Journal profile · EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock
ISSN 0974-2700 · eISSN 0974-519X · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); JCR Q3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 650; median 123 days to acceptance (70 articles, last 24 months); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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, Trauma Management and Diagnosis and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 31.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Editor-in-chief Praveen AggarwalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine14.6%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine8.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine7.6%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine7%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine6.4%
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesMedicine5.5%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine5.1%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · EMERGENCY MEDICINE · rank 39/55
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 459OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,268 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 4 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 26 |
| 2024 | 58 | 58 | 93 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 170 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 148 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 390 |
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
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 29 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 107 days (70 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 226 days
- Sample
- 70 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 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 39 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 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 650 | Yes | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 600 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0974-2700
- Electronic ISSN
- 0974-519X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock
What CAS zone is Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock 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 Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock?
Based on the dates recorded on 70 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 29–178 days); authors report an average review time of about 39 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, EMERGENCY MEDICINE Q3 (39/55). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 650.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .