Injury Prevention
is an online-only, peer reviewed journal covering content on all injury prevention in all contexts.
Impact Factor: 2.5
Citescore: 5.3
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Authors
Injury Prevention considers unsolicited submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, systematic reviews, and methodology articles.
The Author Information section provides provides general guidelines as well as requirements for specific article types.
Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.
All manuscripts should be submitted online.
Latest Articles
Original research:
Core outcome set for intervention research on snakebite envenomation in South Asia12 September 2024
Original research:
Prevalence and correlates of handgun carrying and perceived ease of access among adolescents in Florida3 September 2024
Original research:
Association between state minimum wage and firearm suicides in the USA, 2000-20203 September 2024
Original research:
Cost-effectiveness of the 'Stay One Step Ahead Home Safety programme for the prevention of injuries among children under 5 years31 August 2024
Original research:
Injury prevention in the US Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting programme30 August 2024
Most Read Articles
Original research:
Trends and patterns of violence-related mortality in Nigeria: evidence from a 16-year analysis of secondary data27 November 2023
Original research:
Estimating the ratio of fatal to non-fatal overdoses involving all drugs, all opioids, synthetic opioids, heroin or stimulants, USA, 2010–202020 March 2024
Original research:
Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national registry-based study25 January 2024
Original research:
Sleep characteristics and adolescent physical activity-related injuries in sports clubs, leisure time and schools20 March 2024
Abstracts: Safety 2024
Injury Prevention was the official journal of Safety 2024, the 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, which took place 2nd-4th September 2024 in New Delhi, India.
Current Issue
Original research:
Adolescents at the skatepark: identifying design features and youth behaviours that pose risk for falls19 July 2024
Original research:
Circumstances of unintentional fall-related adult deaths: Utah, 2010-202019 July 2024
Original research:
Twenty-five year occupational homicide mortality trends in North Carolina: 1992-201719 July 2024
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Injury Prevention - Our Full Story
Listen to Editor-in-Chief of Injury Prevention, Caroline Finch, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice she has for authors thinking about submitting to the journal, what the journal has to offer to readers and what the journal has planned for 2024.
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