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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1952

ISSN1945-1938

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.851

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.912

Total Worksi

9,996

Total Citationsi

61,209

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Emergency Medicine; Emergency Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyBimonthly, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications9,996

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1945-1938

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

526

2.5k

2019

152

1.9k

2020

139

2.4k

2021

247

1.3k

2022

653

1.6k

2023

342

2024

178

2025

721

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

Emergency NursingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Emergency Medicine

Scopus Categories

Emergency NursingEmergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disaster Response and ManagementTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesDisaster Management and ResilienceCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationHealth and Conflict StudiesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationTravel-related health issuesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Frequently asked questions about Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Is Prehospital and Disaster Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Prehospital and Disaster Medicine?

Prehospital and Disaster 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 0.35.

Is Prehospital and Disaster Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine?