Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
ISSN 1080-6032 · eISSN 1545-1534 · Elsevier Ltd · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1995
WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.57; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 161 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE is published by Elsevier Ltd 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 High Altitude and Hypoxia, Travel-related health issues and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, together about 35.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, the official journal of the Wilderness Medical Society, is the leading journal for physicians practicing medicine in austere environments. This quarterly journal features articles on all aspects of wilderness medicine, including high altitude and climbing, cold- and heat-related phenomena, natural environmental disasters, immersion and near-drowning, diving, and barotrauma, hazardous plants/animals/insects/marine animals, animal attacks, search and rescue, ethical and legal issues, aeromedial transport, survival physiology, medicine in remote environments, travel medicine, operational medicine, and wilderness trauma management. It presents original research and clinical reports from scientists and practitioners around the globe. WEM invites submissions from authors who want to take advantage of our established publication's unique scope, wide readership, and international recognition in the field of wilderness medicine. Its readership is a diverse group of medical and outdoor professionals who choose WEM as their primary wilderness medical resource.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- High Altitude and HypoxiaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
- Travel-related health issuesMedicine7.7%
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Winter Sports Injuries and PerformanceMedicine6.9%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine5.2%
- Rabies epidemiology and controlImmunology and Microbiology5%
- Thermal Regulation in MedicineMedicine4.3%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine3.9%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 959OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 126LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 17 | 16 |
| 2025 | 161 | 47 | 116 |
| 2024 | 135 | 90 | 406 |
| 2023 | 122 | 26 | 602 |
| 2022 | 99 | 40 | 450 |
| 2021 | 109 | 50 | 724 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1080-6032
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-1534
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
What CAS zone is WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Sport Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.57; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE open access, and what is the APC?
WILDERNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .