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Emergency Medicine Journal

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1472-0213

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.789

H-Index

124

CiteScore

4.7

SNIP

1.108

Total Works

10,399

Total Citations

154,110

2yr Mean Citedness

1.15

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Aims & Scope

Emergency Medicine Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal covering pre-hospital, hospital emergency medicine and critical care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reviews and commentaries on resuscitation, trauma, minor injuries, disaster preparedness and response, toxicology, acute medical and paediatric emergencies, diagnostic testing, teaching, clinical operations, decision making and reflections in clinical practice. The journal is aimed at doctors, nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 226 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,399

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-0213

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Emergency MedicineQ1

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)Emergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Emergency and Acute Care StudiesTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationDisaster Response and ManagementTrauma Management and DiagnosisSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesNursing Roles and PracticesInjury Epidemiology and Prevention