The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery


The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the study of traumatic injuries. 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 and is the official journal of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the , and the . The editor-in-chief is Ernest E. Moore.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 3.403, ranking it 11th out of 33 journals in the category "Critical Care Medicine".