Journal profile · Nursing-Emergency Nursing
Australasian Emergency Care
ISSN 2588-994X · Elsevier Australia · AUSTRALIA
Australasian Emergency Care: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.66; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,160; median 91 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 20% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australasian Emergency Care is published by Elsevier Australia 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 Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 31.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Formerly Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal Australasian Emergency Care is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to supporting emergency nurses, physicians, paramedics and other professionals in advancing the science and practice of emergency care, wherever it is delivered. As the official journal of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA), Australasian Emergency Care is a conduit for clinical, applied, and theoretical research and knowledge that advances the science and practice of emergency care in original, innovative and challenging ways. The journal serves as a leading voice for the emergency care community, reflecting its inter-professional diversity, and the importance of collaboration and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient outcomes. It is strongly focussed on advancing the patient experience and quality of care across the emergency care continuum, spanning the pre-hospital, hospital and post-hospital settings within Australasia and beyond. Handle: AusEmergCare
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Emergency Nursing
Editor-in-chief Ramon ShabanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 18, United Kingdom 4, Thailand 3, Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine15.5%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine8.1%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.9%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.7%
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 | Nursing | Zone 2 |
| 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 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 470 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 21 | 6 |
| 2025 | 63 | 37 | 58 |
| 2024 | 40 | 34 | 123 |
| 2023 | 53 | 28 | 420 |
| 2022 | 64 | 23 | 620 |
| 2021 | 49 | 13 | 659 |
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
91 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 99 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 2,160 / EUR 2,020 / GBP 1,730 / JPY 267,900 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- USD 312
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- case reportt, text, figure legends and references. Case reports and “how to do it” maximum 1,500 words including title page, abstract, text, references and figuremain text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialustration and 300 words for each table. Editorials are limited to 2,500 words including references. Subtract 100 words for each illustratmain text ≤ 2,500 words
- original articleth greater is particular circumstances. Original articles maximum 4,500 words including title page, abstract, text, figure legends and remain text ≤ 4,500 words
- review articleain descriptive, illustrative material. Review articles are limited to 6,500 words including title page, abstract, text, figure legends and almain text ≤ 6,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Preprints
- Open access
Copyright transfer to College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd. Model summary
Papers accepted for publication become the copyright of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd., and authors will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright form, on receipt of the accepted manuscript by Elsevier.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
The AUEC undertakes a double-blind peer review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints not accepted Model summary
AUEC will not accept articles submitted to pre-peer review and pre-print repositories prior to, or during, peer review or consideration for 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
- Elsevier Australia
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2588-994X
- Print ISSN
- 2589-1375
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australasian Emergency Care
What CAS zone is Australasian Emergency Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australasian Emergency Care is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Nursing / 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 Australasian Emergency Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.66; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Australasian Emergency Care?
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 91 days (interquartile range 61–117 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20%. 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 Australasian Emergency Care?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: Required. 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 Australasian Emergency Care based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (18), United Kingdom (4) and Thailand (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australasian Emergency Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australasian Emergency Care is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Australasian Emergency Care open access, and what is the APC?
Australasian Emergency Care is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,160.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .