BACKGROUND

Latin American countries are at different stages of emergency care development, with some on their third, fourth, or fifth decade of recognizing emergency medicine as a specialty and others just starting the specialty at this time. This, in addition to shared culture, languages, and history, offers an opportunity for advancement of emergency care in the region through collaboration. Furthermore, Latin American emergency care authors often face barriers to publishing in international peer-reviewed journals, including cost, language, and lack of experience and mentorship with academic writing and the peer-review process. The Latin American Journal of Emergency Care emerged in response to the lack of a region-wide peer-reviewed journal in Latin America and the desire to promote scholarship, regional collaboration, and mentorship through the peer-review process to improve emergency care in Latin America. 

 

MISSION

To publish high-quality peer-reviewed research on emergency care, enhance authors’ scientific writing skills through peer review mentorship, and foster academic emergency care collaboration in Latin America.

 

VISION

A Latin America where high-quality research and innovation drive advancements in emergency care to improve health outcomes for all across the region.

 

GOALS

• To provide a platform for publication of peer-reviewed research relevant to emergency care in Latin America.
• To pursue indexation of LAJEC in international indices such as Scopus and PubMed
• To increase scientific writing capacity among emergency care authors in the region through the peer-review process and other educational initiatives.
• To foster an academic emergency medicine community for collaboration and mentorship.