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Best Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine journals

121 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 31 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 25.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Intensive Care Medicine 22.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Critical Care 16 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Burns and Trauma 15.7 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Clinical Nutrition 13.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Advances in Wound Care 13 95th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 12.9 94th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Chest 11.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
9 Critical Care Medicine 10.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
10 Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
11 Annals of Intensive Care 9.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Journal of Intensive Care 8.8 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 8 89th Q1 ESCI – No
14 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 7.9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal 7.8 88th Q1 – – No
16 European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care 7.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Neurocritical Care 7.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Journal of Critical Care 6.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Current Opinion in Critical Care 6.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Intensive Medicine 6.5 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine 6.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
22 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 5.9 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
23 Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 5.9 81st Q1 SCIE – No
24 Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine 5.9 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 5.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care 5.4 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 5.2 77th Q1 SSCI – No
29 European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Critical Care Clinics 5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Critical Care Explorations 5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Shock 4.9 74th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Heart and Lung 4.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
34 Burns 4.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
35 Renal Failure 4.5 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
36 Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma 4.5 70th Q2 ESCI – No
37 Emergency Medicine Journal 4.4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
38 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
39 HERD 4.2 68th Q2 SSCI – No
40 Intensive Care Medicine Experimental 4.2 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
41 PLOS Global Public Health 4.1 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
42 Acute and Critical Care 4 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
43 Critical Care Research and Practice 3.8 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
44 Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 3.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
45 Respiratory Care 3.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
46 Journal of the Intensive Care Society 3.6 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
47 Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care 3.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
48 Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 3.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
49 Critical Care and Resuscitation 2.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open 2.8 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
51 Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology 2.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin 2.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Critical Care Science 2.6 56th Q2 – – No
54 ATS Scholar 2.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
55 Anesthesiology Research and Practice 2.5 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
56 Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management 2.3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Medicina Intensiva 2.2 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
58 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2.1 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
59 European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care 2.1 52nd Q2 – – Yes
60 African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine 2 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
61 CHEST Critical Care 2 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
62 Obshchaya Reanimatologiya 2 49th Q3 – – Yes
63 Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2 48th Q3 ESCI – No
64 Southern African Journal of Critical Care 1.9 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
65 Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine 1.8 47th Q3 ESCI – No
66 Annals of Critical Care 1.7 46th Q3 – – Yes
67 Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 1.6 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
68 JMIR XR and Spatial Computing 1.6 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
69 Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal 1.5 43rd Q3 – – No
70 Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 1.5 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
71 Tuberkuloz ve Toraks 1.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
72 International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science 1.5 41st Q3 – – No
73 Trauma (United Kingdom) 1.5 40th Q3 ESCI – No
74 Burns Open 1.4 39th Q3 – – Yes
75 Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion 1.3 38th Q3 ESCI – No
76 Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 1.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
77 Signa Vitae 1.2 37th Q3 – – No
78 Russian Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology /Anesteziologiya i Reanimatologiya 1.2 36th Q3 – – No
79 Neonatal Network 1.1 35th Q3 ESCI – No
80 Acute Medicine 1.1 34th Q3 – – No
81 Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care 1.1 34th Q3 – – Yes
82 Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 1.1 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
83 Tanaffos 1.1 32nd Q3 – – No
84 Frontiers in Anesthesiology 1.1 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
85 Journal of Acute Medicine 1.1 30th Q3 ESCI – No
86 Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters 1 29th Q3 – – No
87 Journal of Anesthesia and Translational Medicine 1 29th Q3 – – No
88 Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS 1 28th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine 1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
90 Case Reports in Critical Care 0.9 26th Q3 – – Yes
91 Journal of Cardiac Critical Care 0.9 25th Q3 – – No
92 Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 0.9 25th Q3 – – No
93 Messenger of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation 0.9 24th Q4 – – Yes
94 Revista Cuidarte 0.8 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
95 Chinese Critical Care Medicine 0.8 22nd Q4 – – No
96 Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology 0.8 21st Q4 – – Yes
97 Trauma Case Reports 0.8 20th Q4 – – Yes
98 Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin 0.7 19th Q4 SCIE – No
99 Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases 0.6 18th Q4 – – No
100 Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine 0.6 17th Q4 – – Yes
101 Chinese Journal of Burns and Wounds 0.6 16th Q4 – – No
102 Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma 0.6 15th Q4 – – Yes
103 Trauma Monthly 0.6 15th Q4 ESCI – No
104 Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care 0.5 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
105 Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care 0.5 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
106 Bali Journal of Anesthesiology 0.5 12th Q4 – – Yes
107 Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care 0.5 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
108 Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine (Turkey) 0.5 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
109 Journal of Critical and Intensive Care 0.4 10th Q4 ESCI – No
110 Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
111 Journal of Endovascular Resuscitation and Trauma Management 0.4 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
112 Notarzt 0.3 7th Q4 SCIE – No
113 Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care 0.3 6th Q4 – – Yes
114 Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal 0.3 6th Q4 – – Yes
115 Indian Journal of Respiratory Care 0.3 5th Q4 ESCI – Yes
116 Anesteziologie a Intenzivni Medicina 0.3 4th Q4 ESCI – No
117 Critical Care and Shock 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
118 Intervencni a Akutni Kardiologie 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
119 Neonatal Intensive Care 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
120 Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
121 Journal of Pediatric Perspectives 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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