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:
Suicide by suffocation among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Veterans in the USA (2012-2018)3 January 2025
Original research:
Comparative analysis of injuries related to self-harm, assault, and intimate partner violence: insights from U.S. Emergency Departments (2005-2021)3 January 2025
Original research:
Prevalence of indications of alcohol and drug use among patients treated for injurious falls by Emergency Medical Services in the USA2 January 2025
Original research:
Influence of non-pharmaceutical COVID-19 interventions on speed-related and alcohol-related traffic injuries in five cities of the province of Quebec, Canada2 January 2025
Short report:
Protest-related injuries during the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone protest in Seattle, Washington, USA in 20202 January 2025
Most Read Articles
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:
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:
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
Editorial:
Supporting injury control activities in violence-afflicted countries: one wedding and four funerals?21 November 2024
Special feature:
Potential for advances in data linkage and data science to support injury prevention research21 November 2024
Systematic review:
Community emergency medical services approaches to fall prevention: a systematic review21 November 2024
Original research:
Locked and loaded: correlates of in-home firearm storage beliefs and behaviours21 November 2024
Original research:
State expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and rates of firearm-involved deaths in the United States21 November 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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