Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Notfall & Rettungsmedizin
ISSN 1434-6222 · eISSN 1436-0578 · Springer Medizin · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
Notfall & Rettungsmedizin: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 84 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 240 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Notfall & Rettungsmedizin is published by Springer Medizin 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 Emergency and Acute Care Studies, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Zielsetzung der Zeitschrift / Aims and Scope Die interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift Notfall+Rettungsmedizin richtet sich an angehende und erfahrene Notärzt*innen und Notfallsanitäter*innen sowie an das gesamte Notfallteam. Schwerpunkte der Zeitschrift liegen in der präklinischen und innerklinischen Notfallmedizin, im Qualitätsmanagement und in der notfallmedizinischen Versorgungsforschung. Frei eingereichte Originalien präsentieren Forschungsergebnisse aktueller Studien im Bereich der Notfallmedizin und fördern den wissenschaftlichen Austausch. Kasuistiken zeigen interessante Fallbeispiele und ungewöhnliche Notfall- bzw. Behandlungsverläufe. Umfassende Übersichtsarbeiten zu einem aktuellen Schwerpunktthema sind das Kernstück jeder Ausgabe. Im Mittelpunkt steht gesichertes Wissen mit hoher Relevanz für die tägliche Arbeit in der Akutmedizin - die Leser*innen erhalten hier konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen. In der Rubrik 'CME Zertifizierte Fortbildung' werden gesicherte Ergebnisse wissenschaftlicher Forschung in Übersichtsbeiträgen veröffentlicht. Nach Lektüre der Beiträge kann das erworbene Wissen überprüft werden. Ärzt*innen können sich zertifizierte CME-Punkte anerkennen lassen, Notfallsanitäter*innen können sich in manchen Ausbildungsstätten die Teilnahme als Fortbildungsstunden anrechnen lassen. Die Rubrik orientiert sich an der Weiterbildungsordnung des Fachgebiets. Grundsätzlich werden alle Manuskripte, auch eingeladene, von unabhängigen Expert*innen beurteilt (Peer Review). Originalarbeiten und Kasuistiken durchlaufen ein Peer Review im Doppelblindverfahren mit mindestens zwei unabhängigen Gutachten. Die Regularien der Zeitschrift folgen in diesem Zusammenhang den 'Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals' vom April 2010 (www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf). Aims & Scope The interdisciplinary journal Notfall+Rettungsmedizin is intended to meet the needs of emergency physicians (both experienced professionals and those in training), emergency medical staff, and all members of trauma teams. It places special emphasis on preclinical and clinical emergency medicine, quality management and research into emergency medical treatments. Unsolicited original articles present important clinical studies aimed at promoting scientific exchange of knowledge. For randomised controlled trials submitted for publication in Notfall+Rettungsmedizin the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) are recommended. Comprehensive reviews describe the mo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Bernd W. BöttigerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 65, Switzerland 6, United Kingdom 2, Australia 1, Austria 1 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine14.1%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine12.7%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine9.2%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions7.4%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine6.5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions5.5%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine4.4%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher 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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 381OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 44.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 132LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 825,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,620 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 65 | 29 |
| 2025 | 240 | 92 | 153 |
| 2024 | 175 | 85 | 288 |
| 2023 | 150 | 59 | 301 |
| 2022 | 139 | 72 | 422 |
| 2021 | 145 | 78 | 858 |
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
84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 35 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (81 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 114 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (425 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- LLM authorship
Article types accepted9
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- case reportsThe journal Notfall+Rettungsmedizin publishes Reviews Original Papers Case Reports Interesting cases "Der Interesante Fall"Length not stated
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- interesting casesThe journal Notfall+Rettungsmedizin publishes Reviews Original Papers Case Reports Interesting cases "Der Interesante Fall"Length not stated
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- original papersThe journal Notfall+Rettungsmedizin publishes Reviews Original Papers Case Reports Interesting cases "Der Interesante Fall"Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship
Keywords Model summary
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Notfall + Rettungsmedizin, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Medizin
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1434-6222
- Electronic ISSN
- 1436-0578
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Notfall & Rettungsmedizin
What CAS zone is Notfall & Rettungsmedizin in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Notfall & Rettungsmedizin 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 Notfall & Rettungsmedizin?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.8; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Notfall & Rettungsmedizin?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 84 days (interquartile range 35–117 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Notfall & Rettungsmedizin?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: 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 Notfall & Rettungsmedizin based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (65), Switzerland (6) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Notfall & Rettungsmedizin?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Notfall & Rettungsmedizin is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Notfall & Rettungsmedizin open access, and what is the APC?
Notfall & Rettungsmedizin is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
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: .