Journal profile · Nursing-Emergency Nursing
AEM Education and Training
ISSN 2472-5390 · Wiley-Blackwell
AEM Education and Training: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,300; median 99 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 32% (journal website); 139 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AEM Education and Training is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Diversity and Career in Medicine, together about 41.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing information relevant to education and training in emergency medicine, including (but not limited to): • Original Contributions• Brief Contributions• New Ideas in B-E-D-side Teaching (educational case reports)• Education Case Conference• Commentary and Perspectives• Book Media Review• Canvas/Transitions (personal narrative, creative writing, art, photographs, etc.) AEM E&T provides a venue for publishing the excellent work emergency medicine educators are doing and gives them an opportunity to share their expertise around the world. The journal adds to the growing body of knowledge that enables the education and training of individuals across the continuum, from medical students, residents, advanced practice providers and fellows to faculty—all with the goal of advancing the care of patients.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Emergency Nursing
Editor-in-chief Susan B. PromesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 27, Australia 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine20.3%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine12.3%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences9.1%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine6.2%
- Medical Education and AdmissionsMedicine4.7%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine4.3%
- Radiology practices and educationMedicine4.3%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
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)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 322OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 125Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 132,148Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,200 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 127 | 30 |
| 2025 | 139 | 127 | 133 |
| 2024 | 137 | 125 | 370 |
| 2023 | 104 | 96 | 620 |
| 2022 | 116 | 109 | 841 |
| 2021 | 150 | 145 | 1,565 |
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
99 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 143 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (291 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,300 / EUR 2,760 / GBP 2,220 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- commentarycontent and a Post and/or infographic. Commentary and Perspectives Length – 2,000 words for unsolicited pieces Canvas/Transitions Length – 600 wordmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- reviewion relevant to emergency medicine; and reviews Brief Contributions : reports less than 1,500 words of original/novel educational scholarship relevant to emergmain text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review PEER REVIEW
Blinded peer review with multiple statistical and topic reviewers. Model summary
AEM E&T uses a blinded peer review process with multiple statistical and topic reviewers to evaluate submitted manuscripts. All papers involving surveys are screened by one of two editorial board members with formal training in survey science; well over half are declined at this screening phase due to weak methodology. Authors considering performing survey projects and submitting survey manuscript…
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-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2472-5390
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AEM Education and Training
What CAS zone is AEM Education and Training in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AEM Education and Training is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Scientific Disciplines / Emergency Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AEM Education and Training?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at AEM Education and Training?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 99 days (interquartile range 68–143 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of AEM Education and Training based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AEM Education and Training?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AEM Education and Training is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is AEM Education and Training open access, and what is the APC?
AEM Education and Training is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .