Injury Prevention (IP) is dedicated to the prevention of injuries among children and adults. Successfully launched in 1995, the journal has stimulated great interest and debate worldwide. Highly interdisciplinary and with international coverage the journal covers the prevention of injuries in all age groups.

Injury Prevention is published by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Injury Prevention is an international peer reviewed journal. Our goal is to publish high quality scientific papers that inform other scientists as well as program providers and policymakers of new and important findings in the field of injury prevention.

Through commentaries and editorials the Journal takes positions on issues arising from the research and may advocate for needed actions. We view all unintentional and intentional injuries, with the exception of child abuse, as falling within the scope of the Journal. Our orientation is predominantly public health and epidemiological, not clinical.

Injury Prevention includes original research reports, brief reports, editorials, commentaries, systematic reviews, news and notes. Policy decisions regarding content and related matters are made by the Editor, in consultation with members of the Editorial Board, when needed. All members of the large, distinguished, international Editorial Board participate actively in the review process.

As a matter of conformity with BMJ policy (BMJ. 2001; 322(7298):1320-1321) this Journal does not permit the use of the word 'accident' except where it appears in a formal title e.g. Child Accident Prevention Trust.

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1. Median time from submission to first decision = 5 weeks
   1. 30% of papers rejected without external peer review within 1 week
2. Time from acceptance to publication = 4 months