Journal profile · Engineering-Automotive Engineering
International Journal of Vehicle Safety
ISSN 1479-3105 · eISSN 1479-3113 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Vehicle Safety: subscription journal; 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Vehicle Safety is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Traffic and Road Safety, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics and Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis, together about 60.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Accident case studies/data analysis/reconstruction/avoidance Elderly driver safety, vulnerable road users' protection Impact biomechanics, injury mechanisms/criteria/tolerance Crash dummy development, human body modelling Occupant protection/restraint systems, child safety Mechatronics and technologies for smart-restraint systems Vehicle reliability/safety, vehicle crashworthiness/compatibility analysis Smart materials for crashworthiness/occupant protection Injury mitigation technology development Intelligent driving systems, driving control systems development Assisted driver information/communication systems Intelligent highway systems, satellite systems for vehicle sensing Wireless/mobile communications technology, telematics Real-time data acquisition/distributed systems, multimedia networking Vehicle crash rescue, extrication, post-crash aspects More on this journal... ObjectivesThe objectives of IJVS are: To develop, promote and coordinate the science, technology and practice of vehicle safety To help engineers and applied scientists engage in vehicle safety design and research To allow engineers and applied scientists to contribute to the field, to disseminate technical information, and to learn from each other|s work To provide an international forum for information exchange in the development and application of non-deterministic methods and practices for the enhancement of vehicle safety and the mitigation of road traffic injuries The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global environment. The goal of IJVS is to enhance vehicle safety and minimise road traffic injuries through technology innovation. ReadershipAutomotive engineers, academics, researchers, managers, designers, technologists, policy makers and safety advocates, working in universities, research institutes, and industries.ContentsIJVS publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Contributions may be by submission or invitation. Special Issues devoted to important topics in vehicle safety will occasionally be published. Commentaries on papers and reports published in IJVS are encouraged. Authors will have the opportunity to respond to the commentary on their work before the entire treatment is published.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Automotive Engineering
Editor-in-chief Jesse RuanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering25%
- Automotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsMedicine19.1%
- Transportation Safety and Impact AnalysisEngineering16.3%
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsEngineering8.6%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology5.1%
- Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyEngineering4.7%
- Traffic control and managementEngineering2.5%
- Cellular and Composite StructuresEngineering1.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Engineering | Q4 | 124/143 | 13th |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 326 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 92 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 93 |
| 2022 | 14 | 5 | 116 |
| 2021 | 26 | 0 | 127 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1479-3105
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-3113
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Vehicle Safety
Which databases index International Journal of Vehicle Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Vehicle Safety is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Vehicle Safety open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Vehicle Safety is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .