Journal profile · Decision Sciences-Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Journal of Safety Science and Resilience
ISSN 2666-4496 · KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. · China
Journal of Safety Science and Resilience: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is published by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 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 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics, Risk and Safety Analysis and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Safety Science and Resilience (JSSR) is a scholarly journal that publishes scientific research on the practice of safety science and...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Editor-in-chief Hui ZhangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 12 in mainland China (about 36%); most named Mainland China 12, United States 5, United Kingdom 3, Japan 2, Italy 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evacuation and Crowd DynamicsEngineering10.6%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences10.4%
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisEngineering9.4%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions8.5%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences7.7%
- Fire dynamics and safety researchEngineering6.7%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4.4%
- Fire Detection and Safety SystemsEngineering4.4%
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 | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Operations Research & Management Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 315 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 56 | 8 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 215 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 839 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 371 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 593 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 850 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,200 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,200 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
- Special Issue on Agent for Safety and Security: Complex Network Modeling, Substructure Analysis, Risk Discovery, and Resilience AssessmentDeadline
- Special issue on AI for Safety and Urban Emergency ResilienceDeadline
- Special Issue on Resilience of structures and infrastructures to natural hazardsDeadline
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Article types accepted4
- discussionsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, Editorial, Discussions.Length not stated
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, Editorial, Discussions.Length not stated
- original research papersContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, Editorial, Discussions.Length not stated
- reviewsContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, Editorial, Discussions.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we encourage 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 administratio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also https://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license. Model summary
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. 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. Permission of the so…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access publication for all peer-reviewed research articles. Model summary
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double blind peer review with a minimum of two independent expert reviewers. Model summary
This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions are 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's decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: https://www.elsevier.com/reviewe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening using iThenticate's CrossCheck. Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
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
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-4496
- Print ISSN
- 2096-7527
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Safety Science and Resilience
What CAS zone is Journal of Safety Science and Resilience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial / Operations Research & Management Science. 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 Science and Resilience?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8.1, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Safety Science and Resilience?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Safety Science and Resilience based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 12 (about 36%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (12), United States (5) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Safety Science and Resilience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Safety Science and Resilience open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .