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Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Industrial, Operations Research & Management Science, Engineering, Safety journals, Ranking, Journal quality, Journal evaluation, Perception, Impact factor, 09 Engineering, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Human Factors, 40 Engineering, 42 Health sciences, 52 Psychology

Abstract:

Using an online survey, we asked safety researchers around the globe how they perceived the quality of a list of 35 representative safety journals. We found that the most well-respected journal by expert opinion was the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. However, taking both the respondents' results and the citation-based results into consideration, the Journal of Hazardous Materials is the most influential journal, followed by Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Risk Analysis, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Safety Science. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.