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Welcome to the World Journal of Critical Care Medicine

World Journal of Critical Care Medicine (WJCCM, World J Crit Care Med) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of critical care medicine. The types of articles published in WJCCM include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJCCM is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>


2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Julian E Losanoff, MD, Professor, (Email: jelosanoff@yahoo.com) Department of Surgery, VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, University of Nevada Las Vegas NV, Touro University, Henderson NV, Las Vegas, NV 89086, United States
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJCCM is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
There is currently no impact factor.
ISSN
2220-3141(online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (716), Duration of Peer Review (22 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (52 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (38 days/Mean), Accepted (58.4%/Mean), Production Time (56 days/Mean), Time to Publication (185 days/Mean), and Rejected (32.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Opinion Review
Review
Minireviews
Ana Claudia Ometto, Gustavo Brasil Marcelino, Gabriella Cristina Nogueira Pereira, Felipe Farah Pinheiro Rodrigues, Raquel Afonso Caserta Eid, Arnaldo Alves da Silva 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):108062. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.108062
Syeda Farheen Zaidi, Ajavindu Prasad, Aakash M Gangadhar, Syed A Khan, Amaar H Zaidi, Moisza Mushtaq, Gokhan Anil, Salim Surani 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):113515. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.113515
Retrospective Cohort Study
Hayder Mohammed, Khalid Y Fadul, Syed G A Naqvi, Nadir Kharma, Alhady Alfian Yusof, Shabbir Ahmad, Munawar Farooq, Sasha Javid, Ahmed Mohamed, Manar E Abdel-Rahman, Tim Harris 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):113684. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.113684
Jackson Rajendran, Song-Peng Ang, Maria Jose Lorenzo-Capps, Carlos Valladares, Eunseuk Lee, Veera Jayasree Latha Bommu, George Altarcha, Svitlana Pominov, Bryan Gregory, Jia Ee Chia, Jose Iglesias 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):114318. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.114318
Observational Study
Adam D Laytin, Ayalew Zewdie, Menbeu Sultan, Amelia J Brandt, Ararso B Olani, Geremew Werkeshe, Sean M Berenholtz, William Checkley, Bhakti Hansoti 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):115938. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.115938
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Fotios Dimitriadis, Theodoros Pitsolis, Kyriaki Kolovou, Sissy Maragoulia, Evangelia Theodorou, Giorgos Konstantinou, Theodora Soulele, Ioannis Vlahodimitris, Michail Zervos, Paraskevi Salata, Dimitrios Elaiopoulos, Stergios Gatzonis, Stavros Dimopoulos 
World J Crit Care Med 15(1):115620. Published online Mar 9, 2026. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v15.i1.115620
Letter to the Editor