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BMC Emergency Medicine Template

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About the BMC Emergency Medicine format

BMC Emergency Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation. Over its lifetime it has published 1,906 papers, which have received 28,721 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inTrauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency and Acute Care Studies Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Disaster Response and Management
ISSN1471-227X
Citation impact (2-yr)2.89
h-index69
i10-index793
Article processing charge$1,827
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereKarolinska Institutet
Journal websitelink.springer.com
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Papers published in BMC Emergency Medicine per year

25
2014
71
2015
64
2016
23
2017
62
2018
83
2019
96
2020
162
2021
210
2022
146
2023
240
2024
300
2025

Citation impact of BMC Emergency Medicine by publication year

731
2014
1.6K
2015
1.8K
2016
808
2017
1.8K
2018
2.7K
2019
1.8K
2020
3K
2021
2.7K
2022
1.4K
2023
1.5K
2024
493
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in BMC Emergency Medicine

Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop

Eric J. Lavonas, Anne‐Michelle Ruha, William Banner et al. · 3 Feb 2011

BACKGROUND: Envenomation by crotaline snakes (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, copperhead) is a complex, potentially lethal condition affecting thousands of people in the United States each year. Treatment of crotaline envenomation is not standardized, and significant variation in practice exists. METHODS: A geographically diverse panel of experts was convened for the purpose of deriving an evidence-informed unified treatment…

Emergency department visits in older patients: a population-based survey

Mika Ukkonen, Esa Jämsen, Rainer Zeitlin et al. · 27 Feb 2019

BACKGROUND: Given the higher incidence of emergency conditions in older inhabitants, the global increase in aged population will pose a challenge for emergency services. In this study we examined the burden caused to emergency health care by the aged population. METHODS: Consecutive patients aged 80 years or over visiting a high-volume, collaborative emergency department (ED)…

The Instructional Use of Learning Objects: Online Version

David Wiley · 1 Jan 2000

Special expertise and substantial training is needed to successfully accomplish tracheal intubation with the GS-R in the pre-hospital setting. Providers inexperienced with DL as well as video-assisted intubation should not expect to be able to perform tracheal intubation easily just because a videolaryngoscope is available. Additionally, indirect laryngoscopy might be difficult or even impossible to…

Forecasting daily attendances at an emergency department to aid resource planning

Yan Sun, Bee Hoon Heng, Yian Tay Seow et al. · 29 Jan 2009

BACKGROUND: Accurate forecasting of emergency department (ED) attendances can be a valuable tool for micro and macro level planning. METHODS: Data for analysis was the counts of daily patient attendances at the ED of an acute care regional general hospital from July 2005 to Mar 2008. Patients were stratified into three acuity categories; i.e. P1,…

Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis

Ramesh Prasad Aacharya, Chris Gastmans, Yvonne Denier · 7 Oct 2011

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments across the globe follow a triage system in order to cope with overcrowding. The intention behind triage is to improve the emergency care and to prioritize cases in terms of clinical urgency. DISCUSSION: In emergency department triage, medical care might lead to adverse consequences like delay in providing care, compromise in privacy…

BMC Emergency Medicine template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the BMC Emergency Medicine format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the BMC Emergency Medicine template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official BMC (BioMed Central) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does BMC Emergency Medicine use?
BMC Emergency Medicine uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to BMC Emergency Medicine?
No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready BMC Emergency Medicine document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the BMC Emergency Medicine template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the BMC Emergency Medicine format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is BMC Emergency Medicine?
BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
Can I export a submission-ready BMC Emergency Medicine PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official BMC Emergency Medicine template (the bmcart class) that is ready to submit to BMC (BioMed Central), together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the BMC Emergency Medicine template cost?
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