Intensive Care Medicine

Intensive Care Medicine is the monthly peer-reviewed journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, published by Springer, founded in 1975 and dedicated to adult critical care medicine, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 22.0.《重症监护医学》是欧洲重症监护医学会（ESICM）的月刊同行评审期刊，由施普林格（Springer）出版，1975 年创刊，专注成人危重症医学，2025 年影响因子为 22.0。

Scope

• It is one of the official journals of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, serving as a platform for the exchange of current work and ideas in intensive care.该刊是（ESICM）的官方期刊之一，为重症监护领域当前研究与思想的交流提供平台。
• It is intended for all who are involved in intensive medical care, including physicians, anaesthetists, surgeons, pediatricians and nurses caring for adult ICU patients.该刊面向所有从事重症医疗的人员，包括照护成人重症患者的医师、麻醉科医师、外科医师、儿科医师与护士。
• It publishes review articles, original research papers, educational articles, brief reports, correspondence, discussion on technology and methods, and book reviews.该刊刊载综述文章、原创研究论文、教育性文章、简报、通讯、技术与方法的讨论以及书评。
• Review articles summarize the present state of knowledge in a special area or a limited theme leading to clearly defined conclusions.综述文章总结某一专门领域或有限主题的现有知识，并引出明确的结论。
• Original papers report progress and results in all areas of intensive care medicine and its related fields.原创论文报道重症监护医学及其相关领域各方面的进展与结果。
• It also publishes consensus and guideline documents that shape critical care practice, such as the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines.该刊还刊载塑造重症监护实践的共识与指南文件，例如拯救脓毒症运动指南。^[1]

History

• The journal was founded in 1975 as the European Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, before adopting its current title in 1977.该刊于 1975 年以《欧洲重症监护医学杂志》创刊，1977 年改用现名。
• It became the official journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, one of the oldest critical care societies.该刊成为（ESICM）的官方期刊，该学会是历史最悠久的危重症学会之一。
• Its landmark contributions include the 1996 SOFA score for describing organ dysfunction and failure, published in the journal.该刊的里程碑贡献包括 1996 年发表、用于描述器官功能障碍与衰竭的（SOFA）评分。^[2]
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 22.0, with a five-year Journal Impact Factor of 26.1 and a submission-to-first-decision median of only 4 days.其 2025 年影响因子为 22.0，五年影响因子为 26.1，投稿至初审决定的中间值仅 4 天。
• It is published monthly and is indexed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, among others.该刊按月出版，并被（MEDLINE）、（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）等收录。
• The title appears at volume 52 by 2026, reflecting more than five decades of continuous publication.至 2026 年该刊已出版至第 52 卷，体现逾半个世纪的持续出版。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Samir Jaber, head of the anaesthesia and intensive care department at the University Hospital of Montpellier in France.现任主编为（Samir Jaber），是法国蒙彼利埃大学医院麻醉与重症监护科主任。
• He took office in January 2025, succeeding Giuseppe Citerio of the University of Milano-Bicocca.他于 2025 年 1 月就任，接替（University of Milano-Bicocca）的（Giuseppe Citerio）。
• The Deputy Editors are Chiara Robba of Genoa and Ricard Ferrer Roca of Barcelona.副编辑为热那亚的（Chiara Robba）与巴塞罗那的（Ricard Ferrer Roca）。
• The Senior Associate Editors are Julie Helms of Strasbourg and Pedro Povoa of Lisbon.高级副编辑为斯特拉斯堡的（Julie Helms）与里斯本的（Pedro Povoa）。
• The editorial team draws associate editors and statisticians from leading centres across Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia.编辑团队从欧洲、美国、加拿大与澳大利亚的顶尖中心聘任副编辑与统计学家。
• A guest editor for 2025 was Ling Liu of Southeast University in Nanjing, China.2025 年的客座编辑为中国南京（Southeast University）的（Ling Liu）。