Impact Factor
4.83
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
10.28
9,029 total citations
h5-index
106
h5 depth signal
Cited share
84.3%
792 of 939
Total citations
9,029
Citation footprint
Metric signal
10.69
External metric anchor
Self-citation
4.0%
359 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
983
France
950
China
815
Italy
646
Germany
556
Citing Fields of Research
Respiratory Support
2,748
Cardiology
625
Antibiotic & Antibacterial Agents
437
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine
399
Hematology
384
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
18,966
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
939
792 cited publications
Last 12 months
703
58.6 publications/month
Open access share
100.0%
703 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
983 citing publications
Leading citing field
Respiratory Support
2,748 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
20 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v4n1, 2000-
v4n1, 2000-
Active Coverage
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Respiratory Support
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Critical Care Forum
Broad Categories
Critical Care
Respiratory Support
MeSH Descriptors
Critical Care
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
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DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06401-2
Open DOI
Distinct serum cholesterol and lipoprotein signatures in sepsis and major elective surgery: a lipid-focused NMR study
Background: Low circulating cholesterol is a recognised feature of sepsis, but whether the serum lipid signature of sepsis differs from that of sterile (non-infectious) inflammation is unclear. Methods: Targeted serum proton nuclear magn...
02
DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06404-z
Open DOI
When pupillometry indices disagree: does QPi add prognostic information beyond NPi?
03
DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06405-y
Open DOI
Validating the 2025 ERC/ESICM neuroprognostication algorithm using a restricted predictor set in a minimal WLST cohort
Background: The 2021 European Resuscitation Council (ERC)/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) neuroprognostication guidelines were highly specific but limited by strict entry criteria (Glasgow Coma Scale-Motor [GCS-M] ≤ 3...
04
DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06249-6
Open DOI
Decision volume and temporal workload structure as dissociable correlates of fatigue and mood in intensive care physicians: a real-time observational study
Background: Intensive care physicians make hundreds of decisions per shift under sustained cognitive and emotional demands. Decision fatigue, the tendency towards less effortful choices as cumulative decision load increases, may affect c...
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DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06373-3
Open DOI
Early adequate empiric antifungal therapy and 28-day mortality in ICU patients with candidemia: a pooled patient-level analysis of EUROBACT-1 and EUROBACT-2 cohorts
Background: The optimal timing of empiric antifungal therapy in patients with suspected candidemia remains uncertain. In practice, many antifungal treatments initiated empirically are eventually found to be unnecessary, exposing patients...
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DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06388-w
Open DOI
Weeks alive and out of hospital among adult ECMO survivors: a multicentre registry-based study
09
DOI 10.1186/s13054-026-06380-4
Open DOI
Clinical prediction models in cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Place of publication varies.
Print issues ceased with v. 9, no.6 (2005)
Vol. 1 has only 3 issues.
Also issued online.
v. 1, no. 1 (March 1997)20001127 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper