Journal profile · Social Sciences-Health (social science)
PISTES
ISSN 1481-9384 · Institut de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du travail · Canada
PISTES: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PISTES is published by Institut de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du travail. 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 Management, together about 47.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Occupational Therapy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Health (social science)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Health and Safety in WorkplacesHealth Professions25%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions15%
- Occupational Health and Safety ManagementHealth Professions7.4%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions5.3%
- Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSocial Sciences5.1%
- Ergonomics and Human FactorsEngineering4%
- Occupational Health and BurnoutHealth Professions3.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | Q4 | 381/387 | — |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | Q4 | 48/48 | — |
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
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 615 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 97 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 183 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 243 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 246 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 254 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 306 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteAI use
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institut de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du travail
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1481-9384
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PISTES
How long does peer review take at PISTES?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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.
Which databases index PISTES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PISTES is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is PISTES open access, and what is the APC?
PISTES 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; 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: .