European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Aims & Scope

The European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery aims to open an interdisciplinary forum that allows for the scientific exchange between basic and clinical science related to pathophysiology, diagnostics and treatment of traumatized patients.

The journal covers all aspects of clinical management, operative treatment and related research of traumatic injuries.

Clinical and experimental papers on issues relevant for the improvement of trauma care are published.

Reviews, original articles, short communications and letters allow the appropriate presentation of major and minor topics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.757

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7291

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2555

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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
• Medline

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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.

• Reduction of relative centrifugation force within injectable platelet-rich-fibrin (PRF) concentrates advances patients’ own inflammatory cells, platelets and growth factors: the first introduction to the low speed centrifugation concept

  Citation: 289

  Authors: J., S.

• ESTES guidelines: acute mesenteric ischaemia

  Citation: 275

  Authors: J. V. T., A., H., D., I., J., L., A., F., L. A. B., M., A. J. G., S., A. L., M. M., L. F., M., G., F. T., S. U., K., H.

• Electrical stimulation in bone tissue engineering treatments

  Citation: 195

  Authors: Liudmila, Karla Mychellyne Costa, Mit Balvantray, John Howard

• Damage-associated molecular patterns in trauma

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Borna, Walter Gottlieb

• Fragility fractures of the sacrum: how to identify and when to treat surgically?

  Citation: 154

  Authors: D., C., D., A., P. M.

• Development and validation of the revised injury severity classification score for severely injured patients

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Rolf

• Road accident rates: strategies and programmes for improving road traffic safety

  Citation: 137

  Authors: K., M., W., P.

• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in the management of major exsanguination

  Citation: 133

  Authors: B. L. S., Thijs T. C. F., J. J., P. P. A., J. J., T. M., R.

• European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) recommendations for trauma and emergency surgery preparation during times of COVID-19 infection

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Raul, Sara, Hayato, Gary Alan, Zsolt J., Jonathan, Roberto, Michele, Isidro, Christine, Arnold, Bruno C., Ingo

• Complications after hip fracture surgery: are they preventable?

  Citation: 122

  Authors: E. R., K. W., R. L., G. J., D., M., I. H. F.

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