Journal profile · EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
ISSN 1024-9079 · eISSN 2309-5407 · Medcom Limited · PEOPLES R CHINA · Quarterly · Founded 1994
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.59; fully open access; APC about USD 1,980; median 115 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 83 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine is published by Medcom Limited 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 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine (HKJEM) is a peer-reviewed open access international journal publishing original research on all aspects of clinical practice, research, education, and administrative perspectives in emergency and critical care at the hospital and pre-hospital setting. HKJEM aims to improve the quality of patient care in the Asia Pacific region by disseminating acute and emergency medicine knowledge. The journal encourages submissions from around the world, and is keen to publish research relevant to a global readership. For help with submissions, please contact: HKJ2.EO@wiley.com. Keywords emergency medicine, emergency diagnosis, trauma, patient care, accident medicine, emergency care, emergency surgery, emergencies Readership: Clinicians and emergency care practitioners Indexing Information Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Embase (Elsevier) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Kevin KeiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 27, United States 4, Canada 2, Australia 2, United Kingdom 1 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine11.8%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine11.6%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine11.1%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine4.9%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.2%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 63Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 65,921Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,796 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 73 | 14 |
| 2025 | 83 | 83 | 38 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 21 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 63 |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 | 155 |
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 83 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 136 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (165 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 ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 85 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,980 / GBP 1,490 / EUR 1,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,800 / EUR 1,500 / GBP 1,350 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- brief reportOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…Length not stated
- editorialEditorials are invited articles that either address an important topic that has implications for the practice of emergency medicine or complement a paper publiLength not stated
- guidelineGuideline articles will typically be 4000 words or shorter, with up to 6 tables and/or figures in total, and no limitation on the number of references.Length not stated
- letterOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letter to the editorLetters will typically be 1000 words or shorter, with up to 1 figure or table. References should not be more than 10.Length not stated
- narrative reviewOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- opinionOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articlesOriginal articles will typically be 4000 words or shorter, with up to 6 tables and/or figures in total, and no limitation on the number of references.Length not stated
- perspectivevelopments, and moderate referencing. A perspective article will typically be 4000 words or shorter, with up to 6 tables and/or figures in total, anmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- reviewOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal articlesThe original study is the full-length report of research within any area covered in the journal’s scope. All clinical trials and interventional…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Pot…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing and data accessibility: the journal mandates data sharing. Model summary
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal mandates data sharing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Peer Review and Acceptance The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed by two reviewers. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. In-house…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Licensing: accepted papers published under CC BY; author retains copyright and grants Wiley a license to publish. Model summary
Accepted papers will be published under CC BY - Creative Commons Attribution License. With the Creative Commons license, the author retains copyright and the public is allowed to reuse the content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding Open Access
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine is an open access journal. All content is freely available to read, download and share immediately upon publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
Peer review: single-blind peer review by two reviewers; papers sent to review only if the Editor-in-Chief determines quality and relevance requirements are met. Model summary
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed by two reviewers. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers; authors should update pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article and may post the final published version immediately after publication. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. HKJEM will consider for review articles previously available as preprints.
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
- Medcom Limited
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1024-9079
- Electronic ISSN
- 2309-5407
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
What CAS zone is Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine 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 Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.59; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 115 days (interquartile range 83–156 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (27), United States (4) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,980.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .