Impact Factor
2.84
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.26
878 total citations
h5-index
30
h5 depth signal
Cited share
31.8%
233 of 732
Total citations
878
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.76
External metric anchor
Self-citation
1.8%
16 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
1,297
Australia
412
Japan
348
Canada
269
Israel
188
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
1,398
Musculoskeletal Disorders
1,309
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
1,084
Patient Care
811
Climate Change
540
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
10,861
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
732
233 cited publications
Last 12 months
755
62.9 publications/month
Open access share
97.1%
733 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
1,297 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
1,398 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
19 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v5n1,Jan.-Mar. 1990-
v5n1,Jan.-Mar. 1990-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Healthcare Policy
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Patient Care
Climate Change
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
National Association of EMS Physicians (U.S.)
Contributor
World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine
Contributor
Acute Care Foundation
Broad Categories
Disaster Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Musculoskeletal Disorders
MeSH Descriptors
Disasters
Emergencies
Emergency Medical Services.
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109170
Open DOI
Evaluating Classifier Derivation and Validation Beyond the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) summarizes a classifier’s discrimination across all possible thresholds, but it does not establish calibration, clinical utility, or performance at the threshold used in ...
02
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109121
Open DOI
A Drone-Integrated Artificial Intelligence-Based System for Mass-Casualty Triage and Remote Monitoring
Objective: Triage and data transfer are critical to the medical management of mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). However, the chaotic nature of such events makes it difficult to classify casualties according to structured triage protocols. ...
03
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109133
Open DOI
Circadian and Seasonal Patterns of Recorded Emergency Medical Service Workload by Diagnostic Category: A Two-Year Retrospective Analysis with Forecasting from Türkiye
Introduction: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) demand varies across circadian, weekly, and seasonal timescales. This study is among the first such integrated analyses in the Turkish 112 EMS context. Study Objective: The primary objective...
04
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109145
Open DOI
Disaster Report: Military Helicopter Crash in a Deployed Environment – Providers’ and Patient’s Perspectives
The crash of a military helicopter during a 2023 United States Army deployment produced a mass-casualty incident (MASCAL) in an austere setting. One of the casualties was an Emergency Medicine (EM) physician who oversaw point-of-injury (...
05
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109078
Open DOI
Flood Response in Rural Indonesia Implementing the World Health Organization Emergency Medical Team Minimum Data Set – Disaster Report
Indonesia experiences recurrent natural disasters that impose substantial strain on its health system, with annual flooding affecting rural communities such as Sitiarjo Sumbermanjing Wetan. Despite these recurring events, Indonesia has n...
06
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109157
Open DOI
Quantitative Triage and Cumulative Risk in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Evacuation: A Simulation Study Using Real-World Clinical Data
Introduction: Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) evacuation poses distinct operational and ethical challenges because neonates often depend on continuous life-sustaining technologies and specialized care. Although several neonatal or pe...
07
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109108
Open DOI
Multi-Country Human-to-Human Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: A Disaster Report on Prehospital, Health Care Facility, and Public Health System Challenges – Essential Knowledge for Frontline Clinicians
The Andes Virus (ANDV) outbreak reported on May 2, 2026, aboard a luxury vessel departing from Ushuaia, Patagonia, Argentina, was caused by an Orthohantavirus unique in its person-to-person transmissibility in contrast to zoonotic transm...
08
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109054
Open DOI
Multi-Victim Assault with a Penetrating Weapon and an Alkaline Agent: Disaster Report
At a factory in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, a man clad in protective gear and wielding a spear-like knife attached to a pole attacked employees at a plant with a blade while spraying alkaline chlorine bleach from a backpack. This...
09
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x26109091
Open DOI
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD
Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD passed away in May 2026. He was a pioneer and leader in both Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Disaster Medicine. He was dedicated to developing EMS and Disaster Medicine as professions and academic discipl...
10
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x2610908x
Open DOI
Defining the “Critical Casualty” through Reference-Standard Constructs, Reporting Completeness, and Reproducibility in Mass-Casualty Incident Triage Research: Methodology Scoping Review
Introduction/Study Objective: Mass-casualty incident (MCI) triage algorithms are evaluated against reference standards that operationally define the “critical casualty,” yet the constructs underlying these standards and the completeness ...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Some 1997 issues not published.
Some vols. have supplements.
Also issued online.
Official journal of World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine and the Nordic Society of Disaster Medicine, <1999->.
Formed by the union of: Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine, and: Journal of prehospital medicine.