Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ISSN 0735-6757 · eISSN 1532-8171 · W.B. Saunders Ltd · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.9; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,980; median 63 days to acceptance (148 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 753 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE is published by W.B. Saunders Ltd and is in Zone 3 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, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A distinctive blend of practicality and scholarliness makes the American Journal of Emergency Medicine a key source for information on emergency medical care. Covering all activities concerned with emergency medicine, it is the journal to turn to for information to help increase the ability to understand, recognize and treat emergency conditions. Issues contain clinical articles, case reports, review articles, editorials, international notes, book reviews and more.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine13.5%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine8.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine7.3%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.9%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.8%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine4.7%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine4.2%
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,354OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 502LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 18,821 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 479 | 89 | 105 |
| 2025 | 753 | 154 | 1,291 |
| 2024 | 701 | 156 | 2,931 |
| 2023 | 661 | 144 | 4,009 |
| 2022 | 711 | 187 | 5,544 |
| 2021 | 963 | 337 | 9,937 |
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 PubMed · to
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 32 days – 100 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (148 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 64 days
- Sample
- 148 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,498 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 2.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
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 3,980 / EUR 3,720 / GBP 3,190 / JPY 493,640 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0735-6757
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-8171
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
What CAS zone is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Emergency Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.9; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE?
Based on the dates recorded on 148 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 32–100 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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.
Which databases index AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE open access, and what is the APC?
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,980.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .