23 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine journals (Medicine) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Medicine by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Care Medicine | 0090-3493 | 2,220 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Critical Care | 1364-8535 | 570 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,90,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Intensive Care Medicine | 0342-4642 | 500 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Critical Care | 0883-9441 | 358 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | 0964-3397 | 335 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Australian Critical Care | 1033-3355 | 274 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Australia |
| Annals of Intensive Care | 2110-5820 | 192 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,14,524 to publish | Yes | Yes | France |
| Journal of Intensive Care Medicine | 0885-0666 | 154 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Critical Care Science | 2965-2774 | 124 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Current Opinion in Critical Care | 1070-5295 | 112 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| CHEST Critical Care | 2949-7884 | 102 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| American Journal of Critical Care | 1062-3264 | 95 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of the Intensive Care Society | 1751-1437 | 84 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acute and Critical Care | 2586-6052 | 79 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| World Journal of Critical Care Medicine | 2220-3141 | 73 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Critical Care Clinics | 0749-0704 | 68 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The Ultrasound Journal | 2036-3176 | 67 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,38,342 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| POCUS Journal | 2369-8543 | 59 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Journal of Intensive Medicine | 2097-0250 | 56 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Annals of critical care | 1726-9806 | 51 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| The Journal of Critical Care Medicine | 2393-1809 | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Romania |
| Journal of Translational Critical Care Medicine | 2590-3438 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Critical Care Research and Practice | 2090-1305 | 21 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,05,961 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |