The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine focuses on human biology and disease, as well as animal and in vitro studies that contribute to the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system and critically ill patients.

Papers that are solely or predominantly based in cell and molecular biology are published in the companion journal, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. The Journal also seeks to publish clinical trials and outstanding review articles on areas of interest in several forms. The State-of-the-Art review is a treatise usually covering a broad field that brings bench research to the bedside. Shorter reviews are published as Critical Care Perspectives or Pulmonary Perspectives. These are generally focused on a more limited area and advance a concerted opinion about care for a specific process. Concise Clinical Reviews provide an evidence-based synthesis of the literature pertaining to topics of fundamental importance to the practice of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Images providing advances or unusual contributions to the field are published as Images in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and the Sciences.

《American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine》是一本由American Thoracic Society出版商出版的專業(yè)醫(yī)學(xué)期刊，該刊創(chuàng)刊于1994年，刊期Semimonthly，該刊已被國際權(quán)威數(shù)據(jù)庫SCIE收錄。在中科院最新升級版分區(qū)表中，該刊分區(qū)信息為大類學(xué)科：醫(yī)學(xué)1區(qū)，小類學(xué)科：危重病醫(yī)學(xué) 1區(qū)；呼吸系統(tǒng) 1區(qū)；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分區(qū)等級為Q1。該刊發(fā)文范圍涵蓋CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE等領(lǐng)域，旨在及時、準(zhǔn)確、全面地報道國內(nèi)外CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE工作者在該領(lǐng)域取得的最新研究成果、工作進(jìn)展及學(xué)術(shù)動態(tài)、技術(shù)革新等，促進(jìn)學(xué)術(shù)交流，鼓勵學(xué)術(shù)創(chuàng)新。2023年影響因子為19.3，平均審稿速度 一般,3-6周 。