''The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering the study of
traumatic injuries
An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue caused by immediate physical stress. An injury can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or o ...
. It was established in 1961 as the ''Journal of Trauma'' by Williams & Wilkins, obtaining its current name in 2012. The journal is currently published by
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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and is the official journal of the
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
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, the
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
The ''Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma'' is a 501(c)(3) medical association of American trauma surgeons. It has over 2,000 members who meet at an annual four-day conference. Its official journal is the '' Journal of Trauma and Acute Ca ...
, th
Trauma Association of Canada and th
Western Trauma Association The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Ernest E. Moore (
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver Health Medical Center, formerly named Denver General Hospital, is a hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, founded in 1860. It is one of five Level I Trauma Centers in Colorado. Denver Health Medical Center is one of the ...
).
Abstracting and indexing
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2016
impact factor
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of 3.403, ranking it 11th out of 33 journals in the category "Critical Care Medicine".
See also
*
List of medical journals
References
External links
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Emergency medicine journals
English-language journals
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals
Monthly journals
Publications established in 1961
Surgery journals
Trauma surgery
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