Critical Care

Critical Care is a peer-reviewed open access journal of intensive care medicine established in 1997, published by BMC, part of Springer Nature, and led by editor-in-chief Jean-Louis Vincent, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 11.4《重症监护》（Critical Care）是 1997 年创刊的重症医学同行评审开放获取期刊，由（BMC）（Springer Nature 旗下）出版，主编为（Jean-Louis Vincent），2025 年影响因子为 11.4。

Scope

• The publisher describes it as a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal that aims to improve the care of critically ill patients出版方将其定位为高质量、同行评审的国际临床医学期刊，旨在改善危重患者的救治。
• It acquires, discusses, distributes and promotes evidence-based information relevant to intensivists, and offers a comprehensive overview of the intensive care field该刊汇集、讨论、传播并推广与重症医师相关的循证信息，并提供重症医学领域的全景概览。
• It publishes original research, reviews, consensus statements, practice guidelines, editorials, commentaries and correspondence该刊发表原创研究、综述、共识声明、实践指南、社论、评论与通讯。
• Landmark consensus documents such as the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria appeared in its pages具有里程碑意义的共识文件（如急性肾损伤网络标准）发表于该刊。^[1]
• European trauma guidelines on major bleeding and coagulopathy were also published there关于严重出血与凝血障碍的欧洲创伤指南亦发表于该刊。^[2]
• It publishes supplements reporting the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine held in Brussels该刊出版在布鲁塞尔召开的国际重症监护与急诊医学研讨会的会议增刊。
• All articles appear open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, and full-text downloads reached 14.1 million in 2025全部文章以（CC BY 4.0）许可开放获取出版，2025 年全文下载量达 1410 万次。
• Median time from submission to first decision is five days, and accepted papers reach publication in under three weeks投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 5 天，录用稿件的上线周期短于 3 周。

History

• It was launched in 1997 and marked its 25th anniversary with an editorial by its editor-in-chief in 2022该刊于 1997 年创刊，并在 2022 年由主编撰写社论纪念创刊 25 周年。^[3]
• The project was proposed to Jean-Louis Vincent by the late Professor David Bennett and by publisher Vitek Tracz, founder of the Current Opinion journals, and was first called the critical care forum该项目由已故的（David Bennett）教授与出版人（Vitek Tracz，Current Opinion 系列期刊创办人）向（Jean-Louis Vincent）提出，最初定名为重症监护论坛。
• It was among the first journals to adopt open access, and its print edition was abandoned in 2006该刊是最早采用开放获取模式的期刊之一，并于 2006 年彻底取消印刷版。
• Annual submissions now exceed 2000 manuscripts, and its rejection rate has stayed above 70 percent in recent years该刊年投稿量已超过 2000 篇，近年退稿率持续高于 70%。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 9.3 in 2024 and 11.4 in 2025, with a five-year value of 11.0其影响因子 2024 年为 9.3，2025 年为 11.4，五年影响因子为 11.0。
• It ranks fourth among 66 journals in the critical care medicine category of the Science Citation Index Expanded该刊在（SCIE）重症医学类别 66 种期刊中排名第四，属 Q1 区。
• It issues one volume per year and reached volume 30 in 2026该刊每年出版一卷，2026 年已至第 30 卷。

Editors

• Jean-Louis Vincent of Erasmus Hospital and the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels serves as editor-in-chief主编为（Jean-Louis Vincent），任职于布鲁塞尔的（Erasmus Hospital）与（Université Libre de Bruxelles）。
• Its deputy editors are Sharon Einav of Israel and Marek Mirski of Johns Hopkins Medicine in the United States其副主编为（Sharon Einav，以色列）与（Marek Mirski，美国）。
• Its associate editors include Daniel De Backer in Belgium, Michael R. Pinsky of the University of Pittsburgh and Marlies Ostermann of King's College London其副编辑包括比利时的（Daniel De Backer）、（University of Pittsburgh）的（Michael R. Pinsky）与（King's College London）的（Marlies Ostermann）。
• Its board also includes Giacomo Grasselli of the University of Milan, Craig Coopersmith of Emory University and Guan Xiangdong of Sun Yat-sen University其编委还包括（University of Milan）的（Giacomo Grasselli）、（Emory University）的（Craig Coopersmith）与（Sun Yat-sen University）的（Guan Xiangdong）。
• Statistical advice is provided by Leila Janani and Fabiana Madotto of Imperial College London统计顾问由（Imperial College London）的（Leila Janani）与（Fabiana Madotto）担任。
• The publisher states that its board features some of the world's leading voices in critical care medicine出版方称其编委会汇聚了全球重症医学领域最具影响力的学者。