Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Aims & Scope

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness is the first comprehensive and authoritative journal emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response for all health care and public health professionals globally.

The journal seeks to translate science into practice and integrate medical and public health perspectives.

With the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax attacks, the tsunami in Indonesia, hurricane Katrina, SARS and the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, all health care and public health professionals must be prepared to respond to emergency situations.

In support of these pressing public health needs, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness is committed to the medical and public health communities who are the stewards of the health and security of citizens worldwide.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.555

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10486

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2044

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Parents and Youth After Health-Related Disasters

  Citation: 813

  Authors: Ginny, Miriam

• Testing the Efficacy of Homemade Masks: Would They Protect in an Influenza Pandemic?

  Citation: 432

  Authors: Anna, Katy-Anne, Karthika, George, Jimmy, Allan

• Hurricane Katrina Deaths, Louisiana, 2005

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Joan, Gonza, Raoult

• Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola

  Citation: 251

  Authors: Donna, Kristi L, Fuh-Yuan

• Personal Disaster Preparedness: An Integrative Review of the Literature

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Sivan, Jennifer Lipkowitz, Saad, Andrea A., Jordan, Daniel J.

• Mass Casualty Triage: An Evaluation of the Data and Development of a Proposed National Guideline

  Citation: 191

  Authors: E. Brooke, Richard B., Phillip L., Eric S., David C., Richard C., Scott M., J Marc, Nikiah G., Ian S., Jeffrey, Eileen M., Jeffrey P., Teri L., Graydon C., David, Robert E.

• Refining Surge Capacity: Conventional, Contingency, and Crisis Capacity

  Citation: 188

  Authors: John L., Joseph A., Gabor D.

• Radiation Injury After a Nuclear Detonation: Medical Consequences and the Need for Scarce Resources Allocation

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Andrea L., Carmen, John L., Dan, Nicholas, Nelson, Judith L., C. Norman, David M.

• A Consensus-based Educational Framework and Competency Set for the Discipline of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Italo, James M., Edbert B., Kristine M., David, Barbara, John H., Emmanuel G., Philip L., Cham E., Richard V., Lewis, Richard, Raymond E., Scott, Frederick M., Richard B., James J.

• Botulism: Cause, Effects, Diagnosis, Clinical and Laboratory Identification, and Treatment Modalities

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Zygmunt F., Leonard A., Janice M.

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