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Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care is an open access international peer reviewed journal dedicated to emerging trends and highly debated topics in anesthesia, analgesia and critical care. It is an official publication of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, and the society provides funding to cover publication costs for a specific number of high quality articles.
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Subject
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Impact Factor
3.1
Quartile
Q1
Open Access Type
Open
eISSN
2731-3786
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
£1440.00 GBP / $2090.00 USD / €1790.00 EUR APC; subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Submission Instructions
Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Research
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting the results of a health care intervention on human participants must also include a Trial registration section with the registration number and date, adding 'retrospectively registered' if applicable.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include a title page with the title, full author names and institutional addresses, corresponding author identification, and a Declarations section containing the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements. Research articles must include three to ten keywords, provide a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, document any Large Language Model use in the Methods or suitable alternative section, and include 'Not applicable' under any Declarations subheading that is not relevant.
References
References must use Vancouver style. Only published articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts in press, or publicly available preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and web links or URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list in full with title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately, tables shorter than one page may be placed in the manuscript at the appropriate location, and larger tables may be placed at the end of the document with their intended placement indicated in the text. Research articles with cropped gels or blots must make cropping clear in the main text, mention it in the figure legend, and include labelled uncropped full-length images showing crop sites in a single supplementary figure, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
Review
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include Background, main body of the abstract, and short conclusion, and registered systematic reviews should place the registration number as the last line of the abstract.
Manuscript
Reviews do not have a word count limit. Manuscript must include Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with nonrelevant headings marked 'Not applicable'. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, provide a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, document any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section, and specify individual author contributions in the Authors' contributions section using authors' initials.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number in the reference list rather than in the text, published abstracts of up to 400 words and published study protocols should be cited when applicable, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, and author names should be included for web links when clearly identifiable.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page can be placed within the manuscript, and larger tables can be placed at the end with their locations indicated in the text. Figures must be numbered in text order and uploaded in that order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be numbered and cited sequentially, and tables must not be embedded as figures.
Guidelines
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract is unstructured and must briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article. Abstract headings are not specified.
Manuscript
Main text must contain the body of the article, may be broken into short informative subsections, and must include a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with any non-relevant heading marked 'Not applicable'. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, a Competing interests section, a Funding statement, an Authors' contributions section using authors' initials, an Acknowledgements section stating 'Not applicable' if none, optional Authors' information, and any use of a Large Language Model documented in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods exists.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts or items available on public e-print or preprint servers may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; web links and URLs must be cited in the reference list with a reference number and given in full with site title, URL, and access date; and publicly available datasets supporting the conclusions should be cited with a persistent identifier such as a DOI.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page can be placed in the manuscript at the appropriate location, and larger tables can be placed at the end of the document with their intended location indicated in the text. Figures must be numbered in the order first mentioned and uploaded in that order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be numbered and cited in sequence, tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and footnotes must be used instead of endnotes and must not contain figures or tables.
Correspondence
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
Abstract must not be included.
Manuscript
Body of the article must be no longer than 500 words. Correspondence must start with "To the Editor" and may be divided into subsections with short, informative headings. Manuscript must include a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, using "Not applicable" where a subsection is not relevant.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list in full with the site title, URL, and access date, and unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript and longer tables may be placed at the end of the document, while figures must be uploaded separately. Footnotes must not contain figures or tables, and footnotes to tables must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
Consensus
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Consensus manuscripts must include an abstract. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract is unstructured. Abstract should briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article and must not cite references.
Manuscript
Main text should contain the body of the article and may be divided into subsections with short, informative headings, and the manuscript must include a Declarations section with all required subheadings. Consensus manuscripts must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, funding, competing interests, authors' contributions, acknowledgements, and any required AI use disclosure in the manuscript.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list, publicly available data supporting the paper’s conclusions should be cited in the manuscript, and footnotes must not include bibliographic details of a reference.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, while larger tables may be placed at the end of the document and figures must be uploaded separately in the order cited. Footnotes must be used instead of endnotes, footnotes must not contain figures or tables, and table footnotes should use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
Recent Publications
Radial versus femoral access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions in critically ill patients
Alexis Devaux, Alexandre Gamet, Maxime Desgrouas, Piotr Szychowiak, Marc Goralski, Jean-Baptiste Brillant, Thierry Boulain, François Barbier
10.1186/s44158-026-00424-5
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Relationship between norepinephrine dose and outcome in septic shock: a retrospective study
Lorenzo Antonino Calabrò, Marco Pasetto, Stefano Zorzi, Martina Polato, Eva Vitali, Chiara Faso, Sofia Castellani, Hassane Njimi, Katia Donadello, Leonardo Gottin, Filippo Annoni, Fabio Silvio Taccone
10.1186/s44158-026-00425-4
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Dual-opioid spinal anaesthesia in enhanced recovery after caesarean section: effects on postoperative opioid requirement and maternal recovery
Giulia Fierro, Luisa Patanè, Giorgio Pagani, Barbara Milan, Elena Buelli, Laura Ongaro, Santa Maria Barresi, Marco Carnelli, Ferdinando Luca Lorini
10.1186/s44158-026-00414-7
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Prehabilitation and postoperative outcomes in colorectal surgery: an umbrella review
Molla Amsalu Tadesse, Agmuas Asichale Alimawu, Ludwig Matrisch, Melkam Mulugeta Abebe, Kidist Techale, Zenebe Bekele, Eniyew Assimie Alemu
10.1186/s44158-026-00418-3
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‘Peripheral nerve blocks vs selective spinal anesthesia in patients with femur fracture’ - Uncertain evidence of superiority
Maja Kovac
10.1186/s44158-026-00420-9
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Submission to first decision (median): 6 days.
Reformat to Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care using Livewrite PremiumIs a cover letter required?
A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in the journal, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm author approval, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.
Reformat to Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care using Livewrite PremiumWhat are the publication costs?
An article processing charge applies upon acceptance. The current APC is £1440.00 GBP / $2090.00 USD / €1790.00 EUR, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Reformat to Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care using Livewrite PremiumResearch Topics
Anesthesia and Pain Management
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
Nausea and vomiting management
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Pain Management and Opioid Use
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Acute Kidney Injury Research
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
Nosocomial Infections in ICU
Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Immune Response and Inflammation
Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation