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African Journal of Emergency Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by African Federation for Emergency Medicine.
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ISSN 2211-419XVerify ISSN ↗2211-4203Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: African Federation for Emergency Medicine
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Care Nursing | 9 / 28 | 69th | Q2 |
| Emergency Medicine | 41 / 111 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Emergency Nursing | 13 / 31 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine is Q2 in Critical Care Nursing (rank 9 of 28), Q2 in Emergency Medicine (rank 41 of 111) and Q2 in Emergency Nursing (rank 13 of 31), by CiteScore 2025.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.434, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 30.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,140 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine is published by African Federation for Emergency Medicine. Its print ISSN is 2211-419X and its online ISSN is 2211-4203.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 1.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 28 Scopus journals in Critical Care Nursing.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine published 83 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 125. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 90 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (33.8%), Ethiopia (11.9%) and United States (11.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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