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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is 21.7 (Q1 in Critical Care Medicine, Q1 in Respiratory System; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 21.7 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory System
- Quartile
- Q1 in Critical Care Medicine, Q1 in Respiratory System
- Publisher
- ATS
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- AJRCCM, Blue Journal
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 2 of the 39 journals in Critical Care Medicine on this site (top 10%).
Critical Care Medicine journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Intensive Care Medicine IF 22.0
- Critical Care IF 11.4
- Chest IF 9.8
- Critical Care Medicine IF 7.5
- Journal of Intensive Care IF 7.5
- Resuscitation IF 6.0
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Limited (short formats such as Image or Letter only, or by exception). No case report section. Cases may be presented within a Research Letter (10 references, 2 figures/tables)
- Article types
- Original Research / Concise Clinical Review / Meta-Analysis / Images / Research Letter / Correspondence
- Word limit (original)
- 3,500 words
- Abstract
- 250 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- No limit
- References
- 50
- OA / APC
- hybrid / – (Publication fee US$2,800 even for non-OA (ATS members US$2,240). OA fee is separate)
- Reporting guidelines
- CONSORT
- Submission system
- ScholarOne
About this value
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is abbreviated AJRCCM / Blue Journal. The Journal Impact Factor of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 21.7. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Critical Care Medicine.