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Annals of Emergency Medicine — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Annals of Emergency Medicine is 6.5 (Q1 in Emergency Medicine; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 6.5 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Emergency Medicine
- Quartile
- Q1 in Emergency Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- Ann Emerg Med, Annals of EM, AEM
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 4 of the 35 journals in Emergency Medicine on this site (top 25%).
Emergency Medicine journals with a similar Impact Factor
- World Journal of Emergency Surgery IF 7.7
- Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine IF 6.6
- Resuscitation IF 6.0
- Emergencias IF 5.5
- European Journal of Emergency Medicine IF 5.4
- Internal and Emergency Medicine IF 4.1
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Limited (short formats such as Image or Letter only, or by exception). Formal submission category exists but explicitly states "very few are published, only those of exceptional clinical importance". Limited to unreported diseases, unreported presentations or treatments of known diseases, or treatment complications. Anything previously reported in the emergency medicine literature is not accepted. Up to 15 references and 2 figures; no detailed literature review. Image cases go to Images in Emergency Medicine (250 words total; ECGs not eligible)
- Article types
- Original Research / Brief Research Report / Research Letter / Clinical Review / Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis / Scoping Review / Systematic Review Snapshot / Concepts / Expert Clinical Management / Clinical Controversies / Case Report / Images in Emergency Medicine / ECG of the Month / Editorial / Brief Commentary / Residents' Perspective / Change of Shift / Correspondence
- Word limit (original)
- 3,250 words
- Abstract
- 250 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- 7 (figures+tables total)
- OA / APC
- – / – (Brief Research Report: 1,750 words, 15 references, 4 figures/tables. Research Letter: 700 words, no abstract, 6 authors, 6 references, 2 figures/tables. Clinical Review 4,000 words; Concepts 3,500 words; Correspondence 500 words, 5 references)
- Reporting guidelines
- Various EQUATOR guidelines. Compliance with the sex and gender equity and race/ethnicity reporting policies is required
- Submission system
- Editorial Manager
About this value
Annals of Emergency Medicine is abbreviated Ann Emerg Med / Annals of EM / AEM. The Journal Impact Factor of Annals of Emergency Medicine (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 6.5. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Emergency Medicine.