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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,603CAS 2区Top JournalHybrid

Safety Science

Abbreviation (ISO):SAF. SCI
Country: Netherlands•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.443•SCImago Rank: #2,603•Identifier (ISSN):0925-7535(Print)/1879-1042(Online)•Articles / Year: 467•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,544 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
6.2
↑ +0.8

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
90

90 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate10.6%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
467articles/year
49.28% Gold OA•86.02% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.2)
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20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.4)
🔵 Computed
20242.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.7)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.1)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.392)
🔵 Computed
20212.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.877)
🔵 Computed
20202.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.105)
🔵 Computed
20192.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.619)
🔵 Computed
20182.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.835)
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Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Safety Science is multidisciplinary. Its contributors and its audience range from social scientists to engineers. The journal covers the physics and engineering of safety; its social, policy and organizational aspects; the assessment, management and communication of risks; the effectiveness of control and management techniques for safety; standardization, legislation, inspection, insurance, costing aspects, human behavior and safety and the like. Papers addressing the interfaces between technology, people and organizations are especially welcome.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Engineering89.7%Medicine89.5%Environmental health75.2%Medical emergency73.8%Emergency medicine73.2%Poison control72.9%Political science72.4%Law71.8%Pathology62.4%Computer science61.3%Occupational safety and health59.8%Human factors and ergonomics53.2%Injury prevention44%Economics42.6%Business42.1%Transport engineering41.4%Physics37%Forensic engineering36.8%Suicide prevention36.3%Biology31.3%Mathematics30%Psychology29.5%Geography28%Management26.7%Risk analysis (engineering)26.3%Philosophy25.4%Computer security21.8%Quantum mechanics21.7%Thermodynamics21.1%

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,603Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1991-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:EngineeringMedicineSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.443

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
178

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
7.90

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,544 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations7,243
3-Year Documents893
Citable Documents879

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)2

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate40.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Building and ConstructionQ1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1
Safety ResearchQ1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Engineering & Technology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
11.4周
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
6.6周
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
Multi-Language
Frequency
Monthly
Founding Year
1991
Editorial Address
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1000 AE
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
JCRSCIE
15/69Q1
OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
JCRSCIE
18/109Q1
ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
JCISCIE
18/69Q2
OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
JCISCIE
25/109Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—287137
20255.42591,303
20244.72743,429
20236.12876,299
20226.3923188,661
20214.87741615,032
20204.10545020,395
20193.61945221,227
20182.83535617,447
2017—26314,639
2016—30016,830
2015—27616,072
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Safety Science

WoS Q1
1368201820192020202120222023202420255.40
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:5.4

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 10.6%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01