About Injury Prevention

Aims and Scope

Injury Prevention was successfully launched in March 1995 and has become one of the leading international journals in this field. The journal gradually broadened its initial focus on child and adolescent injuries to include the prevention of injuries in all age groups. It has also expanded its scope to include all types of unintentional injuries, as well as occupational and intentional (violence-related) injuries.

It has been indexed by the National Library of Medicine since its second year and is also included in Index Medicus and Embase . Its Impact Factor for 2004 was 1.6 ranking in the top half of all public health journals.

Unlike many scientific journals, Injury Prevention is more than a collection of original articles, brief reports or methodological issues. To ensure its appeal to both academics and front-line workers, Injury Prevention regularly includes a News and Notes section and many other special features: program reports, guest editorials, commentaries, fillers, book reviews, and letters.

Above all, the papers reflect the Journal's international orientation. Its large and distinguished editorial board represents 20 different countries.

Furthermore, unlike many disciplines, the field is rife with controversy and the journal reflects this by occasionally publishing special articles. Nor does the Journal shy away from addressing the political element underlying many injury control issues. Consequently, Injury Prevention has stimulated great interest and debate worldwide.

Editors

Brian Johnston
University of Washington
Seattle, USA
Email: ipeditor{at}bmjgroup.com

Editorial Office

BMJ Journals Department
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JR
UK

ip{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6147
Fax +44 (0)20 7383 6668

Frequency

6 times a year

Launch date

1995

ISSN Injury Prevention

1353-8047

ISSN Injury Prevention Online

1475-5785

Readership

Public health professionals, behavioural scientists, social scientists, engineers, policy makers, non-governmental organisations, researchers, government officials and community organizations

Print circulation

800* (56% North America; 16% UK; 13% Europe; 15% ROW)
Not including online only or consortia customers

Indexed by

MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) 1995 -, Current Contents 2002 -, CSA,TOXLINE 1999, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management 2002 -, Health and Safety Science Abstracts (Online Edition), Health STAR/Ovid Healthstar 1995 -, Index Medicus 1995 -, Physical Education Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus

Impact factor

The 2008 impact factor is 1.837 (ISI Web of Science)

Submitting to Injury Prevention

All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system.

Injury Prevention welcomes:
Original papers (clinical and basic science)
Scientific letters
Global Issues Articles
Editorials (usually commissioned)
Reviews
Innovations Articles
Education Articles
Video reports

Injury Prevention will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest. Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on Injury Prevention Online. Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial Office

Lead times

Time from submission to first decision: 3 weeks
About 55% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to publication: 5 months (original papers)

Acceptance rate

24%

Subscriptions

Information on rates and how to subscribe

- Personal print subscribers receive access to Injury Prevention at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to Injury Prevention separately
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$12 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$30

Rights

Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide [var1] with an exclusive licence to publish .
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on Injury Prevention.

Permissions

Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines

Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission; we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible

Supplements

Guidelines for publication of supplements to Injury Prevention and other BMJ Journals

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Email: cfolkes{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6057

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COPE

Injury Prevention is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics

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