Journal profile · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Traffic Injury Prevention
ISSN 1538-9588 · eISSN 1538-957X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2002
Traffic Injury Prevention: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.18; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 116 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 234 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Traffic Injury Prevention is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 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, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics and Older Adults Driving Studies, together about 49.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Traffic Injury Prevention publishes research on medicine, engineering, public health, and traffic safety in order to foster the science of traffic injury prevention. The archival journal focuses on research, interventions, and evaluations within the areas of traffic safety, crash causation, injury prevention, and treatment. General topics within the journal's scope are: Driver behavior Road infrastructure Emerging crash avoidance technologies Crash and injury epidemiology Alcohol and drugs Impact injury biomechanics Vehicle crashworthiness Occupant restraints Pedestrian safety Evaluation of interventions Economic consequences Emergency and clinical care (specific to traffic injury prevention) The journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries. Traffic Injury Prevention operates a single anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Editor-in-chief David C. VianoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 25%); most named United States 3, Mainland China 2, Taiwan, China 1, Australia 1, Malaysia 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering26.4%
- Automotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsMedicine14.2%
- Older Adults Driving StudiesHealth Professions8.7%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine8.3%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology6%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences3.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine3.5%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Social Scisearch, Transportation Research Information Services
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
- 2.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.15Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,689OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 19%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 247LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 322,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,291 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 246 | 42 | 61 |
| 2025 | 234 | 42 | 493 |
| 2024 | 190 | 55 | 1,047 |
| 2023 | 134 | 61 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 154 | 48 | 1,219 |
| 2021 | 151 | 53 | 1,765 |
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 73 days – 167 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 151 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (557 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)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 41 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted5
- brief technical notesThe journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries.Length not stated
- case studiesThe journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries.Length not stated
- commentariesThe journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries.Length not stated
- full length papersThe journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries.Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes, and commentaries.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Traffic Injury Prevention is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
Traffic Injury Prevention operates a single anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1538-9588
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-957X
- Society / sponsor
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Traffic Injury Prevention
What CAS zone is Traffic Injury Prevention in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Traffic Injury Prevention is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Transportation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Traffic Injury Prevention?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.18; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Traffic Injury Prevention?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 73–167 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 26%. 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 Traffic Injury Prevention based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), Mainland China (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Traffic Injury Prevention?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Traffic Injury Prevention is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Traffic Injury Prevention open access, and what is the APC?
Traffic Injury Prevention is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .