Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Special Operations Medicine (JSOM) was initiated in 2000 under the United States Special Operations Command Surgeon's Office.

Due to the 2011 DoD budget cuts, USSOCOM divested ownership of the JSOM so that it could continue to be published privately.

The JSOM remains the only academic peer-reviewed journal devoted to Special Operations medicine and is indexed in the US National Library of Medicine's PubMed.

Our focus is on unconventional and operational medicine, to include tactical casualty care, practiced in the remote and austere environment.

Our subscribers are from the Special Operations Forces (SOF), law enforcement civilian and government agencies with tactical emergency medical support (TEMS), and anyone interested in emergency or wilderness medicine.

It is an official forum for professional discourse on global Special Operations medicine that transcends the boundary between military and civilian medicine by bringing forth practical and sensible ideas and techniques to the provider currently operating in a tactical or law enforcement environment.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.321

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16004

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	202

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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
• 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.

• Fluid Resuscitation for Hemorrhagic Shock in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 14-01 - 2 June 2014

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Frank K, John B, Martin A, Russ S, Donald A, Howard R, F Y, Andrew P, Joseph J, Warren C, Gina R, Norman E, Jeffrey W, Lorne H, Zsolt, Geir, Richard B, Kirby, Jeffrey A

• Advanced Resuscitative Care in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 18-01:14 October 2018

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Frank K, John B, Stacy A, Sean, Jeffrey A, Jay B, Andrew P, Curtis C, Cord W, Michael S, Stephen M, Warren C, Joseph J, Brian J, Andrew D, Jacob J, Jennifer, Donald A, Jay, David R, Russ S, Lanny F, Robert L, Matthew J, Ethan A, Harold R, D. M, Kevin C, Todd E, Jamie C, Philip C, Zsolt, Geir, Darin K, Michael A

• A Modern Case Series of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in an Out-of-Hospital, Combat Casualty Care Setting

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Justin D, Benjamin J, Joseph J, Todd E

• An Analysis of Battlefield Cricothyrotomy in Iraq and Afghanistan

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Robert L, Alan

• Management of External Hemorrhage in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Chitosan-Based Hemostatic Gauze Dressings

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Brad L, Lanny F, Bijan S, Frank K, Russ S, Michael A, Hugh H

• Emergency Lateral Canthotomy And Cantholysis: A Simple Procedure To Preserve Vision From Sight Threatening Orbital Hemorrhage

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Steven R, Robert W, Thomas, James C, Gregory, Aaron N

• Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC): Guidelines For The Provision Of Prehospital Trauma Care In High Threat Environments

  Citation: 57

  Authors: David W, E R, Jeffrey S, Geoffrey L, W T, Sean D, Robert L

• Forward Assessment of 79 Prehospital Battlefield Tourniquets Used in the Current War

  Citation: 54

  Authors: David R, Gwendolyn M, John F, Lorne H

• Prehospital Use of Hemostatic Bandages and Tourniquets: Translation From Military Experience to Implementation in Civilian Trauma Care

  Citation: 50

  Authors: John M, Scott P, David S, Kathleen S, Donald H

• A Triple-Option Analgesia Plan for Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 13-04

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Frank K, Russ S, Chester C, Erin P, Kevin C, Harold R, Stacy A, John V, Ian, Jeffrey W, Kirby, Jeffrey A

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