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African Journal of Emergency Medicine

African Federation for Emergency Medicine · South Africa · Est. 2011

ISSN2211-4203

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ 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 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.434

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.778

Total Worksi

1,023

Total Citationsi

10,354

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Emergency Medicine; Critical Care Nursing; Emergency Nursing; Geochemistry and Petrology; Gerontology.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,023

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2010

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

African Federation for Emergency Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2211-4203

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

679

2019

125

1.4k

2020

562

2021

601

2022

284

2023

130

2024

2025

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.

Critical Care NursingQ2

Emergency MedicineQ2

Emergency NursingQ2

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

GerontologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

GerontologyCritical Care NursingGeochemistry and PetrologyEmergency NursingEmergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesDisaster Response and ManagementCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationInjury Epidemiology and PreventionGlobal Health and SurgeryGlobal Maternal and Child HealthSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareUltrasound in Clinical Applications

Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Is African Journal of Emergency Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African 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 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

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

African 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 0.96.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of African Journal of Emergency Medicine?