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Prehospital management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Guest Editors:
Robert Larribau, MD, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Song Yi Park, MD, PhD, Ulsan University Hospital, Republic of Korea
Submission Status: Open until 5 January 2026
Geriatric emergency medicine
Guest Editors:
Jui-Yuan Chung, MD, Cathay General Hospital, Taiwan
Simon Conroy, MB, ChB, PhD, Royal London Hospital, United Kingdom
James van Oppen, PhD, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Submission Status: Open until 18 December 2025
Trauma-informed care
Guest Editors:
Rayan Alharbi, BParamedSc, MCritCare (Paramedic), Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, United States
Submission Status: Open until 12 November 2025
Patient wait times in emergency departments
Guest Editors:
Niamh Cummins, PhD, University of Limerick, Ireland
Chip-Jin Ng, MHA, MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Katie Robinson, PhD, University of Limerick, Ireland
Submission Status: Open until 23 October 2025
Hemorrhage control in trauma
Guest Editor:
Pradeep Harkison Navsaria, MBChB, MMed, FCS, HPCSA, FACS, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Submission Status: Open until 15 July 2025
Pediatric pulmonary emergencies
Guest Editors:
Hyuksool Kwon, MD, PhD, Seoul National University, South Korea
Hendry Sawe, MD, MBA, PhD, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania
Submission Status: Open until 17 June 2025
Closed head injuries
Guest Editors:
Endre Czeiter, MD, PhD, University of Pécs, Hungary
Arian Zaboli, RN, MSN, Innovation, Research and Teaching Service (SABES-ASDAA), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical Private University (PMU), Italy
Submission Status: Open until 29 May 2025
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Violent crimes in the pre-hospital and hospital setting
Guest Editors:
Ardavan M. Khoshnood, MD, PhD: Lund University & Skane University Hospital, Sweden
Daniel B. Wilhelms, MD, PhD: Linköping University, Sweden
Triage system in emergency medicine
Guest Editor: Arian Zaboli
Optimizing opioid prescriptions in emergency departments
Guest Editors:
Ashraf A. Dahaba: MD, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Rishi S. Nannan Panday: MD, PhD, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Mental health response to community disasters
Guest Editors:
Dilwar Hussain, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
Amy Nitza, PhD, Institute for Disaster Mental Health at the State University of New York at New Paltz, United States
Tara Powell, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States.
Pediatric emergency medicine
Guest Editors:
Stephen Hearps, AProf: Murdoch Children's Research Institute and The University of Melbourne, Australia
Sriram Ramgopal, MD: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, United States
Stroke management
Guest Editors:
Jason Philip Appleton, MBChB, MRCP(UK), PhD, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, UK
Jessalyn K Holodinsky, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.3
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.936
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.745
Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 5
Submission to acceptance (median days): 131
Usage 2024
Downloads: 1,290,540
Altmetric mentions: 641
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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