Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum.

ISSN 1364-8535BioMed Central LtdUnited Kingdom
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoDOAJJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
Critical Care
Crit. Care (abbreviated)
Crit Care (abbreviated)
CRITICAL CARE BMC
Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum.
Key identifiers
ISSN
1364-8535
1364-8535
eISSN
1466-609X
NLM ID
9801902
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd
BMC
London : Current Science Ltd, c1997-
Country
Language
English
ENG

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1998–2026
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseListed

Embase's Active journals record lists this journal as active.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedIncluded
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCCoverage available

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20259.3Q1642JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
3.002
Best Quartile
Q1
H-index
242
Subject categories
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine — Q1
More metrics
Coverage
1998–2026
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Western Europe
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd
Open Access
Yes
Open Access (Diamond)
No
Total documents (current year)
532
Total documents (3 years)
1335
Total references
18703
Total citations (3 years)
10298
Citable documents (3 years)
981
Citations per document (2 years)
7.6
References per document
35.16
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1466-609X, 1364-8535
SCImago Source ID
29914
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
712

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
532 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Open access

DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals

Source: DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Listing status and policy details are reported here as DOAJ published them.

Listed in DOAJ
Yes
License
CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
APC (article processing charge)
3590 EUR; 4390 USD; 3090 GBP
More information
Waiver policy
Yes
Review process
Anonymous peer review
Plagiarism screening
Yes
Preservation services
CLOCKSS, PMC, Portico
Added to DOAJ
2015-12-01
Journal homepage
DOAJ profile
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1364-8535, 1466-609X

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Critical Care
Coverage / history
Scopus:1998-2026
MEDLINE:MEDLINE: v4n1, 2000-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v4n1, 2000-, PMC;
PubMed:MEDLINE: v4n1, 2000-; Index medicusIn: PubMed: v4n1, 2000-, PMC;
PMC:v.1(1) 1997 – v.30 2026