Safety Science
{{Short description|Academic journal on human and industrial safety}}
{{Infobox journal
| title = Safety Science
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| former_name = Journal of Occupational Accidents
| abbreviation = Saf. Sci.
| discipline = Safety management
| editor = Georgios Boustras
| publisher = Elsevier
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| history = 1976–present
| frequency = Monthly
| openaccess = Hybrid
| license =
| impact = 4.7
| impact-year = 2023
| ISSN = 0925-7535
| eISSN = 1879-1042
| ISSN2 = 0925-7535
| ISSN2label = Journal of Occupational Accidents
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| JSTOR =
| LCCN = 91640944
| OCLC = 670097316
| website = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/safety-science
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| link1-name =
| link2 = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/safety-science/issues
| link2-name = Online archive
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Safety Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering research on all aspects of human and industrial safety.{{cite web |title=Aims & Scope |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/safety-science |website=Safety Science |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=15 January 2024}} The editor-in-chief is Georgios Boustras (European University Cyprus),.{{cite web |title=Editorial board |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/safety-science/about/editorial-board |website=Safety Science |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=15 January 2024}} The journal was established in 1976 as the Journal of Occupational Accidents, with Herbert Eisner as founding editor-in-chief.{{cite journal |last1=Eisner |first1=H.S. |title=Editorial |journal=Journal of Occupational Accidents |date=July 1976 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.1016/0376-6349(76)90002-X}} In 1990, the aims and scope of the journal were expanded, and the journal obtained its current name.{{Cite web |last1=Boustras |first1=George |last2=Jie |first2=Li |date=2022-01-24 |title=Brief History of Safety Science Journal |url=https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Brief_History_of_Safety_Science_Journal/18996542/3 |website=Figshare|doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.18996542.v3 }}{{Cite journal |author-last1=Merigo |author-first1= Jose M. |author-last2=Miranda |author-first2= Jaime |author-last3=Modak |author-first3=Nikunja Mohan |author-last4=Boustras |author-first4=Georgios |author-last5=de la Sotta |author-first5=Catalina |date=2019|title=Forty years of Safety Science: A bibliometric overview |journal=Safety Science | volume=115 | pages=66–88 |doi=10.1016/j.ssci.2019.01.029 |issn=0925-7535 |url= https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171623 }}
Editors-in-chief
Since 1990, the following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
- 1990–2009: Andrew Hale
- 2010–2012: Kathryn Mearns
- 2013–2017: Jean-Luc Wybo
- 2018–present: Georgios Boustras
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- CAB Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |title=Serials cited |work=CAB Abstracts |publisher=CABI |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- EBSCO databases{{cite MIAR |title=Safety Science |issn=0925-7535 |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- Ei Compendex{{cite web |url=https://www.elsevier.com/products/engineering-village/databases/compendex |title=Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List |publisher=Elsevier |work=Engineering Village |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- Embase{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/solutions/embase/coverage |title=Embase Coverage |publisher=Elsevier |work=Embase |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- Inspec{{cite web |url=https://www.theiet.org/media/9829/inspec-active-journals.pdf |title=Inspec list of journals |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |work=Inspec |access-date=2024-01-19 |archive-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522103420/https://www.theiet.org/media/9829/inspec-active-journals.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- ProQuest databases
- PsycINFO{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/coverage.aspx |publisher=American Psychological Association |title=PsycINFO Journal Coverage |access-date=2024-01-19}}
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/12332 |title=Source details: Safety Science |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2024-01-19}}
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.7.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Safety Science |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}