Emergency Medicine Journal

Aims & Scope

The Emergency Medicine Journal is a leading international journal reporting developments and advances in emergency medicine and acute care.

It has relevance to all specialties involved in the management of emergencies in the hospital and prehospital environment.

Each issue contains editorials, reviews, original research, evidence based reviews, letters and more.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.789

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	100

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6902

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1048

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Embase

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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.

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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.

• Observational research methods. Research design II: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies

  Citation: 973

  Authors: C J

• The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain

  Citation: 725

  Authors: A-M

• Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviews

  Citation: 698

  Authors: Mehrdad, Ali

• Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health

  Citation: 589

  Authors: S, E P

• An introduction to power and sample size estimation

  Citation: 461

  Authors: S R, S, M

• What is an ROC curve?

  Citation: 432

  Authors: Zhe Hui, Jane, Dawn

• The changing face of major trauma in the UK

  Citation: 298

  Authors: A, J E, A, D, F

• Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles

  Citation: 248

  Authors: J M

• Tension pneumothorax--time for a re-think?

  Citation: 248

  Authors: S., T.

• Emergency department triage revisited

  Citation: 242

  Authors: G., G. A., D., M. F.

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