Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Australasia
ISSN 1742-6731 · eISSN 1742-6723 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Bimonthly · Founded 2004
Emergency Medicine Australasia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.47; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,750; median 115 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 232 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emergency Medicine Australasia is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 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 43.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Emergency Medicine Australasia is the official journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine (ASEM), and publishes original articles dealing with all aspects of clinical practice, research, education and experiences in emergency medicine. Original articles are published under the following sections: Original Research, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Disaster Medicine, Education and Training, Ethics, International Emergency Medicine, Management and Quality, Medicolegal Matters, Prehospital Care, Public Health, Rural and Remote Care, Technology, Toxicology and Trauma. Accepted papers become the copyright of the journal.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine21.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine13.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.5%
- Emergency Medicine Education and ResearchMedicine5.3%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions4.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
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
- 1.47LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,388OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 153LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,565 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 163 | 110 | 23 |
| 2025 | 232 | 134 | 176 |
| 2024 | 192 | 130 | 424 |
| 2023 | 195 | 141 | 718 |
| 2022 | 242 | 108 | 1,193 |
| 2021 | 217 | 54 | 1,555 |
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
115 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 68 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 130 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (428 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
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 3,750 / EUR 3,120 / GBP 2,500 | — | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1742-6731
- Electronic ISSN
- 1742-6723
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Emergency Medicine Australasia
What CAS zone is Emergency Medicine Australasia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Emergency Medicine Australasia is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Emergency Medicine. 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 Medicine Australasia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.47; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Emergency Medicine Australasia?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 115 days (interquartile range 68–171 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Emergency Medicine Australasia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emergency Medicine Australasia is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Emergency Medicine Australasia open access, and what is the APC?
Emergency Medicine Australasia is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,750.
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: .