Emergency Care Journal

Aims & Scope

Emergency Care Journal is the official Journal of the Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC).

The journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improve the quality of care by publishing contributions on acute medical care and related medical specialties.

The journal welcomes submissions from international contributors and researchers of all specialties involved in acute medical conditions.

Emergency Care Journal publishes Original Articles, Review Articles, Opinion Reports, Case Reports, Images in Emergency, Letters to the Editors, Commentaries, Book Reviews, Editorials and other educational information related to the practice, teaching, and environment of emergency medicine.

In addition to general topics, ECJ also publishes articles on out-of-hospital emergency medical services, pediatric emergency medicine, injury and disease prevention, health policy and ethics, disaster management, toxicology, and related topics.

Although most of published research is clinical, there is also strong interest for basic science research pertinent to emergency medicine, thus including all clinical, diagnostics and therapeutic areas of medicine involved in the emergency care management.

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)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions, Medicine and Nursing, 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
• Preservation 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 Health Professions, Medicine and Nursing, 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.

• Consensus paper on the use of BIVA (Bioeletrical Impendance Vector Analysis) in medicine for the management of body hydration

  Citation: 23

  Authors: S., H. C., M., W. F., F., N., C., S., I., A., A.

• The number of emergency department visits for psychiatric emergencies is strongly associated with mean temperature and humidity variations. Results of a nine year survey

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Gianfranco, Ivan, Giuseppe, Denis, Gianni, Paolo, Carlo

• COVID-19 pandemic management at the Emergency Department: the changing scenario at the University Hospital of Pisa

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Greta, Stefano, Matteo, Francesca, Mauro, Maria Carola, Alessandro, Francesco, Massimo, Lorenzo

• Bad news about an old poison. A case of nicotine poisoning due to both ingestion and injection of the content of an electronic cigarette refill

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Gianfranco, Michele, Carlotta, Giuseppe

• Emergency department utilization rates and modalities among immigrant population. A 5-year survey in a large Italian urban emergency department

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Marcello, Valentina, Ivan, Giuseppe, Gianfranco

• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on emergency room access in Northern and Central Italy

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Fabrizio, Maria Grazia, Gabriele, Ciro, Catello, Francesca, Andrea, Lorenzo, Greta, Massimo, Grazia, Alessandro, Roberto, Daniele

• The Emergency Rooms and Emergency Medicine should not be the answer to the weakness of the Italian National Health System

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Erika, Greta, Veronica, Francesco

• Lung ultrasound in COVID-19: a useful diagnostic tool

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Gianmarco, Marzia, Caterina, Bianca, Lorenzo, Giulia, Flavia, Bruno, Giovanni, Tiziano, Francesco, Stefano

• Facing the Emergency Department crisis in Italy

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Daniele, Ivo, Mario, Gianfranco, Lorenzo, Roberto

• Changing Emergency Department and hospital organization in response to a changing epidemic

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Daniele, Ciro, Mario, Gianfranco, Andrea, Stefano, Ivo