Guide for Authors
Scope
The scope of The American Journal of Emergency Medicine is as broad as the definition of emergency medicine itself, encompassing all activities concerned with acute medical care. AJEM invites the submission of original research, reports, correspondence, and opinion relating to acute adult and pediatric medicine and surgery and the related fields of trauma, toxicology, critical care, resuscitation, emergency medical services, behavioral emergencies, and environmental medicine.
In general, AJEM does not publish surveys, qualitative research, papers that focus on patient satisfaction, quality assurance, or didactics , or use data sets that do not include recent (less than 3 years old) data.
Original contributions will be accepted on the basis of significance, validity, and clarity. Authors will be expected to justify conclusions by the data presented, maintain a lucid prose style, and describe methodology in sufficient detail for readers to evaluate results accurately. AJEM, in turn, is committed to a confidential, expeditious, and professional editorial process. Reviews will be objective, rigorous, and responsible.
Articles published in AJEM are indexed and abstracted in Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, ISI/BIOMED, and BIOSIS.
For the convenience of prospective authors, AJEM is a participating journal in the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ ‘‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals’’ (N Engl J Med 1997;336:309-315). This agreement provides for a standardized manuscript format, allowing authors to submit articles to any one of over 500 scholarly medical publications without revision simply to accommodate the vagaries of any individual journal’s technical and stylistic requirements.
Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts (including figures) must be submitted to AJEM through our Web site (https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajem/default.aspx). Submission items should include separate files for a cover letter, title page, abstract, manuscript plus references, legends for table/figure, tables, and figures. Revised manuscripts should also be accompanied by a unique file (separate from the cover letter) with responses to reviewers’ comments.
The preferred order of files for electronics submission is as follows: cover letter, response to reviews (revised manuscripts only), title page, manuscript file(s), table(s), figure(s). Files should be labelled with appropriate and descriptive file names (e.g., SmithText.doc, Fig1.eps, Table3.doc). Upload text, tables and graphics as separate files. Do not import figures or tables into the text document.
Proscribed Terms
"ER" and "emergency rooms" are archaic terms. Use "ED" and "Emergency Department". Avoid the term "providers" when describing health care professionals. Instead use specific and accurate terms (i.e., physicians, nurses, Physician assistants, Nurse practitioners , etc.).
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