Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Process Safety Progress
ISSN 1066-8527 · eISSN 1547-5913 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Process Safety Progress: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.24; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,570; median 116 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 78 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Process Safety Progress is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Risk and Safety Analysis, Occupational Health and Safety Research and Combustion and Detonation Processes, together about 59.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Process Safety Progress covers process safety for engineering professionals. It addresses such topics as incident investigations/case histories, hazardous chemicals management, hazardous leaks prevention, risk assessment, process hazards evaluation, industrial hygiene, fire and explosion analysis, preventive maintenance, vapor cloud dispersion, and regulatory compliance, training, education, and other areas in process safety and loss prevention, including emerging concerns like plant and/or process security. Papers from the annual Loss Prevention Symposium and other AIChE safety conferences are automatically considered for publication, but unsolicited papers, particularly those addressing process safety issues in emerging technologies and industries are encouraged and evaluated equally. AIChE Safety & Health Division Process Safety Progress is partially supported by members of the AIChE Safety & Health Division. By joining the division, members’ dues include free online access to journal articles. To learn more about the division, click here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editor-in-chief Albert NessPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 50%); most named Mainland China 2, Taiwan, China 1, Canada 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences33.9%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions13%
- Combustion and Detonation ProcessesEngineering12.8%
- Chemical Safety and Risk ManagementChemical Engineering11.1%
- Fire dynamics and safety researchEngineering4.1%
- Thermal and Kinetic AnalysisMaterials Science3.2%
- Quality and Safety in HealthcareHealth Professions2.7%
- Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- Impact factor
- 1.24LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 590OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 67Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 121,186Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,511 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 78 | 28 | 56 |
| 2024 | 95 | 44 | 233 |
| 2023 | 143 | 69 | 455 |
| 2022 | 103 | 13 | 457 |
| 2021 | 109 | 10 | 546 |
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 Crossref · to
116 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 202 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 133 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 144 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher 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 3,570 / EUR 3,010 / GBP 2,380 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright/License Agreements
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement: If the open access option is not sele…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access:
If the open access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAACreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1066-8527
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-5913
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Process Safety Progress
What CAS zone is Process Safety Progress in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Process Safety Progress is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Process Safety Progress?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.24; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Process Safety Progress?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 82–202 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23% (2025). 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 Process Safety Progress?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: AMA; 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 Process Safety Progress based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 50%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), Taiwan, China (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Process Safety Progress?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Process Safety Progress is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Process Safety Progress open access, and what is the APC?
Process Safety Progress is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,570.
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: .