According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.191, ranking it 17th out of 27 journals in the category "Critical Care Medicine".[6]
History
The journal was established in 1986. The first editor was David R. Dantzker and the original publisher was Grune & Stratton. In 2007 the Journal of Critical Care absorbed Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain which was previously titled Seminars in Anesthesia.[2]