Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Prehospital Emergency Care
ISSN 1090-3127 · eISSN 1545-0066 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1997
Prehospital Emergency Care: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.08; hybrid open access; median 85 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 95%; 186 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Prehospital Emergency Care is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Emergency and Acute Care Studies, together about 52.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Prehospital Emergency Care publishes peer-reviewed information relevant to the practice, educational advancement, and investigation of prehospital emergency care, including the following types of articles: Special Contributions - Original Articles - Education and Practice - Preliminary Reports - Case Conferences - Position Papers - Collective Reviews - Editorials - Letters to the Editor - Media Reviews
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine22.3%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine19.1%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine11.1%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions6%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.9%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine4%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine3.6%
- Occupational Health and PerformanceHealth Professions2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.08LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,669OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 168LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,377 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 140 | 46 | 29 |
| 2025 | 186 | 65 | 282 |
| 2024 | 160 | 60 | 662 |
| 2023 | 134 | 51 | 1,064 |
| 2022 | 132 | 51 | 1,476 |
| 2021 | 115 | 33 | 1,559 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
85 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 123 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 118 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (378 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 95%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1090-3127
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-0066
- Society / sponsor
- National Association of EMS Physicians
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Prehospital Emergency Care
What CAS zone is Prehospital Emergency Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Prehospital Emergency Care is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Emergency Medicine / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Prehospital Emergency Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.08; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at Prehospital Emergency Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 85 days (interquartile range 60–123 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 95%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Prehospital Emergency Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Prehospital Emergency Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Prehospital Emergency Care open access, and what is the APC?
Prehospital Emergency Care is a hybrid 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: .