Paramedicine
Paramedicine is a paramedic-led, international, peer-reviewed open access journal which aims to advance and transform the discipline of paramedicine through high quality evidence. It inspires robust discussion, encourages innovative thinking, informs leadership, and enables research translation.
Official Journal of the:
- Australasian College of Paramedicine
- Paramedic Chiefs of Canada
Journal Associates:
- Australasian Council of Paramedicine Deans
- The Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA)
- Emergency Care Society of South Africa (ECSSA)
- The Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN)
- McNally Project for Paramedicine Research
This journal is published on behalf of the Australasian College of Paramedicine. For more details on how to submit, see the Submission Guidelines.
Why publish in Paramedicine?
- Commitment to high quality rigorous standards
- Embraces diverse methodology
- Indexed widely, ensuring high visibility and discoverability
- Q2 (SJR 'EMS')
- High-quality and efficient peer review
- Free open access publishing
- Fast online publication
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
There is no charge for submitting a paper to the journal. The Australasian College of Paramedicine sponsors the journal by covering the article processing charge (APC) and making articles open access, thus there is no charge to authors for publishing their articles with the journal.
Submission information
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/paramedicine to be published in 2023.
Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.
Contact
Please direct any queries to editor.paramedicine@paramedics.org.
Paramedicine’s vision
To advance and transform the discipline of paramedicine through high-quality research dissemination and discourse.
Paramedicine’s mission
To deliver excellence in paramedicine through an international research forum that inspires robust discussion, enables research translation, encourages innovative thinking and informs leadership.
Aims and scope:
Paramedicine is the official international journal of the Australasian College of Paramedicine. It aims to create a connected discourse that spans paradigms, methodologies and methods for the advancement of the Paramedicine profession, the public it serves, the systems it connects to, and the people tasked with enacting that service.
Paramedicine publishes research from any country investigating any area of paramedicine, including but not limited to clinical care, operations, systems, leadership, education, aeromedical & retrieval practice, tactical paramedicine, and community paramedicine.
Paramedicine embraces diverse research methodology and paradigms and encourages qualitative research.
Paramedicine accepts primary quantitative and qualitative research, mixed-methods research, structured reviews including systematic and scoping designs, research methods summaries, perspectives, commentaries and case reports. Editorials are through invitation only.
Peer Review Overview:
- First decision: 37 days*
- Acceptance to publication: 16 days*
- Acceptance ratio: 30%
*average number of days in 2025 YTD.
| Associate Professor Alan Batt (Acting) | Queens University, Canada |
| Professor Elizabeth Donnelly | University of Windsor, Canada |
| Professor Veronica Lindström | Umeå University, Sweden |
| Associate Professor Walter Tavares | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Dr Georgette Eaton | University of Oxford, England |
| Dr Robin Pap (Acting) | Western Sydney University, Australia |
| Professor Kelly Anne Bowles | Monash University, Australia |
| Associate Professor Verity Todd | Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Associate Professor Brendan Shannon | Monash University, Australia |
| Dr Justin Mausz | Peel Paramedic Service, Canada |
| Ms Cheryl Cameron | Monash University, Australia |
| Associate Professor Susan Braithwaite | Western Carolina University, United States of America |
| Mr Ben de Waal | Cape Penninsula University of Technology, South Africa |
| Dr. Alaa Oteir | Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan |
| Associate Professor Willem Stassen | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Dr Koshi Nakagawa | Chuo University, Japan |
| Associate Professor Takahiro Hara | Kokushikan University, Japan |
| Dr Cristoffer Ericcson | University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Dr Anu Venesoja | LAB University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
| Ms Michelle O'Toole | University College Cork, Ireland |
| Associate Professor David Fitzpatrick | Stirling University, Scotland |
| Professor Kingsley Agho | Western Sydney University, Australia |