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International Journal of Vehicle Safety

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1479-3105

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.12

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

340

Total Citationsi

1,591

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IJVS provides an authoritative source of information in the field of vehicle safety design, research and development. It serves applied scientists, engineers, policy makers and safety advocates with a platform to develop, promote and coordinate the science, technology and practice of vehicle safety. IJVS seeks to establish channels of communication between industry, academy and government in the field of vehicle safety, and also covers subjects of passive/active safety in road traffic as well as traffic-related public health issues.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Frequency4 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications340

Publisher OrgInderscience Publishers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

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?

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-3105

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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

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2025

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.

Automotive EngineeringQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Automotive Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Automotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsTransportation Safety and Impact AnalysisTraffic and Road SafetyVehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsAutonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyInjury Epidemiology and PreventionAgriculture and Farm SafetySoil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsCellular and Composite StructuresTraffic control and management

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Vehicle Safety

Is International Journal of Vehicle Safety a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Vehicle Safety: it is indexed in 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 International Journal of Vehicle Safety?

International Journal of Vehicle Safety is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.12.

Is International Journal of Vehicle Safety indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Vehicle Safety is indexed in Scopus.