Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Journal
ISSN 1472-0205 · eISSN 1472-0213 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 2001
Emergency Medicine Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.72; hybrid open access; median 177 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 258 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Emergency Medicine Journal is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 42.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Homepage of Emergency Medicine Journal, an international peer reviewed journal covering pre-hospital and hospital emergency medicine, and critical care.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Richard BodyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine16.3%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine16.2%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine10.1%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.3%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine4.2%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.2%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.1%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine3.4%
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 | 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 |
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
- 2.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,720OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 98LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,589 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 192 | 62 | 63 |
| 2025 | 258 | 76 | 296 |
| 2024 | 217 | 77 | 588 |
| 2023 | 204 | 87 | 770 |
| 2022 | 333 | 168 | 1,436 |
| 2021 | 312 | 99 | 2,707 |
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
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 241 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 90 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 294 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (466 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)
- 3–8 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1472-0205
- Electronic ISSN
- 1472-0213
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Emergency Medicine Journal
What CAS zone is Emergency Medicine Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Emergency Medicine Journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category 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 Emergency Medicine Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.72; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 126.
How long does peer review take at Emergency Medicine Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 107–241 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 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 Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Emergency Medicine Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Emergency Medicine Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Emergency Medicine Journal is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .