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Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales
ISSN 1138-9672 · eISSN 1578-2549 · Societat Catalana de Seguretat i Medicina del Treball (SCSMT) · Spain
Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales is published by Societat Catalana de Seguretat i Medicina del Treball (SCSMT). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces, Workplace Health and Well-being and Occupational Health and Safety Research, together about 54.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales es la revista científica de la Societat Catalana de Salut Laboral y de la Asociación Española de Higiene Industrial, cuenta con un proceso de revisión externa (peer review) y publica trabajos relacionados con la prevención de riesgos laborales y la protección de la salud y la seguridad de los trabajadores desde todos sus ámbitos, incluyendo la Medicina del Trabajo, la Higiene Industrial, la Seguridad, la Ergonomía, la Enfermería del Trabajo, la Psicosociología del Trabajo y el Derecho del Trabajo.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 2, United Kingdom 1, Chile 1, Colombia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Health and Safety in WorkplacesHealth Professions34.1%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions13%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions7.5%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences7.3%
- Occupational Health and Global JusticeSocial Sciences5.9%
- Occupational Health and Safety ManagementHealth Professions4.6%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions4%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 523/1162 | 54th |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | Q3 | 169/282 | 40th |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 511/725 | 29th |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | Q3 | 35/48 | 28th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseSciELOPublisher website
Other: Índice Médico Español (IME), Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (IBECS), Latindex, DIALNET
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.48OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 862 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 95 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 109 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 175 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 225 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 212 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 179 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (25% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9
- artículos especiales, de opinión y otras seccionesLa revista incluye además las secciones de artículos especiales, de opinión, glosarios, recensiones de libros, información bibliográfica, información sobre acti…Length not stated
- cartas a la directoraEn esta sección se incluyen breves observaciones científicas y de opinión formalmente aceptables sobre trabajos publicados recientemente en la revista u otros a…Length not stated
- cartas al directorse publican Originales, Originales breves, Revisiones, Estudios de casos y Cartas al director, entre otros formatos.Length not stated
- estudio de casosBreve descripción de un problema o experiencia de la práctica profesional en prevención de riesgos laborales cuya publicación resulte de interés por sus compone…Length not stated
- estudios de casosse publican Originales, Originales breves, Revisiones, Estudios de casos y Cartas al director, entre otros formatos.Length not stated
- notas técnicasEn esta sección se presentan brevemente técnicas (de medición, registro, proceso de datos, etc.) novedosas y de interés para la práctica profesional en prevenci…Length not stated
- originalesse publican Originales, Originales breves, Revisiones, Estudios de casos y Cartas al director, entre otros formatos.Length not stated
- originales brevesse publican Originales, Originales breves, Revisiones, Estudios de casos y Cartas al director, entre otros formatos.Length not stated
- revisionesse publican Originales, Originales breves, Revisiones, Estudios de casos y Cartas al director, entre otros formatos.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Sin tasas de envío ni cuotas de publicación Model summary
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales no cobra tasas por el envío de trabajos, ni tampoco cuotas por la publicación de sus artículos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Licencia CC BY-NC-ND Model summary
La licencia CC BY-NC-ND, que es la de los artículos de la revista, permite a otros distribuir y copiar el artículo e incluirlo en una obra colectiva (como una antología) siempre y cuando no exista una finalidad comercial, que no se altere ni modifique el artículo, y siempre que se indique la autoría y cite apropiadamente el trabajo original.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access Model summary
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales es una revista open Access, lo que quiere decir que todo su contenido es accesible libremente sin cargo para el usuario o su institución.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
El proceso de evaluación externa es anónimo, es decir, los evaluadores desconocen la identidad de los autores del manuscrito.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Societat Catalana de Seguretat i Medicina del Treball (SCSMT)
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Catalan
- ISSN
- 1138-9672
- Electronic ISSN
- 1578-2549
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales
How long does peer review take at Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 2; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (2), United Kingdom (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales open access, and what is the APC?
Archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .