Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Aims & Scope

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is written for the entire critical care team: pediatricians, neonatologists, respiratory therapists, nurses, and others who deal with pediatric patients who are critically ill or injured.

International in scope, with editorial board members and contributors from around the world, the Journal includes a full range of scientific content, including clinical articles, scientific investigations, solicited reviews, and abstracts from pediatric critical care meetings.

Additionally, the Journal includes abstracts of selected articles published in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish translations - making news of advances in the field available to pediatric and neonatal intensive care practitioners worldwide.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.5
2024	4.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.028

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	111

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4607

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2025

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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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.

• International pediatric sepsis consensus conference: Definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics*

  Citation: 2732

  Authors: Brahm, Brett, Adrienne

• Vasoactive–inotropic score as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in infants after cardiopulmonary bypass*

  Citation: 1055

  Authors: Michael G., James G., Alberta H., Michelle L., Robert J., Richard G., John R., Jennifer C.

• Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children

  Citation: 735

  Authors: Scott L., Mark J., Waleed, Michael S. D., Heidi R., David P., Simon, Luregn J., Robert C., Andrew C., Joe, Joseph, Enitan D., Christopher L., Ira M., Karen, Jeffry J., Andrea T., Daniele, Akash, Saul N., Claudio Flauzino, Mark W., Paul, Etienne, Koen F. M., Poonam, Oliver, Martin C. J., Joris, Graeme, Nilesh M., Morten Hylander, Christopher J. L., Trung C., Akira, Mark E., Margaret M., Raina M., Adrienne G., Suchitra, Lewis H., Halden F., Lyvonne N., Judy T., Eric A., Joshua, Hector R., Jerry J., Niranjan, Pierre

• Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  Citation: 686

  Authors:

• Paediatric Index of Mortality 3

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Lahn, Archie, Roger C., Gale, Frank, Jan, Anthony

• Trends in the Epidemiology of Pediatric Severe Sepsis*

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Mary E., Walter T., Derek C., R. Scott

• Conceptualizing Post Intensive Care Syndrome in Children—The PICS-p Framework*

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Joseph C., Neethi P., Janet E., Gillian, Martha A. Q.

• Vasoactive-Inotropic Score Is Associated With Outcome After Infant Cardiac Surgery

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Michael G., Howard E., Robert A., Sara K., Janet E., Sunkyung, Christine, Tom B., Ravi R.

• Fluid overload is associated with impaired oxygenation and morbidity in critically ill children*

  Citation: 346

  Authors: Ayse A., Michael, Stuart L., Amrita, Larry S., Laura L.

• 2022 Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation, Neuromuscular Blockade, and Delirium in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Consideration of the ICU Environment and Early Mobility

  Citation: 344

  Authors: Heidi A. B., James B., Kristina A., Peter N., Vijay, Anne, Elizabeth, Brenda, Aaron J., Larkin, Christina, Christine H., Jenny M., Michael J., Mihaela, Mary L., James, Kimberly E., Frances, Mary Jo C., Joy, Cassandra A., Shari, Felice, Janice E., Ken, Chani, Stacey, John W.

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