The Journal of Critical Care Medicine aims to publish high quality double-blind peer-reviewed articles integrating a broad range of topics from the entire spectrum of Critical Care Medicine and related pathologies of critical care patients, including, but not restricted to general surgery, perioperative care, cardiology, internal medicine, pneumology, infectious diseases, organ transplantation, emergency medicine, pediatrics and neurology. Our journal’s scope is to provide for intensivists all around the world the newest information related to the critical ill patients, treatments and their outcomes.
The journal will consider for publication suitable articles offering new insights into pathophysiological mechanisms, diagnostic and treatment in critical care medicine, from basic to clinical academic research, including also relevant topics on biomedical research, health policy research, medical technology development and ethical concerns.
Publication fee
The publication fee for an accepted article is 500 EUR, as stated in the Article Processing Charges subtab within the Instructions for Authors section.
Why subscribe and read
The journal addresses the entire community of specialists involved in treating the critically ill patients, with a special focus on the scientific community from Central and Eastern European countries, aiming to provide studies on critical care medicine with a new regional perspective, specific for this part of Europe but not restricted to it. The journal will also publish international, overseas articles that would discuss current topics in peri-operative and critical care medicine, contributing to a better understanding of the pathologies leading to critical illnesses and reflecting international models of care for these conditions.
Why submit
The journal will stimulate publication of research that could be easily translated into clinical practice. The diversity of published articles, from “letter to editor” to most complex scientific research, will ensure various possibilities for knowledge dissemination. We encourage the use of open-access instrument ORCID ID for authors, which is also used by reviewers, and editorial board members. New accounts can be created manually or by retrieve the details from the ORCID registry.
Archiving
Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico – digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.
Plagiarism Policy
The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System’s users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.
Funding
The Journal of Critical Care Medicine has the following revenue sources: authors’ fees, subscriptions, advertising, reprints, and institutional support. The Journal of Critical Care Medicine has institutional support from the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, the owner of the journal.
Direct marketing – the delivery of messages via mail, the Internet, and similar routes directly to authors and readers – is used by JCCM to attract and inform current and prospective authors and readers.
Last update: January 7, 2026
