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Emergency Medicine Journal

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1472-0213

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 4.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.784

H-Indexi

124

CiteScorei

4.7

SNIPi

1.108

Total Worksi

10,399

Total Citationsi

154,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,399

Publisher OrgBMJ

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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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, PubMed

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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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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

345

2.6k

2019

369

2020

312

2.7k

2021

333

1.4k

2022

204

751

2023

217

563

2024

258

267

2025

177

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 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

Frequently asked questions about Emergency Medicine Journal

Is Emergency Medicine Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emergency Medicine Journal: 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 Emergency Medicine Journal?

Emergency Medicine Journal 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7.

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

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