Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Aims & Scope

​Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed, international medical journal dedicated to improving the quality of care by publishing basic and clinical cutting-edge findings in emergency, critical care and related medical specialties.

Contributions are welcome from emergency and critical care professionals and researchers, with research areas including but not limited to the followings: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, acute cardiovascular diseases, stroke, shock, acute respiratory failure, infection, trauma, out-of-hospital emergency medical services, emergency, critical care, disaster management, toxicology, organ dysfunction, artificial intelligence, life-supporting devices, etc.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Emergency department overcrowding: causes and solutions

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Ahmet, Elif Ece, Hilal, Vedat, Mehmet, Kubra, Dilan, Ramazan, Elanur

• Septic cardiomyopathy: characteristics, evaluation, and mechanism

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Wanlin, Jiaojiao, Jiao, Hao, Haipeng, Yuguo

• Triage for resource-limited emergency care: why it matters

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Rob

• The role of lipotoxicity in cardiovascular disease

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Chuanbao, Huiruo, Feng, Yuguo

• Magnetocardiograph as a noninvasive and radiation-free diagnostic device for myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Yansong, Xiaole, Mingyue, Ruochuan, Yiming, Jiaxin, Xiaofei, Fei, Jiaojiao, Yuguo

• The effect of subbranch for the quantification of local hemodynamic environment in the coronary artery: a computed tomography angiography–based computational fluid dynamic analysis

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Yibing, Jin, Ning, Yang, Jingxi, Ying, Xuanxuan, Yongguang, Suqing, Haijing, Julio, Ping, Zhongzhao

• Association between duration of return of spontaneous circulation and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Huixin, Andong, Xinyan, Sijia, Xuqin, Luxi, Shengmei, Fei, Jinjun

• Rosuvastatin alleviates renal injury in cardiorenal syndrome model rats through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant pathways

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Biye, Qiangguo, Hua, Ping

• Trauma systems in Canada: striving for quality across an expansive landmass

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Natasha G., Evan G.

• Prognostic value of elevated cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with severe COVID-19: a single-center, retrospective study

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Neeraj, Sarfaraz, Mala, Abhyuday, Prabhat K.