Journal profile · EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Journal of Acute Medicine
ISSN 2211-5587 · eISSN 2211-5595 · Elsevier
Journal of Acute Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 44 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); 24 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Acute Medicine is published by Elsevier 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 Management and Diagnosis, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 20.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine7.8%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine6.5%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine5.9%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine4.6%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine4.6%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences4.6%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
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
44 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 14 days – 78 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
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- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (51 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2211-5587
- Electronic ISSN
- 2211-5595
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Acute Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Acute Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Acute 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Acute Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 44 days (interquartile range 14–78 days). 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 Journal of Acute Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Acute Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Acute Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Acute Medicine is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .