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Top 10 Emergency Medicine Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Emergency Medicine journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
B&

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

JIF 9.6
Q1
Open

Burns & Trauma highlights research and expert perspectives across burns and trauma care, with emphasis on wound healing and regeneration, scar biology and management, biomaterials and skin substitutes, autophagy and lysosome biology in injury, sepsis and haemo...

Identifiers

ISSN 2321-3868
eISSN 2321-3876

Publication Cost

$2,800 APC (CC BY or CC BY-NC)

Publishing Timeline

First decision (all manuscripts): 31 days; First decision (reviewed manuscripts only): 40 days; Submission to acceptance: 123 days; Acceptance to publication: 35 days
#2
Em

Soc Espanola Medicina Urgencias & Emergencias-SEMES

JIF 6.3
Q1
Open

EMERGENCIAS is the scientific journal of the Spanish Society of Emergency and Emergency Medicine (SEMES), published by SEMES in Spain. It focuses on emergency and urgent care medicine and grants editorial freedom and independence to its Editor-in-Chief and Edi...

Identifiers

ISSN 1137-6821
eISSN 2386-5857
#3
WJ

World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of clinical and basic research related to traumatic and non-traumatic emergency surgery and allied subjects. Areas of interest include emergency surgery, acute car...

Identifiers

ISSN 1749-7922
eISSN 1749-7922

Publication Cost

£2990 / $3990 / €3290 APC

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 3; Submission to acceptance (median days): 50
#4
AO
JIF 5
Q1
Hybrid

An international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improving the quality of care by publishing high-quality science for emergency medicine and related medical specialties. It publishes original research, clinical reports, opinion, and educational information...

Identifiers

ISSN 0196-0644
eISSN 1097-6760

Publishing Timeline

4 days from submission to first decision
#5
Re

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD

JIF 4.6
Q1
Hybrid

Resuscitation is a monthly, international, interdisciplinary medical journal focused on clinical and basic science research related to acute care medicine and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It publishes work on the aetiology, pathophysiology and prevention of...

Identifiers

ISSN 0300-9572
eISSN 1873-1570

Publication Cost

USD 4,650 APC (excluding taxes) for open access; no publication fee for subscription articles.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision: 5 days; Submission to decision after review: 27 days; Submission to acceptance: 43 days; Acceptance to online publication: 4 days
#6
EJ

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

JIF 4.2
Q1
Hybrid

European Journal of Emergency Medicine is a journal focused on emergency medicine. It publishes 6 issues per year and reports a ranking of 6/56 in the Emergency Medicine category and an Impact Factor of 4.3. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Yonathan Freund.

Identifiers

ISSN 0969-9546
eISSN 1473-5695

Publication Cost

Hybrid open access with APC (see publisher site for pricing)
#7
AE
JIF 3.2
Q1
Hybrid

Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) is the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and publishes information relevant to the practice, educational advancements, and investigation of emergency medicine.

Identifiers

ISSN 1069-6563
eISSN 1553-2712

Publication Cost

No author fees; optional OnlineOpen APC (amount not specified)

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision: 2 days
#8
WJ
JIF 3.2
Q1
Open

World Journal of Emergency Medicine (ISSN 1920-8642) is an open access, bimonthly journal featuring content in emergency medicine. The journal presents a range of article formats, including review articles, original articles, research letters, viewpoints, and...

Identifiers

ISSN 1920-8642
eISSN 1920-8642

Publishing Timeline

Post-acceptance posting: Articles are published online as 'Just Accepted' immediately upon acceptance.
#9
SJ

The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (SJTREM) focuses on the pre-hospital and early in-hospital diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of emergency medicine, trauma, and resuscitation. The journal also considers contributions re...

Identifiers

ISSN 1757-7241
eISSN 1757-7241

Publication Cost

£1890 / $2590 / €2190 APC (plus VAT or local taxes where applicable)

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first editorial decision (median): 2 days; Submission to acceptance (median): 97 days
#10
EM

BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

JIF 2.7
Q1
Hybrid

Emergency Medicine Journal is an international, peer‑reviewed journal covering pre‑hospital and hospital emergency medicine and critical care. It publishes original research, evidence‑based reviews and commentaries across topics such as resuscitation, trauma,...

Identifiers

ISSN 1472-0205
eISSN 1472-0213

Publication Cost

Optional open access APC: £4,370 (excl. VAT); optional print colour: £485; no submission, page, or online-only colour figure charges

Publishing Timeline

Time to first decision with review: 77 days (median); Time to first decision without review: 4 days (median); Time from acceptance to publication: 19 days (median)
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