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Internal and Emergency Medicine

Internal and Emergency Medicine (IEM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal and the official journal of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI). It focuses on internal medicine, emergency medicine, clinical evidence, and health technology assessment, publishing original research, reviews, letters, editorials, commentaries, and clinical narratives for clinicians and researchers.

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Subject Medicine, General & Internal
Impact Factor 3.8
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1828-0447
eISSN 1970-9366
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access publication requires an APC of £3090.00 GBP / $4990.00 USD / €3890.00 EUR; subscription publishing has no APC charge.

Submission Instructions

Internal and Emergency Medicine accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Review Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must be 150 to 250 words. The abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Review Articles must not exceed 30,000 characters. The manuscript must include a statement identifying who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work, and it must include a disclosure statement.
References References requirements are not specified.
Figures & Tables Figures & Tables requirements are not specified.
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Original Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Original Articles must not exceed 25,000 characters. The text should be divided into Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. A disclosure statement is required.
References Original Articles references should be limited to 50. Reference list entries should be numbered consecutively.
Figures & Tables Original Articles must not include more than 4-6 figures and tables.
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Systematic Reviews (Meta-Analyses)

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript The manuscript must not exceed 30,000 characters. The text should be divided into Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. The manuscript must include a disclosure statement.
References References should be limited to 80. Vancouver style. Citations in the text must be numbered in square brackets and the reference list must be numbered consecutively.
Figures & Tables The manuscript must not include more than 6 tables or figures.
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Letters To The Editor (Le)

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is not required.
Manuscript Letters to the Editor must not exceed 7,500 characters. Letters to the Editor should not be divided into separate sections. Letters to the Editor may include declarations and, where applicable, a title formatted as "TITLE OF THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE: comment" when commenting on an article accepted for publication in the journal.
References Letters to the Editor must not include more than 5 references. Numbered citations in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and should include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Letters to the Editor must not include more than 1 figure and more than 1 table.
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Case Records: The Rare Corner

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is not required.
Manuscript The manuscript should not exceed 7,500 characters and should begin with a brief clinical vignette of no more than 1,500 characters. The manuscript should not be divided into separate sections and must include a comment to the case in the remaining text. The title should refer to the initial presentation of the case rather than the final diagnosis.
References No more than 5 references may be included.
Figures & Tables No more than 1 figure and no more than 1 table may be included.
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Case Records: What’s The Next Step?

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is not required.
Manuscript The manuscript should not exceed 7,500 characters. The manuscript must be structured with the sections Case Presentation, Answers, Outcome, and Take home messages. The manuscript must include four short and clear answer options after the prompt "What’s your next step?", a brief case presentation and outcome, brief take home messages, and up to one figure in the Case Presentation.
References No more than 5 references may be included.
Figures & Tables No more than one figure may be included in the Case Presentation, and no tables may be included in the Case Presentation.
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Clinical Notes

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Unstructured.
Manuscript Clinical Notes must not exceed 7,500 characters. Clinical Notes should not be divided into separate sections. A separate Declarations section must include statements on funding, conflicts of interest, and any required ethics approval or informed consent information, and an AI use disclosure must be included in Methods or an appropriate alternative section if applicable.
References Clinical Notes must not include more than 5 references. Numbered citations in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and should include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Clinical Notes must not include more than 1 figure and 1 table. Each table must have a caption, and figures and tables must be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
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Physical Examinations

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is not required.
Manuscript Physical Examinations must not exceed 7,500 characters. The manuscript should include statements and declarations, and any reused material must be transparently identified to avoid text recycling concerns.
References Physical Examinations must not include more than 5 references. Numbered citations in square brackets. References must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Physical Examinations must not include more than 1 figure and 1 table. Tables should have a caption, and figures and tables should be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
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Recent Publications

Fasting before elective abdominal ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Trixi Braasch, Ildiko Hoffmann, Andreas Deckert, Olaf Horstick, Britta Siegmund

