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Journal of Safety Research
ISSN 0022-4375 · eISSN 1879-1247 · Elsevier
Journal of Safety Research: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.29; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,220; median 194 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 166 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Safety Research is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Traffic and Road Safety, Occupational Health and Safety Research and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, together about 45.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A Safety and Health Research Forum A Joint Publication of the National Safety Counciland ElsevierThe Journal of Safety Research is a multidisciplinary publication that provides for the exchange of scientific evidence in all areas of safety and health, including traffic, workplace, home, and community. While this research forum invites submissions using rigorous methodologies in all related areas, it focuses on basic and applied research in unintentional injury and illness prevention. Affiliated with the National Safety Council, it seeks to engage the global scientific community including academic researchers, engineers, government agencies, policy makers, corporate decision makers, safety professionals and practitioners, psychologists, social scientists, and public health professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 106, Australia 10, Canada 6, United Kingdom 3, Spain 3 (145 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering23.5%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions12.5%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine9.1%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology6.5%
- Older Adults Driving StudiesHealth Professions6.5%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences4.9%
- Automotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsMedicine4.1%
- Agriculture and Farm SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 4.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 138OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,092OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 162LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,083 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 153 | 94 | 42 |
| 2025 | 166 | 87 | 507 |
| 2024 | 160 | 80 | 1,400 |
| 2023 | 171 | 78 | 2,758 |
| 2022 | 171 | 71 | 3,337 |
| 2021 | 155 | 44 | 4,182 |
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
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 154 days – 261 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 207 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (382 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 217 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,220 / EUR 2,940 / GBP 2,580 / JPY 399,380 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,380 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles includ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Supports open access Model summary
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0022-4375
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-1247
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Safety Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Safety Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Safety Research is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Ergonomics / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / Transportation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Safety Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.29; CiteScore 7.7, h-index 138.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Safety Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 154–261 days). 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 Safety Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 Safety Research based?
Of the 145 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (106), Australia (10) and Canada (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Safety Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Safety Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Safety Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Safety Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,220.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .