Emergency Medicine Journal
BMJ · GB · ISSN 14720205
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
Output rose but citation impact dropped sharply
Output grew sharply while citation impact fell. consider the journal's declining citation performance when choosing where to submit. Emergency and Acute Care Studies rose from 12.3% to 19.1% of what the journal runs. focus on prehospital or acute care systems if aiming for topical alignment. Recent titles increasingly carry prehospital · department · triage · erector · paramedic. expect increasing emphasis on prehospital and operational triage in published work. Field-weighted citation impact moved from 1.77 to 1.21. expect lower visibility for papers published here compared to earlier years.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
0.78
Citations / doc (2y)
1.49
h-index
125
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
205
1.77
2019
345
0.88
2020
369
1.12
2021
312
1.19
2022
333
0.73
2023
204
0.98
2024
217
1.11
2025
258
1.21
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-08 – 2026-07) versus the previous 24 (2022-08 – 2024-07).
Rising
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies12.3%→19.1%+6.8%pPrevNow
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management0.0%→4.1%+4.1%pPrevNow
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies2.1%→5.7%+3.6%pPrevNow
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation8.2%→11.8%+3.6%pPrevNow
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation0.0%→3.3%+3.3%pPrevNow
Falling
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies27.6%→15.8%−11.7%pPrevNow
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management3.7%→0.0%−3.7%pPrevNow
- Health and Medical Studies3.7%→0.0%−3.7%pPrevNow
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment3.3%→0.0%−3.3%pPrevNow
- Frailty in Older Adults2.9%→0.0%−2.9%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
prehospitaldepartmenttriageerectorparamedichighlightsambulancemulticentre
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-08 – 2026-07) against the previous 24 (2022-08 – 2024-07).
- GB59.4%→58.6%−0.8%pPrevNow
- US14.8%→15.4%+0.6%pPrevNow
- AU7.8%→8.7%+0.9%pPrevNow
- CA3.7%→4.4%+0.7%pPrevNow
- IE3.3%→3.5%+0.2%pPrevNow
- IT0.0%→3.5%+3.5%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Refocusing on science: the EMJ responseRichard Body*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
2
3
Article2026
Improving accuracy of 4-hour breach coding in the emergency department: a retrospective observational studyAhmed Ismail Mohammed Moustafa, Wael Abdelgawwad, Herath Anura, Hussein Hussein, U Osunde, Rawan Honeini
Health Information ManagementHealth Professions
4
Article2026
Concordance between an artificial intelligence self-triage programme and physical triageMaaike Wempe*, F. Holleman, Michiel Schinkel, Michiel Gorzeman
OAHealth InformaticsMedicine
5
Article2026
National surveys on the use of local anaesthetic with adrenaline (LANTERN study) in the emergency settingSimpson Shiu Chung Tam, Qian Zhang, Justin C.R. Wormald, Sarah Wilson, Matthew D. Gardiner*
Oral SurgeryDentistry
6
Article2026
Risk of obstructive acute kidney injury: derivation and internal validation of a risk stratification treeFrédéric Balen*, Xavier Dubucs, Coralie Roux, Pierre Guy, F. Laclergerie, X. Gamé, Zara Steinmeyer, Ivan Tack, Sandrine Charpentier, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy
NephrologyMedicine
7
Article2026
Real-time identification of aetiology in patients able to undergo transoesophageal echocardiography with non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in China: a prospective, single-centre exploratory studyPenghui Du, Xiong Liu, Qingliu Zheng, Liren Lai, Siyao Liu, Jiyan Lin*
Emergency MedicineMedicine
8
Article2026
Sex-based and gender-based details in accelerated diagnostic protocol implementation among emergency department patients presenting with chest pain: a systematic reviewNana Owusu Mensah Essel, Hafeez Nathoo, Nicholas Lesyk, Jason Ushko, Liz Dennett, Brian H Rowe*
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMedicine
9
