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Identification of low-acuity attendances in routine clinical information documented in German Emergency Departments
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical-seeking behavior in older adults by comparing the presenting complaints of the emergency department visits
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Emergency department-based injury surveillance information system: a conceptual model
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The first positive evidence that training improves triage decisions in Greece: evidence from emergency nurses at an Academic Tertiary Care Emergency Department
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A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
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Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis
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Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop
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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
Aims and scope
BMC Emergency Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all urgent and emergency aspects of medicine, in both practice and basic research. In addition, the journal covers aspects of disaster medicine and medicine in special locations, such as conflict areas and military medicine, together with articles concerning healthcare services in the emergency departments.
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Citation Impact
2.485 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
2.743 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.236 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.566 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)Speed
53 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
70 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)Usage
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication