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Try Livewrite NowCritical Care is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal that aims to improve the care of critically ill patients by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to intensivists. The journal seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field to support evidence-based practice and improve patient outcomes.
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Critical Care accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Research
Review
Editorial
Perspective
Brief Report
Debate
Correspondence
Guidelines
Matters Arising
Comment
Consensus
Recent Publications
Interpreting equivalence: methodological heterogeneity in ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation
Xinyue Zhang, Ruyuan Zhang
Prognosis of critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury and high circulating dipeptidyl peptidase 3: a post hoc analysis of the AKIKI 2 trial
Adrien Picod, Jeremy Boussier, Sarah Tubiana, Guillaume Louis, Laurent Martin Lefevre, Dimitri Titeca-Beauport, Béatrice La Combe, Sébastien Besset, Julio Badie, Guillaume Chevrel, Nicolas Chudeau, Saber Barbar, Christophe Vinsonneau, Jean-Marie Forel, Didier Thevenin, Guillaume Lacave, Saad Nseir, Johanna Oziel, Julien Mayaux, Kada Klouche, Jean Reignier, Jean-Damien Ricard, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Alexandre Mebazaa, Feriel Azibani, Didier Dreyfuss, Stéphane Gaudry, Khalil Chaïbi
Effects of digital communication tools on patients, family members and health care professionals in adult ICUs: a mixed-methods systematic review
Eunkyeong Oh, Anett Mueller-Alcazar, Sven Kottysch, Nikolas Groth, Candelaria Irene Mahlke
Early trajectories of pulmonary hemodynamics in ARDS patients undergoing V-V ECMO: key determinants and prognostic impact
Marco Giani, Michela Bombino, Michela Ravasi, Benedetta Fumagalli, Matteo Pozzi, Nicolò Antonino Patroniti, Giacomo Grasselli, Giuseppe Foti, Emanuele Rezoagli
Plasma extracellular vesicle levels in acute carbon monoxide poisoning: the Eastern Piedmont experience
Angelo Puggioni, Sara Nembrini, Teresa Esposito, Andrea Giovanniello, Giuseppe Cappellano, Davide Raineri, Alessia Burgener, Lorenza Scotti, Elena Grossini, Roberta Rolla, Gianmaria Cammarota, Marcello Manfredi, Annalisa Chiocchetti, Rosanna Vaschetto, Gian Luca Vignazia, Stefania Guido, Francesca Grossi, Tiziana Cena, Simona Bazzano, Federico Verdina, Francesca Moretto, Federico Lorenzo Barra, Nello De Vita, Paolo Donato, Gianluca Gugliotta, Chiara De Luca, Matteo Michel Tomasino, Sakthipriyan Venkatesan, Mattia Bellan, Paolo Gramatica, Vincenzo Trotta, Riccardo Boverio, Matteo Brustia, Aldo Tua, Carlo Olivieri, Stefano Podio, Claudio Didino, Davide Colombo, Piercarlo Scarone, Francesco Lemut, Laura Massarelli, Roberta Virtuani, Ermelinda Martuscelli, Roberto Gioachin, Elettra Barberis
Frequently asked questions
Is Critical Care open access?
Yes, Critical Care is a fully open access journal. All articles are freely available to read, download, and share immediately upon publication.
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The 2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Critical Care is 9.3. The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year, and is often used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field.
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The journal reports a median submission to first editorial decision time of 4 days and a median submission to acceptance time of 51 days.
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Cover letters are mentioned in the context of expedited peer review; authors seeking rapid consideration after rejection elsewhere should note this in the cover letter and include the prior peer-review reports, the rejection letter, and a rebuttal. General cover letter requirements are not detailed.
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This is a fully open access journal and charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) of £2,990 / $4,190 / €3,490, determined at acceptance and subject to VAT or local taxes. Springer Nature offers institutional open access agreements that may cover costs, and waivers/discounts are available for authors from the world’s lowest income countries, with discretionary waivers considered case-by-case at the point of submission.
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