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Journal of Emergency Medicine

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN0736-4679eISSN1090-1280

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.46

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

0.685

Total Worksi

17,135

Total Citationsi

194,698

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Emergency Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed publication featuring original contributions of interest to both the academic and practicing emergency physician. It contains research papers, clinical studies, and articles focusing on the training of emergency physicians and the practice of emergency medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyTwelve, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2020)

Total Publications17,135

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0736-4679 / 1090-1280

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

540

4.5k

2019

650

7.9k

2020

421

2.4k

2021

353

1.3k

2022

337

1.2k

2023

257

501

2024

370

315

2025

247

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Emergency MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

Emergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Emergency and Acute Care StudiesCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesTrauma Management and DiagnosisDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Emergency Medicine

Is Journal of Emergency Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Emergency Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Emergency Medicine?

Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.73.

Is Journal of Emergency Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.