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Critical Care

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Overview

Critical Care, the top open access journal in critical care medicine, advances critically ill patient care with high-quality, evidence-based insights.

  • Prestigious editorial board featuring some of the world’s leading voices in the field.
  • Swift and rigorous peer review.
  • High visibility for your work through open access.
Editor-in-Chief
  • Jean-Louis Vincent

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
9.3 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
10.4 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
4 days
Downloads
9.5M (2024)

Calls for papers

Collection

Extracorporeal Blood Purification

Extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) plays a critical and evolving role in intensive care medicine, especially in the management of critically...

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
25 June 2026

Collection

Advances in Mechanical Ventilation

We invite submissions for our upcoming collection, Advances in Mechanical Ventilation: Lung Protection, Monitoring, and Evolving Strategies, which...

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
13 March 2026
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Journal updates

  • Call for Editor-in-Chief – Critical Care: Sepsis and Severe Infection

    BMC is seeking to appoint an Editor-in-Chief for Critical Care: Sepsis and Severe Infection.

    This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape a new journal, which will be a companion title to Critical Care.

    The journal’s aim is to advance research on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis and severe infections in critically ill patients. The journal will focus on sepsis, systemic inflammation, antimicrobial resistance, and infection-related complications in intensive care and emergency settings.  By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and global knowledge exchange, the journal aims to improve outcomes for critically ill patients and support equitable, resilient healthcare systems worldwide.

    🗓️ Application deadline: 25th August 2025

    Read more...

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Electronic ISSN
1364-8535
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