Journal IF NavigatorMedical journal Impact Factors by specialty — JCR 2025
JCR 2025 (released June 2026) · 35 journals · updated September 2026

Emergency Medicine journals ranked by Impact Factor (JCR 2025, 35 journals)

35 medical journals in the JCR category Emergency Medicine, ranked by 2025 Impact Factor. The highest IF is Burns & Trauma (11.0).

Journals
35 journals
Q1 (top 25%)
10 journals
Fully OA
11 journals
JCR category
Emergency Medicine

Top 5 by IF

  1. Burns & Trauma — IF 11.0, Q1
  2. World Journal of Emergency Surgery — IF 7.7, Q1
  3. Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine — IF 6.6, Q1
  4. Annals of Emergency Medicine — IF 6.5, Q1
  5. Resuscitation — IF 6.0, Q1

All 35 Emergency Medicine journals by IF

#JournalPublisherImpact FactorQOALink
1Burns & TraumaOxford University Press
11.0
Q1OAJournal site
2World Journal of Emergency SurgeryBMC
7.7
Q1OAJournal site
3Turkish Journal of Emergency MedicineWolters Kluwer Medknow
6.6
Q1OAJournal site
4Annals of Emergency MedicineElsevier
6.5
Q1–Journal site
5ResuscitationElsevier
6.0
Q1–Journal site
6EmergenciasSEMES
5.5
Q1–Journal site
7European Journal of Emergency MedicineWolters Kluwer
5.4
Q1–Journal site
8Internal and Emergency MedicineSpringer
4.1
Q1–Journal site
9Journal of Trauma and Acute Care SurgeryWolters Kluwer
3.9
Q1–Journal site
10Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineBMC
3.6
Q1OAJournal site
11Academic Emergency MedicineWiley
3.2
––Journal site
12Journal of Emergency NursingElsevier
3.2
––Journal site
13BMC Emergency MedicineBMC
3.1
–OAJournal site
14American Journal of Emergency MedicineElsevier
2.9
––Journal site
15Emergency Medicine JournalBMJ
2.8
––Journal site
16BurnsElsevier
2.6
––Journal site
17InjuryElsevier
2.4
––Journal site
18European Journal of Trauma and Emergency SurgerySpringer
2.3
––Journal site
19JACEP Open2022Elsevier (ACEP)
2.3
–OAJournal site
20International Emergency Nursing2024Elsevier
2.0
––Journal site
21Prehospital Emergency CareTaylor & Francis
2.0
––Journal site
22Western Journal of Emergency Medicine2024eScholarship (UC Irvine)
2.0
–OAJournal site
23International Journal of Emergency MedicineBMC
1.9
–OAJournal site
24Journal of Burn Care & ResearchOxford University Press
1.9
––Journal site
25CJEM (Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine)Springer
1.7
––Journal site
26Disaster Medicine and Public Health PreparednessCambridge University Press
1.7
––Journal site
27Emergency Medicine Clinics of North AmericaElsevier
1.6
––Journal site
28Journal of Emergency MedicineElsevier
1.6
––Journal site
29Wilderness & Environmental MedicineSAGE
1.6
––Journal site
30Emergency Medicine AustralasiaWiley
1.5
––Journal site
31Acute Medicine & Surgery2024Wiley (JAAM)
1.3
–OAJournal site
32Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi DergisiTurkish Assoc. of Trauma & Emergency Surgery
1.3
–OAJournal site
33Pediatric Emergency CareWolters Kluwer
1.1
––Journal site
34Notfall + RettungsmedizinSpringer
0.9
––Journal site
35Hong Kong Journal of Emergency MedicineSAGE
0.6
–OAJournal site
Q1 quartile within the JCR category OA fully open access journal 2024 latest-year IF not confirmed

Frequently asked questions

Which Emergency Medicine journal has the highest Impact Factor?

Burns & Trauma (11.0, JCR 2025).

Which year's Impact Factor is this?

The 2-year Journal Impact Factor from JCR 2025, released in June 2026, compiled from values published by the publishers.

What does Q1 mean?

A journal whose IF is in the top 25% of its JCR category. 10 journals in Emergency Medicine qualify.

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