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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

University of California, Los Angeles · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1936-9018

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.74

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

3,338

Total Citationsi

44,653

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Emergency Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,338

Publisher OrgeScholarship Publishing, University of California

OA Since1995

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Scholars PortalPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of California, Los Angeles

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1936-9018

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Scholars Portal, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

157

3.7k

2019

221

5.8k

2020

223

2.5k

2021

197

1.6k

2022

304

1.2k

2023

281

227

2024

379

130

2025

306

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Emergency MedicineQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Emergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Emergency and Acute Care StudiesInnovations in Medical EducationSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationHospital Admissions and OutcomesUltrasound in Clinical ApplicationsDiversity and Career in MedicineClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsDisaster Response and Management

Frequently asked questions about Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Is Western Journal of Emergency Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.30.

Is Western Journal of Emergency Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine?