Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

This link allows authors with accepted WestJEM manuscripts to submit the APF of $1250 or contact us to become a department subscriber.

The CPC-EM Article Processing Fee can be found here.

If the first or last author of the accepted article is a full-time member of a WestJEM subscribing department, the article processing fee (APF) for up to two manuscripts per academic year is waived for an accepted article. Although we encourage department subscriptions for the ability to waive and save on the APF (and to also financially support the journal), the fee can also be discounted if the first or last author is a full voting member of one of our major society sponsors (California ACEP, ACOEP, and Cal/AAEM).*  Please contact info@westjem.org with any questions. This fee is only required for accepted manuscripts.

Additional benefits of a $1000 faculty department subscription include:

• Waived WestJEM or CPC-EM article processing fees (APF) for up to 2 accepted papers with first or last authors that are faculty or resident members from a subscribing department (saving up to $2500 in WestJEM or up to $1500 CPC-EM APF per subscription year). APF for additional accepted WestJEM or CPC-EM papers will be discounted by 25% (for WestJEM) and 20% (for CPC-EM)
• Included 6 electronic full-text issues of WestJEM, 4 electronic full-text issues of CPC-EM, and access to special issues throughout the year.
• Free WestJEM.com postings of your department’s CME advertisements that are consistent with the ethical policies of our journal sponsors and align with AAEM’s mission. This can substantially save on the cost of advertising.
• Free online advertising of your department’s job postings on our Academic Job Board that are consistent with the ethical policies of our journal sponsors. This can save further on required job postings.
• Early-bird announcements of open reviewer and section editor positions

If you would like to become a department subscriber click here. In order to become a department subscriber, the yearly fees must be paid directly by an academic department. This option is not available for individual physicians. If you have any questions, please contact sales@westjem.org or call 1-800-884-2236 (and ask for the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine).

WestJEM is able to offer a 50% discount on the article processing fee for articles in which the first author is paying independently and comes from a low income or lower middle income country. Waiver requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Once your article is accepted for publication, please contact info@westjem.org.

Please click here for the article processing fee payment portal.

*Please note that discounts are not cumulative.

Updated January 2024