Article2026
Prediction of bloodstream infection using triage variables in the emergency department: retrospective derivation and validation cohortFrédéric Balen*, Xavier Dubucs, Marion Graciet, Damien Dubois, Olivier Azéma, Sylvie Saivin, Clément Viguier, Sandrine Charpentier, G. Martin-Blondel, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy
Clinical BiochemistryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
10
Article2026
Same day emergency care for low back pain: quality improvement to support emergency flow and reduce unnecessary acute admissionsEleanor Dunstan*, Lianne Wood, Frank Coffey, Jade Feavyour, Nauman Rashid, Khalid Salem, Paul Hendrick
PharmacologyMedicine
11
Article2026
Association between the time to norepinephrine initiation and mortality in patients with sepsisRathakorn Thongkong, Thotsaporn Morasert, Pongdhep Theerawit*
EpidemiologyMedicine
12
Article2026
In adult patients with suspected sepsis, is adjunct resuscitation with human albumin solution associated with improved patient-oriented outcomes?Harriet Phelan, Cameron Davie
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineMedicine
13
Article2026
Ambulance offload delays and patient outcomes: a systematic reviewPieter Francsois Fouche, Christopher Stein, Z Nehme, Ryan P. Strum, Georgina Seaman, Sharon Andrews, Brendan Shannon, Belinda Flanagan
Emergency MedicineMedicine
14
Article2026
Frugal and reverse innovations in emergency medicine: a concepts pieceBehram Asfand-E-Yar, Anisa Jabeen Nasir Jafar, Matthew Harris, Ellen J Weber, Yasser Bhatti
OABusiness and International ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
15
Article2026
Refreshing the paediatric emergency medicine research priorities across the UK and IrelandCharlotte Sloane, Thomas Waterfield, Jordan Evans, Michael Barrett, Mark D Lyttle, Niall Mullen
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
16
Article2026
Accuracy of major trauma triage using the MATTS tool: a cohort studyGordon Fuller*, James Baird, Esther Herbert, Samuel Keating, Joshua Miller, Richard Pilbery, Janette Turner, Fiona Lecky, Antoinette Edwards, Andy Rosser, Tia Callaghan, Fiona Bell, Michael Smyth, Jason E Smith, Gavin D Perkins, Stuart Reid, Mark Millins, Stephen J. Walters, Cindy Cooper
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
17
Article2026
Fitness to practise concerns and outcomes in UK emergency medicine doctors 2020–2024Sarah Edwards*
Emergency MedicineMedicine
18
Article2026
Is ultrasound superior to plain radiography for detecting radiolucent soft tissue foreign bodies in the extremities?Pericles Philippou*, Daniel Darbyshire
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMedicine
19
Article2026
Basis of the first Palestinian trauma registry: a multicentre retrospective chart review from the West BankPeter Bael*, Zakaria Abu Ghattas, Adam Albedd, Sandra Istefan, Malik Itmaiza, Bayan Alqtishat, Nizar Qumsieh, Tawfeeq Al-Shobaki, Hussein Hallak
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
20
Article2026
Modified brain injury guidelines in a regional Australian setting indicate significant resource savings but also safety concernsMitchell Doig, Torgrim Soeyland*, David Thomson, Felix Zibold, Eva Grant
NeurologyMedicine
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
letterCitations 1,0542020
Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviewsMehrdad Amir‐Behghadami*, Ali Janati
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyDecision Sciences
2
ArticleCitations 2552018
qSOFA, SIRS and NEWS for predicting inhospital mortality and ICU admission in emergency admissions treated as sepsisRobert Goulden, Marie-Claire Hoyle, Jessie Monis, Darran Railton, Victoria Riley, P.S. Pérez Martin, Reynaldo Martina, Emmanuel Nsutebu*
OAEpidemiologyMedicine
3
ArticleCitations 2512022
Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortalitySimon Jones, Chris Moulton*, Simon Swift, Paul Molyneux, Steve Black, Neil Mason, Richard Oakley, Clifford Mann
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
4
ArticleCitations 2192020
Towards evidence-based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal InfirmaryKevin Mackway‐Jones*
