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JCR 2025 (released June 2026) · 39 journals · updated September 2026

Critical Care Medicine journals ranked by Impact Factor (JCR 2025, 39 journals)

39 medical journals in the JCR category Critical Care Medicine, ranked by 2025 Impact Factor. The highest IF is Intensive Care Medicine (22.0).

Journals
39 journals
Q1 (top 25%)
13 journals
Fully OA
7 journals
JCR category
Critical Care Medicine

Top 5 by IF

  1. Intensive Care Medicine — IF 22.0, Q1
  2. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine — IF 21.7, Q1
  3. Critical Care — IF 11.4, Q1
  4. Chest — IF 9.8, Q1
  5. Critical Care Medicine — IF 7.5, Q1

All 39 Critical Care Medicine journals by IF

#JournalPublisherImpact FactorQOALink
1Intensive Care MedicineSpringer
22.0
Q1–Journal site
2American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineATS
21.7
Q1–Journal site
3Critical CareBMC
11.4
Q1OAJournal site
4ChestElsevier (ACCP)
9.8
Q1–Journal site
5Critical Care MedicineWolters Kluwer (SCCM)
7.5
Q1–Journal site
6Journal of Intensive CareBMC (JSICM)
7.5
Q1OAJournal site
7ResuscitationElsevier
6.0
Q1–Journal site
8Annals of Intensive Care2024Springer
5.5
Q1OAJournal site
9Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain MedicineElsevier
5.4
Q1–Journal site
10Intensive and Critical Care NursingElsevier
5.1
Q1–Journal site
11Pediatric Critical Care MedicineWolters Kluwer (SCCM)
4.9
Q1–Journal site
12Neurocritical CareSpringer
4.2
Q1–Journal site
13Journal of Trauma and Acute Care SurgeryWolters Kluwer
3.9
Q1–Journal site
14Australian Critical CareElsevier
3.6
––Journal site
15Journal of Critical CareElsevier
3.5
––Journal site
16Minerva AnestesiologicaEdizioni Minerva Medica
3.5
––Journal site
17Current Opinion in Critical Care2024Wolters Kluwer
3.4
––Journal site
18Journal of Intensive Medicine2024Elsevier (CMA)
3.3
–OAJournal site
19Journal of Parenteral and Enteral NutritionWiley
3.3
––Journal site
20Critical Care and ResuscitationElsevier (CICM)
3.2
–OAJournal site
21Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineThieme
3.2
––Journal site
22Critical Care ExplorationsWolters Kluwer (SCCM)
2.9
–OAJournal site
23Intensive Care Medicine ExperimentalSpringerOpen
2.9
–OAJournal site
24Nursing in Critical CareWiley
2.8
––Journal site
25Nutrition in Clinical PracticeWiley
2.7
––Journal site
26ShockWolters Kluwer
2.7
––Journal site
27American Journal of Critical CareAACN
2.6
––Journal site
28BurnsElsevier
2.6
––Journal site
29Journal of Clinical Monitoring and ComputingSpringer
2.6
––Journal site
30Heart & LungElsevier
2.5
––Journal site
31Medicina IntensivaElsevier (SEMICYUC)
2.5
––Journal site
32Critical Care Clinics2024Elsevier
2.4
––Journal site
33InjuryElsevier
2.4
––Journal site
34Critical Care NurseAACN
2.3
––Journal site
35Journal of Intensive Care Medicineyear n/aSAGE
2.3
––Journal site
36Respiratory CareAARC
2.3
––Journal site
37Journal of the Intensive Care Societyyear n/aSAGE
1.9
––Journal site
38Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und NotfallmedizinSpringer
1.6
––Journal site
39Anaesthesia and Intensive CareSAGE
1.5
––Journal site
Q1 quartile within the JCR category OA fully open access journal 2024 latest-year IF not confirmed

Frequently asked questions

Which Critical Care Medicine journal has the highest Impact Factor?

Intensive Care Medicine (22.0, JCR 2025).

Which year's Impact Factor is this?

The 2-year Journal Impact Factor from JCR 2025, released in June 2026, compiled from values published by the publishers.

What does Q1 mean?

A journal whose IF is in the top 25% of its JCR category. 13 journals in Critical Care Medicine qualify.

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