Aims & Scope
Purpose. The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publishes original, innovative, and timely articles describing research or practice in the fields of homeland security and emergency management. JHSEM publishes not only peer-reviewed articles, but also news and communiqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media reviews.
Content comes from a broad array of authors representing many professions, including emergency management, engineering, political science and policy, decision science, and health and medicine, as well as from emergency management and homeland security practitioners. The journal seeks to provide new information and understanding of emergency management (EM) in the homeland security (HS) environment, and to foster a community of persons who share these interests.
In the past several years, the domain of emergency management has expanded greatly, and the organizational relationships necessary to function effectively have multiplied since the formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. As a result, the professional knowledge needed by emergency managers is growing rapidly. The JHSEM editors have been working diligently to help share new knowledge, insights, and experience to meet those new challenges.
JHSEM was created in 2004 to provide high-quality, peer-reviewed content in the new realm of homeland security and to discuss the relationships between emergency management (for natural, technological, industrial, and terrorism events) and the new field of homeland security. The electronic journal format allows us to offer high quality content on a broad range of topics, and to do so in a timely and inexpensive manner.
JHSEM also publishes articles and important research on public health in the context of homeland security and emergency management, on topics such as preparing for and managing disease outbreaks, such as pandemic flu and SARS. Health events and developments are increasingly interrelated with homeland security and emergency management. By bridging health issues with homeland security and emergency management, JHSEM helps widen single disciplinary perspectives.
Scope. Our intent is to provide information and insights on homeland security and emergency management by featuring contributions from authors with essential knowledge and experience in a broad array of professions, including emergency management, engineering; political science/public administration/policy analysis, decision science, and health and medicine.
Aims and Objectives:
- To serve the needs of both the academic and practitioner communities in an efficient and economical way;
- To meet the need for peer-reviewed, high quality, wide ranging professional articles delivered via the Internet;
- To give an incentive and outlet to graduate students and young academics and practitioners to write professional papers; and
- To augment the work of the existing professional societies and single discipline publications.