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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 >>


2025 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 (112), Peer Review Time (19 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (41 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (28 days/Mean), Accepted (47.3%/Mean), Production Time (95 days/Mean), Time to Publication (216 days/Mean), and Rejected (22.3%/Mean).
Opinion Review
Review
Ayman El-Menyar, Naushad Ahmad Khan, Eman Elmenyar, Başar Cander, Lukasz Szarpak, Vimal Krishnan S, Sagar Galwnkar, Hassan Al-Thani 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):109565. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.109565
Minireviews
Vignesh K Nagesh, Emelyn Martinez, Shruthi Badam, Jevon Lamar Harrison, Marina Basta, Vivek Joseph Varughese, Ghulam R Anwar, Vishal Deshpande, Deepa Francis, Damien Islek, Sai Priyanka Pulipaka, Ruchi Bhuju, Pratiksha Moliya, Bilal Niazi, Sameh Elias 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):108840. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.108840
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Panagiotis Papamichalis, Katerina G Oikonomou, Maria Xanthoudaki, Sophia K Papathanasiou, Antonios Papadogoulas, Apostolia Lemonia Skoura, Asimina Valsamaki, Dimitrios Plageras, Michail Papamichalis, Periklis Katsiafylloudis, Evangelia Papapostolou, Konstantinos Mantzarlis, Athanasios Koukoulis, Gkreta Mavrommati, Panagiotis Giannakos, Achilleas Chovas 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):103708. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.103708
Bhushan Sudhakar Wankhade, Mohamed Hamed Ibrahim Ali El Kholi, Zeyad Faoor Alrais, Adel Elsaid Salem Elkhouly, Gopala Arun Kumar Naidu, Alim Akbar Patel, Mohamed Sameer, Mohammed Shahid Abbas, Nowar Nouralla Fadol Elbasier, Aala Fadlalla El Hadi 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):110079. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.110079
Retrospective Study
Mugahid Eltahir, Ibrahim Fawzy, Abdulsalam Saif Ibrahim, Ezzeddin A Ibrahim, Rashid Mazhar, Nabil Abd Elhamid Shallik, Ayman El-Menyar, Ahmed Labib Shehatta 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):106027. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.106027
Anitha P Mampilly, Binila Chacko, John Mathew, Krupa George, Anna Paul, Sudha Jasmine, Samuel George, Karthik Gunasekaran, Rajnin Nanda, Vaanya Bansal, John V Peter 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):108689. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.108689
Clinical Trials Study
Serdar Kabatas, Erdinç Civelek, Eyüp Can Savrunlu, Necati Kaplan, Tunç Akkoc, Nurten Küçükçakır, Mehmet Bozkurt, Erdal Karaöz 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):103782. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.103782
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Flavio Eduardo Nacul, Murilo Borges Bezerra, Brenno Cardoso Gomes, Fábio Barlem Hohmann, Ricardo Esper Treml, Tulio Caldonazo, Arnaldo Alves da Silva, Rogerio H Passos, Neymar Elias de Oliveira, Grazielle Pangratz Bedretchuk, Joao Manoel Silva Jr 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):111164. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.111164
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Dimitrios Elaiopoulos, Fotios Dimitriadis, Eleni Tzatzaki, Maria Chronaki, Konstantina Kolonia, Michalis Antonopoulos, Giorgos Konstantinou, Nektarios Kogerakis, Stavros Dimopoulos 
World J Crit Care Med 14(4):106485. Published online Dec 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i4.106485
Letter to the Editor