Journal profile · EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Emergencias
ISSN 1137-6821 · eISSN 2386-5857 · Grupo Saned · SPAIN
Emergencias: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.39; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 228 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emergencias is published by Grupo Saned and is in Zone 2 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, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 32.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista EMERGENCIAS publica 6 números regulares al año. Es la Revista oficial de la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias (SEMES). Considerará para su publicación los trabajos escritos en castellano o en inglés sobre temas relacionadoscon la atención urgente en cualquiera de sus variantes: urgencias y emergencias, catástrofes sanitarias, rescate y transporte sanitario urgente, y coordinación y gestión sanitaria orientada a los anteriores campos. EMERGENCIAS se encuentra abierta a los trabajos realizados por profesionales de la medicina, de enfermería o de los técnicos de e emergencias, así como de otras profesiones que desarrollen su actividad en urgencias y emergencias.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine14.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine10%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.3%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine4.7%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine4.5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.1%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
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
- 4.39LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 36.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,786 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 87 | 1 |
| 2025 | 228 | 228 | 343 |
| 2024 | 331 | 331 | 818 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 51 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 65 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Grupo Saned
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1137-6821
- Electronic ISSN
- 2386-5857
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Emergencias
What CAS zone is Emergencias in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Emergencias is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Emergency Medicine. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Emergencias?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.39; CiteScore 5, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Emergencias?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Emergencias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emergencias is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Emergencias open access, and what is the APC?
Emergencias is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .