Journal profile · EMERGENCY MEDICINE
International Journal of Emergency Medicine
ISSN 1865-1372 · eISSN 1865-1380 · BMC · United Kingdom
International Journal of Emergency Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 94 days to acceptance (113 articles, last 24 months); 295 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Emergency Medicine is published by BMC 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 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Emergency Medicine is a high-quality Open Access journal which aims to bring to light the various clinical advancements and research developments attained over the world, thus helping the specialty forge ahead. It is directed towards physicians and medical personnel undergoing training or working within the field of Emergency Medicine. Disciplines covered include interesting clinical cases, the latest evidence-based practice and research developments in Emergency Medicine, including emergency pediatrics. The International Journal of Emergency Medicine focuses on the practice of Emergency Medicine in a variety of settings, from urban emergency departments and rural clinics in the developing world, to humanitarian and disaster situations. It aims to shed light on international advances in practice, education and research, with a single common goal: to reduce suffering and promote excellence in patient care worldwide.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Latha GantiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 18, India 13, United Kingdom 5, Italy 5, Spain 4 (76 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine15.4%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine13.1%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine11.4%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.7%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.7%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine3.6%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine3.5%
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 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 566OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 290LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,774 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 265 | 265 | 53 |
| 2025 | 295 | 295 | 651 |
| 2024 | 204 | 204 | 933 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 738 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 935 |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 997 |
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
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 127 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (113 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 113 articles with submission and acceptance dates (625 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 | EUR 2,690 / USD 3,190 / GBP 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,390 / USD 3,190 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted9
- brief reportResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- case reportResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- editorialsResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- educational advances in emergency medicineResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- image reviewResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- matters arisingResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- practice innovations in emergency medicineResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- researchResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
- state of international emergency medicineResearch Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine Practice Innovations in Emergency Medicine State of International Emergency Medicine Case Report Image Revie…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. International Journal of Emergency Medicine articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1865-1372
- Electronic ISSN
- 1865-1380
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Emergency Medicine
What CAS zone is International Journal of Emergency Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Emergency Medicine is in Zone 4 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 International Journal of Emergency Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Emergency Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 113 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 65–127 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Emergency Medicine based?
Of the 76 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), India (13) and United Kingdom (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Emergency Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Emergency Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Emergency Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .