Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
European Journal of Emergency Medicine
ISSN 0969-9546 · eISSN 1473-5695 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1994
European Journal of Emergency Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.27; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 74 days to acceptance (47 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 89 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Emergency Medicine is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Emergency Medicine is the official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine. It is devoted to serving the European emergency medicine community and to promoting European standards of training, diagnosis and care in this rapidly growing field. Published bimonthly, the Journal offers original papers on all aspects of acute injury and sudden illness, including: emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, cardiology, disaster medicine, intensive care, internal medicine, orthopaedics, paediatrics, toxicology and trauma care. It addresses issues on the organization of emergency services in hospitals and in the community and examines postgraduate training from European and global perspectives. The Journal also publishes papers focusing on the different models of emergency healthcare delivery in Europe and beyond. With a multidisciplinary approach, the European Journal of Emergency Medicine publishes scientific research, topical reviews, news of meetings and events of interest to the emergency medicine community. Submitted articles undergo a preliminary review by the editor. Some articles may be returned to authors without further consideration. Those being considered for publication will undergo further assessment and peer-review by the editors and those invited to do so from a reviewer pool.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Yonathan FreundPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences14.1%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences14%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering14%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine10.6%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine7.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.1%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.9%
- Emergency Medicine Education and ResearchMedicine3%
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 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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · EMERGENCY MEDICINE · rank 7/55
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
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
- 5.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,246OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,463 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 89 | 14 | 154 |
| 2024 | 99 | 17 | 369 |
| 2023 | 120 | 22 | 757 |
| 2022 | 97 | 27 | 671 |
| 2021 | 465 | 33 | 832 |
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
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 37 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (47 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 47 articles with submission and acceptance dates (186 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.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 0969-9546
- Electronic ISSN
- 1473-5695
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Emergency Medicine
What CAS zone is European Journal of Emergency Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Emergency Medicine 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 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal of Emergency Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.27; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Emergency Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 47 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 37–104 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.
What JCR quartile is European Journal of Emergency Medicine in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, EMERGENCY MEDICINE Q1 (7/55). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Which databases index European Journal of Emergency Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is European Journal of Emergency Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Emergency Medicine 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: .