About the Journal

The Croatian Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine (CJAIM) is a peer-reviewed, open-access medical journal publishing original research, reviews, case reports, editorials, and letters to the editor in anaesthesiology, intensive care medicine, perioperative medicine, pain medicine, emergency medicine, and related fields. The journal serves clinicians, researchers, and trainees, with particular attention to Central and Southeastern Europe, as a platform for high-quality clinical and translational work.

FOCUS AND SCOPE

CJAIM publishes original research articles, review articles, case reports, editorials, and letters to the editor in the following areas:

  • Anaesthesiology
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Perioperative medicine
  • Pain medicine
  • Emergency medicine
  • Related clinical and basic medical disciplines

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

CJAIM is a fully open-access journal operating under a diamond (platinum) open access model: all articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, and users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts without charge to the user or institution.

There are no article processing charges (APCs), no submission fees, no page charges, no colour figure charges, and no fees for rejected manuscripts. The journal is funded by the Association "Anestezija" from private funds and donations.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright; others may distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, provided appropriate credit is given. Upon acceptance, authors are required to sign an Author Agreement (licence to publish) granting the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish the article.

PEER REVIEW

CJAIM uses different review pathways by article type (see the journal's Editorial Policy for detail):

  • Original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and narrative reviews: double-blind external peer review with at least two independent expert reviewers.
  • Case reports: double-blind external peer review, minimum two independent reviewers.
  • Editorials and invited commentaries: editorial review only (not independent double-blind external review); such items are labelled so readers can distinguish them from externally peer-reviewed research.
  • Letters to the editor: editorial review (and, where appropriate, response from the authors of the original article).

Overall, the review process for externally reviewed manuscripts typically takes about 8-12 weeks, subject to reviewer availability.

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND INTEGRITY

CJAIM is committed to high standards of publication ethics and aligns with international guidance, including COPE, ICMJE, and WAME, and the Declaration of Helsinki (2024 revision) for research involving human subjects.

Submissions are screened for plagiarism with Crossref Similarity Check (powered by iThenticate). Authors must disclose conflicts of interest and, where applicable, ethics approval and funding. Use of generative AI is permitted only in line with the journal's policy (disclosure required; AI tools cannot be listed as authors).

USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

CJAIM treats artificial intelligence as a tool that may support research and writing when used transparently and with full human accountability. AI tools cannot be listed as authors (COPE, ICMJE). Authors remain responsible for the accuracy of all content, including clinical detail, dosages, guidelines, and references, whether or not AI was used.

Disclosure (tiered)

  • Tier 1 - Linguistic assistance (grammar, spelling, light rewording): disclose in the Acknowledgements, with tool name, version and date of use.
  • Tier 2 - Research assistance (literature search, summarisation, coding help): disclose in Methods, with tool name, version, prompts or prompt categories, verification procedure, and which human author is responsible.
  • Tier 3 - Methodological assistance (data analysis, image/figure generation, synthetic data): disclose in Methods with full prompt transparency, model specificity, validation procedure and data-privacy confirmation. Synthetic data must be clearly labelled.

AI must not be used for peer review of manuscripts. Acceptance and rejection decisions remain human editorial decisions. See the full AI policy for detail.

ORCID

The corresponding author must provide an ORCID iD at submission; co-authors are strongly encouraged to include ORCID iDs.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

Biannually (two issues per year).

HISTORY

CJAIM was founded in 2025 as a scientific publication in anaesthesiology and intensive medicine in Croatia.

INDEXING AND DISCOVERY

Currently: Hrčak (Portal of Croatian Scientific and Professional Journals).

Planned / sought: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/MEDLINE (subject to application and database criteria).

Discoverable via:

  • Crossref — DOI registration and open reference deposit for every article (prefix 10.66166/cjaim)
  • OpenAlex — open bibliographic database (source ID S7407055594)
  • ROAD — Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ISSN International Centre)

ADVERTISING, OWNERSHIP, AND EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

CJAIM does not currently carry advertising. Should advertising ever be introduced, it will be clearly separated from editorial content and will not influence editorial decisions.

The journal is owned and published by the nonprofit Association "Anestezija" (Udruga "Anestezija"), registered in Croatia (OIB: 28508454254). The Association provides financial, administrative, and logistical support but does not interfere with decisions on acceptance or rejection. Editorial independence is described in the journal's editorial policy, in line with the WAME Statement on Editorial Independence. The Editorial Board acts as the advisory body; members are listed on the journal site with names and affiliations.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION

Published content is intended to remain accessible through Hrčak and the OJS installation at SRCE (University Computing Centre, University of Zagreb). Authors are encouraged to self-archive in institutional repositories where appropriate.

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ISSN

  • ISSN 3102-4025 (Online)
  • ISSN 3102-3584 (Print)