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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine — Impact Factor
The 2024 Impact Factor of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine is 2.0 (quartile not confirmed; fully open access).
- Impact Factor
- 2.0 JCR 2024
- JCR category
- Emergency Medicine
- Quartile
- quartile not confirmed
- Publisher
- eScholarship (UC Irvine)
- Open access
- fully open access
- IF source
- westjem.com
Position within the field
Ranked 21 of the 35 journals in Emergency Medicine on this site (bottom 50%).
Emergency Medicine journals with a similar Impact Factor
- European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery IF 2.3
- JACEP Open IF 2.3
- Prehospital Emergency Care IF 2.0
- International Emergency Nursing IF 2.0
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine IF 1.9
- Journal of Burn Care & Research IF 1.9
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Limited (short formats such as Image or Letter only, or by exception). Case reports redirected to the sister journal Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine (CPC-EM)
- Article types
- Original Research / Brief Research Report / Educational Advances / Systematic Review / Scoping Review / Letter to the Editor
- Word limit (original)
- 4,000 words
- Abstract
- 350 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- 7 figures/tables
- OA / APC
- full OA / US$1,250 (Up to 2 articles per year free with an institutional subscription)
- Reporting guidelines
- STROBE/CONSORT/PRISMA etc. checklists required
- Submission system
- eScholarship
About this value
The Journal Impact Factor of Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (JCR 2024, released June 2025) is 2.0. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Emergency Medicine.