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American journal of disaster medicine
ISSN 1932-149X · eISSN 2331-3226 · Prime National Publishing Corp.
American journal of disaster medicine: subscription journal; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American journal of disaster medicine is published by Prime National Publishing Corp.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Disaster Response and Management, Disaster Management and Resilience and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 66% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal has one goal: to provide physicians and medical professionals the latest research and essential informational tools they need as they seek to manage the complexities of emergency medical and trauma skills with crisis management in a mass casualty environment. Peer reviewed and designed to meet the formidable medical challenges in a post 9/11, post Katrina world, the American Journal of Disaster Medicine addresses all aspects of this important discipline and does so under the watchful eye of a internationally recognized editorial review board led by Editor-in-Chief Susan M.Briggs, MD, MPH, Director, International Trauma and Disaster Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA and Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Under the guidance of Dr. Briggs, who is also the Supervising Medical Officer, International Medical Surgical Response Teams, National Disaster Medical System, the journal will be interdisciplinary and have a national and international focus in view of the global threats of today's complex disasters.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Susan M. BriggsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions37.5%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences17.6%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine10.9%
- Facility Location and Emergency ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine3.3%
- Health and Conflict StudiesHealth Professions3%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology1.9%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions1.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q3 | 378/669 | 43rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher website
Other: EBSCOhost
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 674 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 0 | 241 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 303 |
| 2024 | 41 | 0 | 437 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1 | 384 |
| 2022 | 27 | 2 | 422 |
| 2021 | 33 | 2 | 552 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- case reportsinvites submission of original research, case reports, review articles, and commentaryLength not stated
- commentaryinvites submission of original research, case reports, review articles, and commentaryLength not stated
- original researchinvites submission of original research, case reports, review articles, and commentaryLength not stated
- review articlesinvites submission of original research, case reports, review articles, and commentaryLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer-reviewed journal Model summary
The journal features an online, double blind peer-review system. Reviews typically take 4-6 weeks. Manuscripts can be published in as little as 8 weeks and average 12 weeks.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Prime National Publishing Corp.
- ISSN
- 1932-149X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2331-3226
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American journal of disaster medicine
Which databases index American journal of disaster medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American journal of disaster medicine is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is American journal of disaster medicine open access, and what is the APC?
American journal of disaster medicine is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .