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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #423CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Intensive Care Medicine

Abbreviation (ISO):INTENS CARE MED
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 4.066•SCImago Rank: #423•Identifier (ISSN):0342-4642(Print)/1432-1238(Online)•Articles / Year: 83•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $4,508 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
22
↑ +0.8

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
176

176 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate4.4%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
83articles/year
41.99% Gold OA•73.26% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 22)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 22)
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20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 21.2)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 27.1)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 38.9)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 41.787)
🔵 Computed
20213.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 17.44)
🔵 Computed
20203.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 17.679)
🔵 Computed
20193.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 18.967)
🔵 Computed
20183.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 15.008)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

"Intensive Care Medicine" is the publication platform for the communication and exchange of current work and ideas in intensive care medicine. It is intended for all those who are involved in intensive medical care, physicians, anaesthetists, surgeons, pediatricians, as well as those concerned with pre-clinical subjects and medical sciences basic to these disciplines. The journal publishes: review articles reflecting the present state of knowledge in special areas or summarizing limited themes in which discussion has led to clearly defined conclusions; original papers reporting progress and results in all areas of intensive care medicine and its related fields; educational articles giving information on the progress of a topic of particular interest; discussion on technology, methods, new apparatus and modifications of standard techniques; brief reports of uncommon and interesting disorders; correspondence concerning matters of topical interest or relating to published material; and book reviews, reports of meetings, and announcements Official journal of The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and The European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine99.9%Anesthesia90.7%Psychology89.8%Psychiatry88.4%Pathology80.1%Internal medicine78.3%Intensive care medicine69.6%Anesthesiology68.7%Biology66%Surgery54.8%Pain medicine54.6%Chemistry29.5%Emergency medicine27.5%Physics26.3%Radiology26.1%Endocrinology23.9%Intensive care23.7%Biochemistry23.6%Cardiology21.8%Immunology20.2%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #423Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1977-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
4.066

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
260

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
5.71

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,508 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations5,948
3-Year Documents1,061
Citable Documents358

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)1

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate41.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Monthly
Founding Year
1975
Editorial Address
SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10013
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCRSCIE
2/66Q1
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
JCISCIE
3/66Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—339394
202521.25002,854
202427.14545,740
202338.93417,113
202241.7873409,060
202117.4429218,268
202017.67943350,700
201918.96737115,825
201815.00846220,331
2017—39128,425
2016—46524,802
2015—53028,275
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Intensive Care Medicine

WoS Q1
102336492018201920202021202220232024202521.20
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:21.2

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 4.4%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: e907a380-53a1-4921-b0c5-0145d179d781
Database Updated: 2026-10-01