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American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1320 131 184 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 256
Documents by Best Scientists*: 325
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 114
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.764
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at American Journal of Emergency Medicine?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine explores disciplines such as Emergency department, Surgery, Internal medicine, Anesthesia and Emergency medicine. Retrospective cohort study, Confidence interval, Medical emergency, Prospective cohort study and Pediatrics are some topics wherein Emergency department research discussed in American Journal of Emergency Medicine have an impact. The studies on Medical emergency discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Injury prevention and Occupational safety and health.

Concepts in Human factors and ergonomics, as well as related topics in Suicide prevention, are covered in the Injury prevention research presented in it. The concepts on Surgery presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Radiology and Intensive care. It investigates Intensive care research which frequently intersects with Resuscitation.

Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Gastroenterology and Cardiology. The study on Anesthesia presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Randomized controlled trial. Studies on Emergency medicine discussed in it link to the field of MEDLINE.

  • Emergency department (25.94%)
  • Surgery (21.90%)
  • Internal medicine (19.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • 2003 annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. (1058 citations)
  • 2004 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (420 citations)
  • The high prevalence of pain in emergency medical care. (400 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at American Journal of Emergency Medicine:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Emergency department, Surgery, Intensive care, Anesthesia and Internal medicine. The studies on Emergency department discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Retrospective cohort study, Confidence interval, Emergency medicine, Prospective cohort study and Pediatrics. While the journal papers focused on Internal medicine, they were also able to explore topics like Gastroenterology and Cardiology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Emergency medical services, Heart failure and Retrospective cohort study are tackled in the journal. The work on Emergency department tackled in American Journal of Emergency Medicine brings together disciplines like Hiv epidemic, Expanded access, Hiv risk, Multiple Partners and Pillar. The Emergency medicine research presented in American Journal of Emergency Medicine explores the relationship between Odds ratio and the closely related topic of Analysis of variance, Logistic regression, Resuscitation and Out of hospital cardiac arrest.

The Emergency medical services works featured in American Journal of Emergency Medicine incorporate elements from Quality (business), Queueing theory, Queue, Mathematical model and Key (cryptography). In the journal, Anesthesia, Intensive care, Discontinuation and Intensive care unit are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Heart failure research. Retrospective cohort study research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Septic shock, Sepsis, Mortality rate, Confidence interval and Diagnosis code.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Performance evaluation of an EMS system using queuing theory and location analysis: A case study. (0 citations)
  • Pediatric sepsis survival in pediatric and general emergency departments. (0 citations)
  • Development of a prehospital prediction model for risk stratification of patients with chest pain. (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in American Journal of Emergency Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • William J. Brady (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brit Long (88 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lukasz Szarpak (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oscar M.P. Jolobe (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ali Pourmand (60 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in American Journal of Emergency Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (265 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Memorial Hospital of South Bend (190 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Virginia (182 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Boston Children's Hospital (162 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 29 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (158 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 44.44% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Potential Career Paths and Opportunities for Researchers in Emergency Medicine

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Becoming a nurse practitioner demands commitment to rigorous education and training, as well as the development of specialized knowledge in a chosen field like emergency medicine. Furthermore, professionals often need to be effectively bilingual, speaking both the language of care and of research. This includes applying evidence-based knowledge into practice whilst simultaneously contributing to the broader scientific community through novel studies and findings.

Therefore, the American Journal of Emergency Medicine serves as an excellent gateway to both stay updated on the latest research in emergency medicine and discover potential research gaps. This can create a path for nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals to contribute further to the field, whilst enhancing their practice with the most current evidence-based knowledge.

Top Publications

  • Lactate dehydrogenase levels predict coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and mortality: A pooled analysis.

    Brandon Michael Henry;Gaurav Aggarwal;Johnny Wong;Stefanie Benoit

    (2020)
    542 Citations
  • Cardiovascular diseases burden in COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Amirhossein Hessami;Amir Shamshirian;Keyvan Heydari;Fatemeh Pourali

    (2021)
    139 Citations
  • Effect of heart failure on the outcome of COVID-19 - A meta analysis and systematic review.

    Emir Yonas;Idrus Alwi;Raymond Pranata;Ian Huang

    (2021)
    121 Citations
  • Management of acute ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 infection: Insights from an international panel.

    Adnan I Qureshi;Foad Abd-Allah;Fahmi Al-Senani;Emrah Aytac

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • A review of guidelines on anticoagulation reversal across different clinical scenarios - Is there a general consensus?

    Truman J. Milling;Charles V. Pollack

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • ChatGPT and conversational artificial intelligence: Friend, foe, or future of research?

    (2023)
    37 Citations
  • Real-world utilization of andexanet alfa.

    Caitlin S. Brown;Rachael A. Scott;Meera Sridharan;Alejandro A. Rabinstein

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Interventions to improve older adults' Emergency Department patient experience: A systematic review.

    Michelle J. Berning;Lucas Oliveira J. e Silva;Nataly Espinoza Suarez;Laura E. Walker

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Interrater reliability of pediatric point-of-care lung ultrasound findings.

    Cynthia A. Gravel;Michael C. Monuteaux;Jason A. Levy;Andrew F. Miller

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Cost-effectiveness of managing low-risk pulmonary embolism patients without hospitalization. The low-risk pulmonary embolism prospective management study.

    Joseph R. Bledsoe;Scott C. Woller;Scott M. Stevens;Valerie Aston

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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