''Critical Care Medicine'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

monthly

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

in the field of

intensive care medicine Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes pro ...

. The journal was established in 1973 with William C. Shoemaker as the founding editor. It is the official publication of the

Society of Critical Care Medicine The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is the largest non-profit medical organization in the practice of critical care. SCCM was established in 1970 and is an independently incorporated, international, educational and scientific society base ...

and is published by

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer. It was established by the acquisition of Williams & Wilkins and its merger with J.B. Lippincott Company in 1998. Under the LW ...

. The journal's

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Timothy G. Buchman.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 7.598, ranking it 5th out of 82 journals in the category "‘Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine".

Editors

* William C. Shoemaker, 1972-1991 * Bart Chernow, 1991-1997 * Joseph E. Parrillo, 1997-2014 * Timothy G. Buchman, 2015-present

References

External links

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Society of Critical Care Medicine
*{{Official website, https://drssbehera.in/ Publications established in 1973 Emergency medicine journals English-language journals Intensive care medicine Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals Monthly journals