Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Annals of Emergency Medicine
ISSN 0196-0644 · eISSN 1097-6760 · Mosby Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1980
Annals of Emergency Medicine: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,850; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: hard; 924 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Emergency Medicine is published by Mosby Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 37.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About Annals of Emergency Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine, an official journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improving the quality of care by publishing the highest quality science for emergency medicine and related medical specialties. Annals publishes original research, clinical reports, opinion, and educational information related to the practice, teaching, and research of emergency medicine. More
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Donald M. YealyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 65, Canada 5, United Kingdom 2, Israel 1, New Zealand 1 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine15.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine11.7%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine10.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.1%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 1 |
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
- 6LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 141LetPub ·
- h-index
- 237OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,081OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 35,124 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 302 | 93 | 101 |
| 2025 | 924 | 587 | 635 |
| 2024 | 837 | 149 | 1,211 |
| 2023 | 901 | 738 | 2,422 |
| 2022 | 836 | 345 | 2,224 |
| 2021 | 965 | 678 | 3,820 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (28% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 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 3,850 / EUR 3,600 / GBP 3,080 / JPY 477,520 | — | — |
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
- Mosby Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0196-0644
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-6760
- Society / sponsor
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Emergency Medicine
What CAS zone is Annals of Emergency Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Emergency Medicine is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Emergency Medicine; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Emergency Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 237.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Emergency Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 Annals of Emergency Medicine based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (65), Canada (5) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of Emergency Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Emergency Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annals of Emergency Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Emergency Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,850.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .