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Injury Prevention

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1475-5785

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 5.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.833

H-Indexi

124

CiteScorei

5.7

SNIPi

1.109

Total Worksi

5,530

Total Citationsi

99,514

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Injury Prevention is an online-only, peer reviewed journal covering content on all injury prevention in all contexts. Injury Prevention publishes original research, opinion, debate, and special features on the prevention of unintentional, and intentional (violence-related) injuries from a public health perspective, across multiple settings and contexts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,530

Publisher OrgBMJ

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1475-5785

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

101

2.2k

2019

112

4.2k

2020

1.3k

2021

843

2022

506

2023

180

604

2024

185

228

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Injury Epidemiology and PreventionTraffic and Road SafetyTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesGun Ownership and Violence ResearchUrban Transport and AccessibilityAgriculture and Farm SafetyAutomotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsOccupational Health and Safety ResearchSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesEmergency and Acute Care Studies

Frequently asked questions about Injury Prevention

Is Injury Prevention a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Injury Prevention: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Injury Prevention?

Injury Prevention is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7.

Is Injury Prevention indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Injury Prevention is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.