Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Notarzt
ISSN 0177-2309 · eISSN 1438-8693 · Georg Thieme Verlag · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1985
Notarzt: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.28; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 94 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Notarzt is published by Georg Thieme Verlag 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 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Medical and Health Sciences Research, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Das offizielle Organ der Bundesvereinigung der Arbeitsgemeinschaften der Notärzte Deutschlands e.V. (BAND) erscheint in einer Printauflage von über 12.000 Exemplaren und bietet aktuelle Fortbildung, wissenschaftliche Artikel und berufspolitische Informationen – speziell für Notärztinnen und Notärzte. Zu den in der Fachzeitschrift NOTARZT publizierten Beiträgen gehören Fortbildungsbeiträge (z.B. CME-Artikel, Beiträge der Rubrik "Notfallmedizin Basics") sowie Originalarbeiten, Übersichten und Kasuistiken. Artikel zu den Themengebieten Notfall-Pharmakologie, Telenotfallmedizin, Recht in der Notfallmedizin und Verbandsmitteilungen runden das Spektrum ab.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine12.2%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine11.4%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine11.1%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions10%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions7.4%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.9%
- Biomedical and Chemical ResearchMedicine3.9%
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
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
- 0.28LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 363Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,825 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 94 | 13 | 30 |
| 2024 | 98 | 8 | 57 |
| 2023 | 90 | 3 | 32 |
| 2022 | 91 | 0 | 66 |
| 2021 | 94 | 6 | 96 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 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
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
- Georg Thieme Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0177-2309
- Electronic ISSN
- 1438-8693
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Notarzt
What CAS zone is Notarzt in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Notarzt 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 Notarzt?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.28; CiteScore 0.3, h-index 15.
How long does peer review take at Notarzt?
Authors report an average review time of over 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.
Which databases index Notarzt?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Notarzt is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Notarzt open access, and what is the APC?
Notarzt 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: .