Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine is the monthly official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins since 1973 and covering acute and emergency care of critically ill or injured patients, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.5 and a rank of eighth among 66 critical care journals《重症医学》（Critical Care Medicine）是（Society of Critical Care Medicine）的官方月刊，1973 年创刊，由（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）出版，覆盖危重与创伤患者的急症救治，2025 年影响因子为 7.5，在 66 种重症医学期刊中列第八位。

Scope

• All aspects of acute and emergency care for the critically ill or injured patient define the journal's remit危重或创伤患者急性与紧急救治的各个方面界定该刊范围。
• Clinical investigations, including randomised trials and multicentre cohort studies, are the largest single article category临床研究包括随机试验与多中心队列研究，是占比最大的单一文章类别。
• Laboratory and translational studies on the pathophysiology of critical illness are published alongside clinical work关于危重症病理生理的实验室与转化研究，与临床论文并列刊载。
• Solicited reviews and concise definitive reviews summarise evidence for practising intensivists约稿综述与简明定论综述为执业重症医师总结证据。
• Guidelines and consensus statements from the society and partner organisations are a distinctive part of the content来自该学会与合作组织的指南与共识声明是内容中的独特部分。
• Sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation, neurocritical care, trauma and extracorporeal support are recurring subject clusters脓毒症、急性呼吸窘迫综合征、机械通气、神经重症、创伤与体外支持是反复出现的主题集群。
• ICU organisation, quality improvement, outcomes, family communication and workforce issues are treated as legitimate research subjects重症监护病房组织、质量改进、结局、家属沟通与人力配置被视为正当研究主题。

History

• The Society of Critical Care Medicine established the journal in 1973, with William C. Shoemaker as founding editor from 1972 to 1991（Society of Critical Care Medicine）于 1973 年创办该刊，（William C. Shoemaker）自 1972 至 1991 年任创刊编辑。
• It began as a quarterly and later became monthly as critical care grew into a recognised specialty该刊最初为季刊，随重症医学成长为独立专科而改为月刊。
• Later editors were Bart Chernow from 1991 to 1997, Joseph E. Parrillo from 1997 to 2014 and Timothy G. Buchman from 2015 to 2025其后的主编为 1991 至 1997 年的（Bart Chernow）、1997 至 2014 年的（Joseph E. Parrillo）以及 2015 至 2025 年的（Timothy G. Buchman）。^[1]
• It is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer, on behalf of the society该刊由（Wolters Kluwer）旗下的（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）代表学会出版。
• Its impact factor moved from 7.598 in 2021 to 9.296 in 2022, then 6.0 in 2024 and 7.5 in 2025该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 7.598 升至 2022 年的 9.296，2024 年为 6.0，2025 年为 7.5。
• The journal publishes twelve issues a year and operates a hybrid open access model alongside subscription content该刊每年出版十二期，采用混合开放获取模式，与订阅内容并存。

Editors

• Jonathan E. Sevransky, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, became editor-in-chief in 2026主编（Jonathan E. Sevransky）为亚特兰大埃默里大学医学院医学教授，2026 年上任。
• He directs critical care at Emory University Hospital and serves as associate division director for critical care in the division of pulmonary, allergy, critical care and sleep medicine他主管埃默里大学医院重症监护，并任肺科、过敏、重症与睡眠医学分部的重症副主任。
• His research centres on sepsis, and he was principal investigator of the VICTAS trial and co-principal investigator of the PREDICT trial其研究以脓毒症为中心，曾主持（VICTAS）试验并共同主持（PREDICT）试验。
• Timothy G. Buchman of Emory University edited the journal for a decade before Sevransky took over（Timothy G. Buchman）在（Sevransky）接任前主持该刊十年，亦任职于埃默里大学。
• The journal runs podcasts, video issue highlights and a Clinicians Corner case feature, with the editor-in-chief hosting the video summaries该刊制作播客、视频导读与「临床医生角」病例栏目，视频摘要由主编主持。
• A reviewer academy run by the society trains referees for Critical Care Medicine and its sister journals学会开设的审稿人学院为《重症医学》及其姊妹刊培训评审人。