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Safety
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Safety

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 937 21 28 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 50
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 25
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.522
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Safety?

Safety focuses on Occupational safety and health, Injury prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Transport engineering and Risk analysis (engineering). In addition to Occupational safety and health research, the journal aims to explore topics under Applied psychology and Environmental health. Most of the Human factors and ergonomics studies addressed also intersect with Suicide prevention.

  • Occupational safety and health (17.69%)
  • Injury prevention (10.66%)
  • Human factors and ergonomics (9.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Learning to Drive Safely: Reasonable Expectations and Future Directions for the Learner Period. (32 citations)
  • Influence of Cognitive Biases in Distorting Decision Making and Leading to Critical Unfavorable Incidents (30 citations)
  • The Neuroergonomics of Aircraft Cockpits: The Four Stages of Eye-Tracking Integration to Enhance Flight Safety (23 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Safety:

The journal publications aim to foster the development of research in Occupational safety and health, Human factors and ergonomics, Injury prevention, Transport engineering and Construction site safety. In addition to Occupational safety and health research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Outreach, Empirical research, Risk analysis (engineering) and Environmental health. While Human factors and ergonomics is the key highlight in the published articles, thet also covered some subjects on Suicide prevention and Depression (differential diagnoses), Mental health and Computer security.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Statistics
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Transport engineering, Occupational safety and health, Applied psychology, Risk analysis (engineering) and Driving simulator. The concepts on Transport engineering presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Cycling and Identification (information). Safety aims to bridge the gap between the study of Occupational safety and health and Debt.

Safety facilitates discussions on Applied psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Roundabout, Driving skills and CHAID. The studies on Risk analysis (engineering) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Framing (construction), Audit, Construction site safety, Process (engineering) and Punishment (psychology). While Risk perception is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Human factors and ergonomics and Inclusion (education).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Impact of Construction Safety Culture and Construction Safety Climate on Safety Behavior and Safety Motivation (2 citations)
  • A Combinatorial Safety Analysis of Cruise Ship Diesel–Electric Propulsion Plant Blackout (2 citations)
  • Research on the Use of Mobile Devices and Headphones on Pedestrian Crossings—Pilot Case Study from Slovakia (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Н. М. Барбин (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard C. Franklin (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • С. Г. Алексеев (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Melvin L. Myers (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • N. M. Barbin (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Safety (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Colorado State University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bond University (3 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 94.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Methodology for Monitoring Work Zones Traffic Operations Using Connected Vehicle Data

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • The Effect of a LED Lighting Crosswalk on Pedestrian Safety: Some Experimental Results

    Sergio Maria Patella;Simone Sportiello;Stefano Carrese;Francesco Bella

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Evaluating the Associations between Forward Collision Warning Severity and Driving Context

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • A Focus Group Study to Explore Risky Ridership among Young Motorcyclists in Manipal, India

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Assessing System-Wide Safety Readiness for Successful Human–Robot Collaboration Adoption

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Goal Conflicts, Classical Management and Constructivism: How Operators Get Things Done

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • The State of the Practice in Validation of Model-Based Safety Analysis in Socio-Technical Systems: An Empirical Study

    Reyhaneh Sadeghi;Floris Goerlandt

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Comparing Machine Learning Techniques for Predictions of Motorway Segment Crash Risk Level

    (2023)
    9 Citations
  • Natech Accidents Triggered by Heat Waves

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • A Case Study for an Assessment of Fire Station Selection in the Central Urban Area

    (2023)
    8 Citations

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