Critical Care Clinics
scientific journal
Critical Care Clinics is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering intensive care medicine. The editor-in-chief is John A. Kellum Jr. (University of Pittsburgh). It was established in 1985 and is published by Elsevier.
Abstracting and indexing
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.927, ranking it 23rd out of 33 journals in the category "Critical Care Medicine".
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15757467. 6 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 5 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985 and 2016.
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