, Claudio, Ardan, Peter, Antonio, Antonio, Francesco, Massimo, John J., Luciano

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