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Artificial intelligence in emergency medicine
Guest edited by Hamed Akhlaghi, Shou-Yen Chen, and Arian Zaboli.
Prehospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Guest edited by Robert Larribau and Song Yi Park.
Geriatric emergency medicine
Guest edited by Jui-Yuan Chung, Simon Conroy, and James van Oppen.
Trauma-informed care
Guest edited by Rayan Alharbi and Hanni Stoklosa.
Editors' picks
Articles
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Pre-hospital THRIVE score predicts the thrombolysis in cerebral infarction outcome post endovascular thrombectomy: an emergency medical service study
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Evaluation of the C-reactive protein–albumin–lymphocyte (CALLY) index as a prognostic marker in patients with sepsis
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Association of hospital and health system factors with emergency department length of stay in older adults with dementia
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Impact of two-level filtering organization on population’s accessibility to an emergency medical communication centre
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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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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
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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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The timing of administering aspirin and nitroglycerin in patients with STEMI ECG changes alter patient outcome
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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Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact
Journal Impact Factor: 2.6 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.9 (2024)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.223 (2024)
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.841 (2024)
Speed
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 5
Submission to acceptance (median days): 131
Usage 2024
Downloads: 1,290,540
Altmetric mentions: 641
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