Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Acute Medicine & Surgery
ISSN 2052-8817 · Wiley · United States
Acute Medicine & Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,250; median 157 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acute Medicine & Surgery is published by Wiley and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acute Medicine & Surgery (AMS) is an international peer reviewed academic journal on acute medicine and surgery. Acute medicine covers a wide range of clinical areas, detailing cases of acute illness or injury. The journal contains pathophysiological analyses of acute illness or injury, whether the cause is medical and/or surgical. Studies of acute medicine include initial care in the emergency room, definitive treatment during acute phases of illness or injury and may also include subsequent critical care. In addition, acute medicine studies health care systems for acute patients, medical control systems and disaster medicine. AMS seeks to share academic achievements among specialists and generalists who may be involved in studies of acute medicine and its clinical practice. AMS contains editorials, review articles, original papers, and letters to the editor relating to a published issue and/or a particular matter that may be of benefit to the greater readership. Case reports may be published if their clinical or scientific validity is considered significant for publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Jun OdaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 30, Taiwan, China 6, United Kingdom 2, Singapore 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine11.9%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10.1%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine9.6%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine5.9%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine5.8%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.9%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine4.6%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 264OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 79Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 275,220Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,172 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 6 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 107 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | 418 |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | 456 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94 | 590 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 938 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 175 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (133 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 53 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,250 / GBP 1,500 / EUR 2,030 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,250 / EUR 2,029 / GBP 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,250 / GBP 1,500 / EUR 2,029 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- brief communicationn either basic or clinical science. ii. Brief Communication Word limit: 2,000 words maximum including abstract and references. Abstract: 250 womain text ≤ 2,000 words
- case reportnnovative uses of common problems. iii. Case Report Word limit: 1,500 words maximum including abstract and references. Abstract: 150 womain text ≤ 1,500 words
- correctionCORRECTIONLength not stated
- editorialrly reports of new drug effects. viiii. Editorial (only by invitation of Editors) Word limit: 1,000 words maximum. Abstract: No abstract required for this manus…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- guidelinesvi. Guidelines (only by invitation of Editors)Length not stated
- letters to the editorviii. Letters to the EditorLength not stated
- mini reviewrgo peer review prior to acceptance. v. Mini Review Word limit: 3,000 words maximum including abstract and references. Abstract: 250 womain text ≤ 3,000 words
- original articlevailable for Supporting Information) i. Original Article Word limit: 3,000 words maximum including abstract and references. Abstract: 250 womain text ≤ 3,000 words
- review articlend rewrite as Letter to the Editor. iv. Review Articles (only by invitation of Editors) Word limit: 5,000 words maximum including abstract and references. Abstr…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesiv. Review Articles (only by invitation of Editors)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Disclosing the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section.Find more details on Wiley’s AI guidelines for researchers and Wiley’s AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Acute Medicine & Surgery follows the recommendations formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding criteria for authorship. Accordingly, each person listed as an author or coauthor for a submitted manuscript must meet all four criteria. An author or coauthor shall have:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
All authors should declare any financial support or relationship that may pose conflict of interest as “Disclosure Statement” between Acknowledgements and Data Availability Statement sections, using the following format. Please visit here to check the details of the updated disclosure guideline.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing expected in public repository Model summary
Acute Medicine & Surgery expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Agreement (OAA)
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Peer Review Process
New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints considered for review Model summary
Acute Medicine & Surgery will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-8817
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acute Medicine & Surgery
What CAS zone is Acute Medicine & Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acute Medicine & Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acute Medicine & Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Acute Medicine & Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 106–204 days); authors report an average review time of about 53 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acute Medicine & Surgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acute Medicine & Surgery based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (30), Taiwan, China (6) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acute Medicine & Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acute Medicine & Surgery is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acute Medicine & Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Acute Medicine & Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .