Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Aims & Scope

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (DHM) is the combined journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society (SPUMS) and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society (EUBS).

It seeks to publish papers of high quality on all aspects of diving and hyperbaric medicine of interest to diving medical professionals, physicians of all specialties, scientists, members of the diving and hyperbaric industries, and divers.

Manuscripts must be offered exclusively to Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, unless clearly authenticated copyright exemption accompaniesthe manuscript.

All manuscripts will be subject to peer review.

Accepted contributions will also be subject to editing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12550

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	182

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.454

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• 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.

• Correction to Mathieu D, Marroni A, Kot J: Tenth European Consensus Conference on Hyperbaric Medicine: recommendations for accepted and non accepted clinical indications and practice of hyperbaric oxygen treatment

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Daniel, Alessandro, Jacek

• Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen treatment for necrotising soft-tissue infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Morten, Michael H, Ole

• Deep anaesthesia: The Thailand cave rescue and its implications for management of the unconscious diver underwater

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Hanna, Richard J, Nicholas, Xavier CE, Craig J, Chanrit, Simon J

• Middle ear barotrauma in diving

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Oskari H, Anne K, Jari, Saku T

• Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for mastectomy flap ischaemia: A case series of 50 breasts

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Nicole E, Lisette T, Johan, Maarten M

• Scuba diving fatalities in Australia, 2001 to 2013: Diver demographics and characteristics

  Citation: 10

  Authors: John, Christopher, David

• Bubbles in the skin microcirculation underlying cutis marmorata in decompression sickness: Preliminary observations

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Eduardo, Simon J

• Microcirculation and tissue oxygenation in the head and limbs during hyperbaric oxygen treatment

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Naoki, Ryohei, Takuma, Toshitaka, Atsushi, Kazuyoshi

• Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of acute retinal artery occlusion

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Mark J, John A, Michael

• A review of snorkelling and scuba diving fatalities in Queensland, Australia, 2000 to 2019

  Citation: 8

  Authors: John

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