Emergency MedicineMedicine
5
ArticleCitations 1242018
Prolonged length of stay in the emergency department and increased risk of hospital mortality in patients with sepsis requiring ICU admissionZhongheng Zhang*, Faran Bokhari, Yizhan Guo, Hemant Goyal
EpidemiologyMedicine
6
ArticleCitations 1112018
Are medical students in prehospital care at risk of moral injury?Esther Murray*, Charlotte Krahé, Danë Goodsman
OAGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Professions
7
ReviewCitations 1002019
‘They do not care how much you know until they know how much you care’: a qualitative meta-synthesis of patient experience in the emergency departmentBlair Graham*, Ruth Endacott, Jason Smith, Jos M. Latour
OAGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Professions
8
ReviewCitations 982018
Interventions to improve patient flow in emergency departments: an umbrella reviewLoren De Freitas*, Steve Goodacre, Rachel O’Hara, Praveen Thokala, Seetharaman Hariharan
Emergency MedicineMedicine
9
ArticleCitations 962021
E-scooter incidents in Berlin: an evaluation of risk factors and injury patternsDeniz Uluk*, Tobias Lindner, Michael Dahne, J. Bickelmayer, Kassandra Beyer, Anna Slagman, Friedrich Jahn, Christian Willy, Martin Möckel, Undine A. Gerlach
OATransportationSocial Sciences
10
ArticleCitations 952020
Paediatric patients seen in 18 emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemicRan D. Goldman*, Eric Grafstein, N. Barclay, Michael A. Irvine, Élodie Portales-Casamar
OncologyMedicine
11
ArticleCitations 892020
Emergency department use during COVID-19 as described by syndromic surveillanceHelen E. Hughes*, Thomas Hughes, Roger Morbey, Kirsty Challen, Isabel Oliver, Gillian Smith, Alex J. Elliot
OAOncologyMedicine
12
ArticleCitations 882019
Prehospital determinants of successful resuscitation after traumatic and non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrestEd Barnard*, Daniel D Sandbach, Tracy Nicholls, A. Wilson, Ari Ercole
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
13
ReviewCitations 872018
Prehospital haemostatic dressings for trauma: a systematic reviewAdam Boulton*, Christopher Lewis, David N Naumann, Mark J. Midwinter
HematologyMedicine
14
ArticleCitations 832020
Prehospital critical care is associated with increased survival in adult trauma patients in ScotlandA. Maddock*, Alasdair Corfield, Michael Donald, Richard Lyon, Neil Sinclair, David Fitzpatrick, David B. Carr, Stephen Hearns
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
15
editorialCitations 832019
Recognising Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Tests Part 1: Patient SelectionM. Kennedy Hall*, Bory Kea, Ralph C. Wang
OAStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyDecision Sciences
16
ArticleCitations 812020
Updated framework on quality and safety in emergency medicineKim Hansen*, Adrian Boyle, Brian R. Holroyd, Georgina Phillips, Jonathan Benger, Lucas B. Chartier, Fiona Lecky, Samuel Vaillancourt, Peter Cameron, Grzegorz Waligora, Lisa Kurland, Melinda Truesdale
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
17
editorialCitations 812018
What is positionality and should it be expressed in quantitative studies?Anisa Jabeen Nasir Jafar*
OAGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Professions
18
ArticleCitations 792021
Digital disparities: designing telemedicine systems with a health equity aimMargaret Samuels‐Kalow*, Todd A. Jaffe, Kori S. Zachrison
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine
19
ReviewCitations 792020
Improving outcomes for older people in the emergency department: a review of reviewsLouise Preston*, James David van Oppen, Simon Conroy, Suzanne Ablard, Helen Buckley Woods, Suzanne Mason
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
20
ReviewCitations 762018
Exploring parents’ reasons for attending the emergency department for children with minor illnesses: a mixed methods systematic reviewAhmet Bütün*, Mark Linden, Fiona Lynn, Jennifer McGaughey
OAEmergency MedicineMedicine
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