Journal profile · Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Care
ISSN 0749-5161 · eISSN 1535-1815 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1985
Pediatric Emergency Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.12; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 125 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 211 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatric Emergency Care is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pediatric acute myocarditis presents with a heterogeneous clinical spectrum. The primary aim of this study was to identify early clinical and laboratory predictors of severe disease requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. A secondary aim was to describe the clinical characteristics of cases diagnosed in the postpandemic context.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Mark NeumanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine13.6%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine8.7%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine6.5%
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine6%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine4.7%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine4.6%
- Child Abuse and Related TraumaMedicine4%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine3.9%
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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | 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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | 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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · EMERGENCY MEDICINE · rank 36/55
- JCR Q3 · PEDIATRICS · rank 131/190
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
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
- 1.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,327OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 190LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 170 | 17 | 13 |
| 2025 | 211 | 22 | 204 |
| 2024 | 226 | 35 | 501 |
| 2023 | 225 | 26 | 790 |
| 2022 | 302 | 32 | 1,423 |
| 2021 | 276 | 33 | 1,677 |
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
125 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 169 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (436 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)
- 3–6 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0749-5161
- Electronic ISSN
- 1535-1815
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Emergency Care
What CAS zone is Pediatric Emergency Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatric Emergency Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Emergency Medicine / Pediatrics. 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 Pediatric Emergency Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.12; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Pediatric Emergency Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 125 days (interquartile range 84–169 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 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 JCR quartile is Pediatric Emergency Care in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, EMERGENCY MEDICINE Q3 (36/55), PEDIATRICS Q3 (131/190). 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.
Which databases index Pediatric Emergency Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatric Emergency Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Pediatric Emergency Care open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatric Emergency Care is a hybrid 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: .