Journal profile · Medicine-Emergency Medicine
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
ISSN 1936-900X · eISSN 1936-9018 · University of California Press · UNITED STATES
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.23; fully open access; APC about USD 500; median 135 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); 378 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Emergency and Acute Care Studies, Innovations in Medical Education and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health Emergency Medicine is the specialty which most closely reflects societal challenges and consequences of public policy decisions. The emergency department specifically deals with social injustice, health and economic disparities, violence, substance abuse, and disaster preparedness and response. This journal focuses on how emergency care affects the health of the community and population, and conversely, how these societal challenges affect the composition of the patient population who seek care in the emergency department. The development of better systems to provide emergency care, including technology solutions, is critical to enhancing population health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Emergency Medicine
Editor-in-chief Mark I. LangdorfPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Italy 1, Israel 1, Singapore 1, Mexico 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine14.8%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine11.2%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine8%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine7.1%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine6.2%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine4.7%
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine4.2%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 4 |
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 |
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, eScholarship, ROAD, Directory of Open Access Medscape
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
- Impact factor
- 2.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,176OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 241LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 387 | 387 | 14 |
| 2025 | 378 | 378 | 207 |
| 2024 | 281 | 281 | 263 |
| 2023 | 304 | 304 | 1,294 |
| 2022 | 197 | 197 | 1,712 |
| 2021 | 223 | 223 | 2,609 |
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 PubMed · to
135 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 161 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 120 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 243 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (416 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 500 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 500 | Yes | — |
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 accepted1
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
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
- University of California Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1936-900X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-9018
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
What CAS zone is Western Journal of Emergency Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Emergency Medicine. 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 Western Journal of Emergency Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.23; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Western Journal of Emergency Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 135 days (interquartile range 112–161 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Italy (1) and Israel (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Western Journal of Emergency Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Western Journal of Emergency Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .