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Journal of Safety and Sustainability is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2949-9267Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 142 / 282 | 49th | Q3 |
| Safety Research | 69 / 108 | 36th | Q3 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 159 / 244 | 35th | Q3 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 246 / 345 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Safety and Sustainability is Q3 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 142 of 282), Q3 in Safety Research (rank 69 of 108) and Q3 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 159 of 244), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Safety and Sustainability is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3, 49th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Safety and Sustainability is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2949-9267.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Safety and Sustainability has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 3.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #45 of 199 Scopus journals in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.
Journal of Safety and Sustainability published 31 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 72 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (39.4%), United States (10.9%) and Canada (4.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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