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Annales Francaises De Medecine D Urgence

Annales françaises de médecine d'urgence publishes original research and clinical updates in emergency medicine, featuring current issues, ahead-of-print articles, and selected free or open access content relevant to acute care practice.

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Subject Emergency Medicine
Impact Factor 0.3
Quartile Q4
Open Access Type Closed
ISSN 2108-6524
eISSN 2108-6591
Invitation Only No

Submission Instructions

Annales Francaises De Medecine D Urgence accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Article

Cover Letter A submission letter is required, certifying that the work is valid and that the manuscript (and any similar-content manuscript) is not published or under consideration elsewhere.
Abstract A structured abstract in French and English (Objective/Aims, Materials and Methods/Procedure, Results, Conclusion) is required, with up to five MeSH-based keywords in each language and a maximum length of 250 words.
Manuscript Original Articles must include title, abstract, and keywords in both French and English, may be written in French or English, and must not exceed 25,000 characters including spaces, titles, and keywords, with no more than 10 authors (any justified exceedance must be explained).
References Reference format follows a Vancouver-type style: up to six authors listed in full or first three followed by “et al.”. Original Articles must cite no more than 30 references.
Figures & Tables Figures must be high quality (minimum 300 dpi) in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, or EPS format, numbered consecutively, presented on separate pages with captions grouped on a separate page, and will be printed in black and white in the journal and in color online.
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Meta-Analysis

Cover Letter A submission letter must certify that the work is valid and that the manuscript (and any with similar content) is not published or under consideration elsewhere.
Abstract A structured abstract (Objective/Aims, Materials and Methods/Procedure, Results, Conclusion) in both French and English is required, must not exceed 250 words, and may include up to five keywords in each language based on MeSH.
Manuscript Meta-Analyses must not exceed 32,000 characters including spaces, titles, and keywords, must have no more than 10 authors (any justified exceedance must be explained), and are preferably structured as Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, with the manuscript order: title page, French abstract, English abstract, main text, links of interest, acknowledgments, references, figure captions, tables, figures, and appendices if applicable.
References Cite up to 50 references, numbered in order of appearance in square brackets using a Vancouver-style format (Index Medicus journal abbreviations, list all authors up to six or first three then et al., and include standard details for journals, books, websites, and regulatory texts) while avoiding predatory journals and abstracts or preprints older than three years.
Figures & Tables Include no more than five tables and figures combined, placing each table and figure on a separate page with consecutively numbered Arabic numerals, and submit figures as high-quality TIFF, JPEG, BMP, or EPS files at ≥300 dpi with captions grouped on a separate page; supplementary multimedia files are allowed in MPEG-1 and PDF formats.
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Clinical Case

Cover Letter A submission letter must certify that the work is valid and that the manuscript (and any with similar content) is not published or under consideration elsewhere, and must explain any post-submission changes in authorship order, additions, or deletions.
Abstract Clinical Case articles do not include abstracts or keywords in either French or English.
Manuscript Clinical Case manuscripts must be structured into Introduction, Observation, and Discussion, written in French or English, and must not exceed 10,000 characters including spaces, titles, and keywords.
References References follow a Vancouver-style numbered system (in-text in square brackets, listed in order of appearance) with Index Medicus journal abbreviations, specific formats for articles/books/websites/regulatory texts, listing up to 6 authors then “et al.”, and Clinical Cases may cite no more than 10 references.
Figures & Tables A maximum of five tables and figures combined is allowed, with tables and figures each on separate pages, numbered consecutively, figures supplied at minimum 300 dpi in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, or EPS format (printed in black and white, color online), and captions grouped on a separate page.
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Editorial

Cover Letter A submission letter is required and must certify that the work is valid and that the manuscript (and any with similar content) is not published or under consideration elsewhere.
Abstract Editorials do not include abstracts or keywords.
Manuscript Editorials must include a title in French and English; articles are generally written in French but English is accepted. Editorials must not exceed 3,200 characters.
References For each reference, list all authors up to six, or the first three followed by “et al.” when there are more than six; editorials may cite no more than 10 references.
Figures & Tables Figures must be high quality (minimum 300 dpi) in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, or EPS format, printed in black and white in the journal and in color online, with captions grouped on a separate page.
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Commented Clinical Case

Cover Letter A submission letter must certify that the work is valid and that the manuscript (and any with similar content) is not published or under consideration elsewhere; any changes in authorship after submission must be explained in writing and approved by all authors in a letter to the editor.
Abstract A structured abstract (Objective/Aims, Materials and Methods/Procedure, Results, Conclusion) in both French and English is required, must include up to five MeSH-based keywords in each language, and must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Commented Clinical Cases require a title, abstract, and keywords in both French and English, must not exceed 25,000 characters including spaces, titles, and keywords, and may have no more than 3 authors unless a justified exceedance is explicitly explained.
References Commented Clinical Cases must cite no more than 30 references.
Figures & Tables Figures must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, provided on separate pages with captions grouped on a separate page, and supplied as high‑quality files (minimum 300 dpi) in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, or EPS format, printed in black and white in the journal and in color online.
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Peer-reviewed manuscripts are evaluated using a single-blind review process, with a typical time to first response of about 18 days for original articles, 29 days for updates, 11 days for clinical cases, and 23 days for images, and a time to final response for accepted manuscripts ranging from approximately 54 to 92 days depending on article category.

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Is a cover letter required?

A submission letter is required in which authors certify that the manuscript represents valid work and confirm that neither the manuscript nor a substantially similar work has been published or is under consideration elsewhere.

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What are the publication costs?

Selected articles are made available as open access or free access, indicating a hybrid publication model that combines subscription-based content with open access options.

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Research Topics

Emergency and Acute Care Studies Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Health, Medicine and Society Healthcare Systems and Practices Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation