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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1952

ISSN1945-1938

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.759

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.912

Total Works

9,996

Total Citations

61,209

2yr Mean Citedness

0.35

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine focuses on health security and disaster response, encompassing preparedness, mitigation, and recovery from various crises including natural disasters, pandemics, and radiological or nuclear events. The journal addresses medical and healthcare readiness, prehospital care, mass casualty incident management, and the impact of extreme weather events on health systems. It also explores innovations in health security research, training, and policy, as well as the specific challenges faced by vulnerable populations and healthcare providers in disaster settings.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

Annual Volume~ 305 articles / year

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

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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

Times cited

2019

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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