10.1007/s11739-026-04511-x
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Real‑world clinical evaluation of the Inflammatix TriVerity test for sepsis at the emergency department—an Acutelines study: comment

Lan Yang, Xiang Lin

10.1007/s11739-026-04521-9
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Acute cholestatic jaundice and coagulopathy in a middle-aged woman

Cátia Barra, António Mateus-Pinheiro, Andreia Henriques, Augusta Cipriano, Isabel Fonseca

10.1007/s11739-026-04513-9
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Efficacy and safety analysis of tenecteplase vs. alteplase in very elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Keying Zhang, Qi Wang, Tao Gong, Yuhui Chen

10.1007/s11739-026-04517-5
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Hypoxemic respiratory failure in patients with acute heart failure

Josep Masip, Pere Llorens, Víctor Gil, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, Begoña Espinosa, Judith Gorlicki, Aitor Alquézar, Javier Jacob, Juan Antonio Andueza, Javier Millán, Carlos Bibiano, Julio Núñez, Eva Domingo, Enrique Martín, Carolina Sánchez, Sandra Cuerpo, Yonathan Freund, Zubaid Rafique, Christian Mueller, William Frank Peacock, Òscar Miró, Marta Fuentes, Aitor Davila, Sonia del Amo, Héctor Alonso, Enrique Pérez-Llantada, Francisco Javier Martín-Sánchez, Rosa Escoda, Daniel Repullo, Marta Masso, Leticia Serrano, José Pavón, Nayra Cabrera González, Rafael Calvo Rodríguez, Juan Antonio Vega Reyes, María Luisa López-Grima, Amparo Valero, María Ángeles Juan, Alfons Aguirre, Silvia Mínguez Masó, Virginia Fernández-Távora Pérez, Ana Belén Mecina, Josep Tost, Susana Sánchez Ramón, Virginia Carbajosa Rodríguez, Pascual Piñera, José Andrés Sánchez Nicolás, Paula Lázaro Aragüés, Raquel Torres Garate, Esther Álvarez Rodríguez, Pilar Paz Arias, Sergio Herrera, Carlos José Romero Carrete, Alex Roset, Irene Cabello, Antonio Haro, Lidia Fuentes, Pablo Herrero Puente, Joaquín Vázquez Álvarez, Belén Prieto García, Alejandra FernándezFernández, Belén Álvarez Ramos, Natalia Fernández Miranda, Gema Jara, Alba Felipe, Adriana Gil, Rodolfo Romero, Mariella Luengo López, Beatriz Amores Arriaga, Beatriz Sierra Bergua, Enrique Martín Mojarro, Lidia Cuevas Jiménez, Lisette Travería Bécquer, Guillermo Burillo, Lluís Llauger García, Carmen Agüera Urbano, María de los Ángeles González de la Torre, Carmen Esmeralda Romero Jiménez, Ester Soy Ferrer, María Adroher Múñoz, José Manuel Garrido, Francisco Javier Lucas-Imbernón, Rut Gaya, María Mir, Beatriz Rodríguez, Monika Vicente Martín, Esther Rodríguez Adrada, Eva Domingo Baldrich, Marianela Guzmán Carvajal, María José Fortuny, Yelenis Gómez García, Verónica de las Nieves Segura Coronill, Marco Antonio Esquivias, María del Carmen Martínez Picón, Rocío MoyanoGarcía, Pablo Rodríguez, María Martínez Cuevas, José Noceda, Santiago HarrisBlasco, Marta Romero, Oriol AguilóPedret

10.1007/s11739-026-04508-6
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Online First publication occurs after corrected proofs are received.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter may be used to suggest reviewers and to provide transparency on unpublished material included in the manuscript.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access articles require an open access fee to be published under a Creative Commons license.

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Research Topics

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Emergency and Acute Care Studies Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Heart Failure Treatment and Management Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Liver Disease and Transplantation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

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