Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine journal rankings 2023
22 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine has 22 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.81, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 1.20. The top three are The Ultrasound Journal, Critical Care Clinics, and Critical Care Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery993
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health313
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine293
- Infectious Diseases259
- Oncology245
- Epidemiology199
- Neurology174
- Physiology161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine124
- Ophthalmology105
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health99
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology90
- Hematology84
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Reproductive Medicine56
- Complementary and alternative medicine54
- Pharmacology52
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Hepatology32
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Genetics22
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
22 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1The Ultrasound JournalOASpringer Nature · Italy | 1.93Q1 | 4.75 0.14 up from 2022 | 142 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
2Critical Care ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.84Q1 | 4.02 0.77 down from 2022 | 180 | 44% | $3,270 | ||
3Critical Care MedicineLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.63Q1 | 5.06 0.84 down from 2022 | 1,379 | 6% | — | ||
4Intensive and Critical Care NursingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 4.31 0.64 down from 2022 | 394 | 44% | $4,140 | ||
5American Journal of Critical CareAmerican Association of Critical-Care Nurses · United States | 1.22Q1 | 2.92 0.35 down from 2022 | 218 | 23% | — | ||
6Journal of Intensive Care MedicineSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.20Q1 | 3.55 0.40 down from 2022 | 398 | 45% | $4,400 | ||
7Nursing in Critical CareWiley · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 3.31 0.06 up from 2022 | 300 | 68% | $3,400 | ||
8The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.13Q2 | 2.95 0.35 down from 2022 | 1,121 | 33% | — | ||
9Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of UltrasoundGeorg Thieme Verlag · Germany | 0.90Q2 | 2.16 0.22 down from 2022 | 204 | 34% | — | ||
10Australian Critical CareElsevier BV · Australia | 0.90Q2 | 2.21 0.45 down from 2022 | 332 | 52% | $2,900 | ||
11Critical Care NurseAmerican Association of Critical-Care Nurses · United States | 0.86Q2 | 1.74 0.19 down from 2022 | 222 | 16% | — | ||
12Journal of the Intensive Care SocietySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.77Q3 | 1.33 1.32 down from 2022 | 186 | 100% | $3,900 | ||
13Dimensions of Critical Care NursingLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.62Q3 | 1.45 0.33 down from 2022 | 126 | 10% | — | ||
14Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature ManagementMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.49Q3 | 1.07 0.11 up from 2022 | 98 | 27% | — | ||
15Critical Care and ResuscitationElsevier BV · Australia | 0.49Q3 | 0.76 1.38 down from 2022 | 172 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
16Enfermería IntensivaElsevier BV · Spain | 0.48Q3 | 0.76 0.17 down from 2022 | 118 | 28% | $2,190 | ||
17Enfermería Intensiva (English ed )Elsevier BV · Spain | 0.46Q3 | 1.02 0.31 up from 2022 | 89 | 28% | $2,040 | ||
18Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in MedicineWiley · Australia | 0.42Q4 | 0.88 0.15 down from 2022 | 98 | 93% | $3,550 | ||
19International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury ScienceMedknow · India | 0.35Q4 | 0.98 0.14 up from 2022 | 142 | 100% | — | ||
20Journal of Special Operations MedicineUnited States | 0.34Q4 | 0.62 0.14 down from 2022 | 269 | 0% | — | ||
21POCUS JournalOACanada | 0.24Q4 | 0.54 0.14 up from 2022 | 97 | 100% | — | ||
22Journal of Acute Care Physical TherapyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.13Q4 | 0.51 0.21 down from 2022 | 68 | 9% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery993
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health313
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine293
- Infectious Diseases259
- Oncology245
- Epidemiology199
- Neurology174
- Physiology161
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging161
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health144
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine124
- Ophthalmology105
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health99
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology90
- Hematology84
- Rheumatology67
- Nephrology65
- Reproductive Medicine56
- Complementary and alternative medicine54
- Pharmacology52
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Hepatology32
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Genetics22
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
5 additional Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 22
- Window papers (baseline)
- 20,118 +24.9% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.815 -12.5% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 2,942 | 3,470 | 3,668 | 3,969 | 4,082 | 4,498 | 5,020 | 5,653 | 6,220 | 6,989 | 7,690 | 8,621 | 9,358 | 10,351 | 11,314 | 12,264 | 12,908 | 13,431 | 14,285 | 15,111 | 16,106 | 17,673 | 19,203 | 20,118 | 19,814 | 19,916 | |
| Median OJR | 0.42 | 0.405 | 0.403 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.657 | 0.698 | 0.663 | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.699 | 0.726 | 0.74 | 0.734 | 0.77 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.814 | 0.815 | 0.68 | 0.76 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.