Journal profile · Medicine-Emergency Medicine
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
ISSN 2097-0617 · eISSN 2693-860X · Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW · United States
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); JCR Q3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 63 days to acceptance (20 articles, last 24 months); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is published by Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation 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)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Yuguo ChenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine11.1%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine9.6%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine8.8%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine6.9%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine4.6%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.2%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · rank 53/66
- JCR Q3 · EMERGENCY MEDICINE · rank 36/55
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 203 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 7 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 47 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 135 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 196 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 51 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 17 days – 78 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (20 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 96 days
- Sample
- 20 articles with submission and acceptance dates (34 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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteTrial registration / reporting guidelines
- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Trial Registration:
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; www.chictr.org.cn; ChiCTR2400079671.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2097-0617
- Electronic ISSN
- 2693-860X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
What CAS zone is Emergency and Critical Care Medicine in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at Emergency and Critical Care Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 20 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 17–78 days); authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Emergency and Critical Care Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Q4 (53/66), EMERGENCY MEDICINE Q3 (36/55). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Which databases index Emergency and Critical Care Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Emergency and Critical Care Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .