Aims & Scopes

Saudi Journal of Critical Care and General Medicine (SJCCGM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, clinically relevant research across critical care medicine and general (internal) medicine. The journal provides an evidence-based platform that supports best practice in the management of acutely ill and complex patients across the continuum of care—from emergency presentation and inpatient management to intensive care and recovery. SJCCGM welcomes submissions with regional relevance to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, while maintaining international scientific standards and global applicability.

Clinical fields covered

SJCCGM considers work in (but not limited to) the following areas:

  • Critical care medicine: sepsis and septic shock, hemodynamic monitoring, ARDS and acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation and weaning, ECMO, sedation/analgesia/delirium, ICU nutrition, renal replacement therapy, transfusion and coagulopathy, neurocritical care, ICU-acquired weakness and complications, ICU ultrasound/POCUS in critical illness.
  • General (internal) medicine and hospital medicine: acute exacerbations of chronic disease, complex multimorbidity, diagnostic reasoning, inpatient clinical pathways, perioperative medical care, geriatrics and frailty in acute care.
  • Emergency and acute care interface: triage and escalation, rapid response systems, acute deterioration and early warning systems, stabilization and transfer of critically ill patients.
  • Cardiopulmonary and vascular emergencies: acute coronary syndromes, heart failure decompensation, arrhythmias, pulmonary embolism, severe asthma/COPD exacerbations.
  • Renal, metabolic, and endocrine emergencies: AKI, electrolyte disorders, DKA/HHS, thyrotoxic crisis, adrenal crisis.
  • Infectious diseases in acute/critical settings: severe infections, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control, antimicrobial resistance, outbreak-related hospital care.
  • Diagnostics and therapeutics: clinical trials and comparative effectiveness research, diagnostic accuracy studies, biomarkers, imaging/ultrasound applications, clinical decision support (including validated AI tools in acute/critical workflows).
  • Quality, safety, and health systems: patient safety, ICU bundles, guideline implementation, quality improvement initiatives, outcomes research, cost and resource utilization, workflow and operational performance.
  • Ethics and communication: goals of care, end-of-life care, shared decision-making, prognostication, culturally appropriate communication in serious illness.

Types of studies accepted

SJCCGM accepts the following manuscript categories:

  • Original Articles (all major study designs), including:
    • Randomized and non-randomized clinical trials
    • Observational studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional)
    • Diagnostic accuracy studies
    • Prognostic/prediction model studies (with appropriate validation)
    • Quality improvement and implementation studies (with clear methodology and outcomes)
    • Qualitative and mixed-methods studies relevant to acute/critical/general medicine
  • Review Articles, including:
    • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
    • Scoping reviews
    • Narrative/clinical reviews (when comprehensive and evidence-based)
  • Case Reports, Case Series (must provide clear educational value, novelty, or practice-relevant insights)

(The journal may also publish editorials, commentaries, and letters when invited or when directly relevant to published content.)

What the journal does not accept

SJCCGM generally does not consider:

  • Manuscripts outside the journal’s scope (not related to critical care or general/internal medicine or their acute-care interface)
  • Studies with insufficient ethical oversight (missing IRB/ethics approval when required, absent informed consent when applicable)
  • Submissions with major methodological limitations that prevent reliable interpretation (unclear research question, inappropriate statistics, inadequate description of methods)
  • Articles with plagiarism, duplicate publication, or fabricated/falsified data
  • Purely basic science/animal/laboratory studies without clear and direct clinical relevance to critical care or general medicine practice
  • Promotional content or manuscripts primarily designed for marketing a product/service rather than advancing scientific knowledge