Journal profile
Journal of Injury and Violence Research
ISSN 2008-2053 · eISSN 2008-4072 · Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Injury and Violence Research: fully open access; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Injury and Violence Research is published by Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Traffic and Road Safety and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 53% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) is a biannual peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering all aspects of traumatology including quantitative and qualitative studies in the field of clinical and basic sciences about trauma, burns, drowning, falls, occupational/road/sports safety, youth violence, child/elder abuse, child/elder injuries, intimate partner abuse/sexual violence, self-harm, suicide, patient safety, safe communities, consumer safety, disaster management, terrorism, surveillance/burden of injury and all other intentional and unintentional injuries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mahmoudreza MoradiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Iran 23, United States 7, Sweden 3, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine21.7%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering18.4%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine12.9%
- Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychology5.8%
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseSocial Sciences5.1%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions4.2%
- Transportation Systems and LogisticsEngineering3.9%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences3.4%
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.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCCINAHLPublisher website
Other: PsychINFO, SCImago,JournalRankings, SID, ISC, ProQuest, Google Scholar, EBSCO(SocINDEX), SafetyLit, Index Copernicus, EMR Index Medicus, EMCare, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
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
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 456 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 502 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 629 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 644 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 748 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 676 |
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 · to
Too few articlesOnly 8 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- ghostwritten articles
Article types accepted1
- original articleAll original articles must accompany a structured abstract up to 300 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship A. Authorship:
1) All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should be based only on a substantial contribution to (a) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data; and to (b) dra…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Model summary
Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) is an open-access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review process Model summary
All manuscripts are considered to be confidential. They are peer-reviewed by at least 2 anonymous reviewers selected by the Editor.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Prior and Repetitive Publication / Plagiarism
Journal of Injury and Violence Research (JIVR) will not consider the manuscripts if: large pieces of text have been cut-and-pasted without appropriate referencing and citation; paraphrasing and summarizing the others work have not been appropriately attributed; duplicate publication or self-plagiarism occurs.To avoid any unintended plagiarisms and violence in copyrighting, please use plagiarism ch…
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
- Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2008-2053
- Electronic ISSN
- 2008-4072
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Injury and Violence Research
How long does peer review take at Journal of Injury and Violence Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Journal of Injury and Violence Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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 Journal of Injury and Violence Research based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (23), United States (7) and Sweden (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Injury and Violence Research?
The journal's website lists MEDLINE, PMC and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Injury and Violence Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Injury and Violence Research is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .