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American Journal of Emergency Medicine

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1888

ISSN1532-8171

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.773

H-Indexi

147

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.002

Total Worksi

18,641

Total Citationsi

281,311

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine encompasses all activities concerned with acute medical care, from pre-hospital management to in-hospital treatment. It publishes original research, reports, correspondence, and opinion relating to acute adult and internal medicine cases.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1888

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,641

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-8171

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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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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

Citations received

678

10k

2019

1.1k

22k

2020

964

9.6k

2021

712

5.2k

2022

661

3.7k

2023

701

2.6k

2024

752

975

2025

303

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Emergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationEmergency and Acute Care StudiesTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesPoisoning and overdose treatmentsTrauma Management and DiagnosisUltrasound in Clinical ApplicationsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Is American Journal of Emergency Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Emergency Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Journal of Emergency Medicine?

American 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 1.81.

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

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