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Accident Analysis and Prevention

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1879-2057

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.997

H-Indexi

249

SNIPi

2.591

Total Worksi

9,949

Total Citationsi

470,661

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Accident Analysis and Prevention provides comprehensive coverage of various aspects related to accidental injuries and damages, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. The journal addresses medical, public, environmental and occupational health, law, economics, industrial engineering, political science, public administration, social sciences, transportation, human factors, ergonomics, and safety, risk, reliability and quality.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,949

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-2057

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

323

17k

2019

441

18k

2020

449

17k

2021

254

7.5k

2022

357

7.5k

2023

349

5.6k

2024

341

1.8k

2025

277

167

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.

Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ1

LawQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ1

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ErgonomicsPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, InterdisciplinaryTransportation

Scopus Categories

LawSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityHuman Factors and ErgonomicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Traffic and Road SafetyUrban Transport and AccessibilityInjury Epidemiology and PreventionHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyOccupational Health and Safety ResearchAutomotive and Human Injury BiomechanicsOlder Adults Driving StudiesSafety Warnings and SignageTraffic control and managementTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Accident Analysis and Prevention

Is Accident Analysis and Prevention a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Accident Analysis and 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 Accident Analysis and Prevention?

Accident Analysis and 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 6.29.

Is Accident Analysis and Prevention indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Accident Analysis and Prevention is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.