Critical Care Medicine: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	95
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	69
3	Critical Care	58
4	Intensive Care Medicine	55
5	Chest	54
6	Critical Care Medicine	40
7	Resuscitation	35
8	Annals of Intensive Care	34
9	Journal of Neurotrauma	32
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	32
11	Neurocritical Care	26
-	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery	26
13	Pediatric Critical Care Medicine	25
-	Burns	25
15	Journal of Critical Care	24
16	Current Opinion in Critical Care	22
17	Respiratory Care	21
-	Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine	21
19	Journal of Intensive Care	19
-	Journal of Intensive Care Medicine	19
-	Shock	19
22	Australian Critical Care	17
23	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	16
-	American Journal of Critical Care	16
-	Critical Care Clinics	16
-	Minerva Anestesiologica	16
27	Journal of Burn Care & Research	14
28	Medicina Intensiva	12
29	Critical Care Nurse	10
30	Anaesthesia and Intensive Care	9
31	Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management	8
32	Journal of Trauma Nursing	7
33	Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie	4