65 Days
From submission to first editorial decision.
15 Days
From editorial acceptance to publication.
67 %
The above percentage of manuscripts have been accepted in the last 12 months.
Aims & Scope
The Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed publication featuring original contributions of interest to both the academic and practicing emergency physician. The journal would include research papers and clinical studies as well as articles focusing on the training of emergency physicians and on the practice of emergency medicine. The scope of the journal includes following categories and subspecialties:
• Original Contributions (Pediatric, Adult, OB/GYN: Toxicology, Prehospital Care, The Difficult Airway, Aeromedical Emergencies, Disaster Medicine, Cardiology Commentary, Emergency Radiology, Critical Care, Wound Care)
• Techniques and Procedures
• Pick a Clue in Emergency Medicine
• Health Policy and Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Case Reports
• Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine
• Editorial(s)
• Letters to the Editor
• Trauma Reports
• Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine
Video/Graphic Abstract and Techniques
The journal also welcomes video/graphic abstracts, and videos of any novel techniques.
The articles published in Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Prof. Peter Cameron, MD | EB Medicine
Professor in Emergency Medicine at Monash University, Australia

Prof. Jesse Pines
Professor in Emergency Medicine at Geroge Washington University, USA

Prof. Lisa Moreno Walton
President Elect of American Academy of Emergency Medicine of Louisiana State University, USA

A.Prof. Ziad Kazzi
Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Emory University, USA

Dr. Terrence Mulligan
Clinical Professor in Emergency Medicine of University of Maryland, USA / Director of International Emergency Medicine Program

Dr. Nadeem Qureshi, MD - SLUCare
Professor in Emergency Medicine at Shool of Medicine. St. Louis University, Missouri, USA

Glenn Ellis, MPH, CHCE
Medical Ethics-Health Communication-Advocacy President, Strategies for Well-Being, LLC, Visiting Scholar at The National Bioethics Center at Tuskegee University, Bioethics Research/Writing Fellow Harvard School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Editor in Chief
Dr. Asaad Suliman Shujaa, MD, FRCPC, FAAEM
Consultant of Emergency Medicine, ICU, Trauma, EMS and Disaster Medicine
Lead of Research at JHAH
Johns Hopkins Aramco Health Care Centre, KSA
Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, USA
General Secretary of Gulf Federation of Emergency Medicine (GFEM)
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