Editors' picks
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Machine learning–based triage to identify low-severity patients with a short discharge length of stay in emergency department
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Association between prehospital shock index variation and 28-day mortality among patients with septic shock
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Using mobility status as a frailty indicator to improve the accuracy of a computerised five-level triage system among older patients in the emergency department
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Observational study on implications of the COVID-19-pandemic for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: qualitative and quantitative insights from a model region in Germany
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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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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
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Simple technique for evacuation of traumatic subcutaneous haematomas under tension
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.
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research:
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research:
- Patient management in the Emergency Department, quality and efficiency metrics, computer applications including decision support, computerized provider order entry, electronic medical records.
- Out-of-hospital acute care, ground first responder and paramedic systems, ambulance service and other critical care transports, emergency medical service regulations, policies and guidelines.
- Pediatric emergency medicine, neurological and psychiatric emergency medicine, toxicology and poisoning management, infection and sepsis, ultrasound, healthcare services research.
- Resuscitation and cardiac emergency medicine, including but not limited to: thromboembolism, respiratory failure and stroke.
- Trauma management including, but not limited to: head and neck injury, pelvic fracture, acute musculoskeletal trauma and cut injuries, trauma systems.
- Emergency medicine in disaster situations, emergency medicine in conflict areas and military medicine.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
45 days to first decision for all manuscripts
53 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
132 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
2.119 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.540 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.094 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.765 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
738,934 Downloads (2021)
562 Altmetric Mentions
Peer-review Terminology
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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