Objective To study the characteristics of articles,citations and authors in Chinese Critical Care Medicine (Chin Crit Care Med).Methods The date about articles,citations and authors of Chin Crit Care Med from 2005 to 2006 were collected and analyzed in terms of bibliomertic parameters.Results There were 612 papers published in Chin Crit Care Med during 2 years and the papers with funded projects were accounted for 63.1%.The authors came from 30 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in China.The average number of articles per issue was 26;the paper density was 0.40 and the average period from the date of submission to publication was 5.2 months.Among these papers,87.6% were shared with co-authors,with cooperation rate of 4.40.The papers with citation were accounted for 85.1% and 95.9% of the citations in English came from journals.The Price's index was 58.2%.Conclusion The articles published in Chin Crit Care Med have high quality.It is one of the most important resources of information for researches in this field,and it is also a primary kernel journal in Chinese medicine field.