Critical Care Medicine (journal)
Critical Care Medicine is a monthly, peer‑reviewed medical journal that publishes research and reviews on intensive care medicine. It began in 1973, founded by William C. Shoemaker, and is the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and edited by Timothy G. Buchman. It offers hybrid open access.
Key facts:
- Discipline: Intensive care medicine
- Language: English
- Frequency: Monthly
- Editor-in-chief: Timothy G. Buchman
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for the Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Start year: 1973
- Official journal of: Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Impact factor: 8.8 (2022); 7.598 (2020) (ranked 5th of 82 in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine)
- Indexing: Major databases including Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and JSTOR
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