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Journal of Safety Science and Resilience

Journal of Safety Science and Resilience is an open access scholarly journal that publishes scientific research on safety science and resilience, including natural disasters, man-made and environmental hazards, monitoring and early warning technologies, resilience analysis for critical infrastructure and communities, social-network event evaluation, and optimization of accident and disaster response. It focuses primarily on original research papers and also welcomes state-of-the-art review papers and significant case histories on accidents and disasters.

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Subject Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Impact Factor 3.4
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 2096-7527
eISSN 2666-4496
Invitation Only No
Cost Range APC: USD 1200 excluding taxes; waived for papers submitted before 31 December 2023.

Submission Instructions

Journal of Safety Science and Resilience accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Research Papers

Cover Letter Submission implies publication is approved by all authors and by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.
Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract must be unstructured and able to stand alone. The abstract must briefly state the purpose of the research, the principal results, and the major conclusions.
Manuscript Articles must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections with numbered subsections. Keywords must be submitted with the paper, and acknowledgements must appear in a separate section before the references.
References References must use a numbered style with citations in square brackets. References must be numbered in the order of first appearance in the text and journal names must be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations.
Figures & Tables Figures may be presented with captions in the manuscript body but must also be uploaded as separate files, and captions must be provided separately. Illustrations and tables must be numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the text.
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Reviews

Cover Letter Submission implies approval of the manuscript by all authors.
Abstract A concise, factual abstract is required.
Manuscript Manuscripts must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections with numbered subsections as needed. Keywords must be submitted with the paper.
References References must be cited in the text by number in square brackets and listed in numerical order of first appearance. Journal names in the reference list must be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations.
Figures & Tables Figures may be presented with captions in the manuscript body, but figures, figure captions, and tables must also be uploaded separately.
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Editorial

Cover Letter Submission implies that publication is approved by all authors and by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.
Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required.
Manuscript Articles must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections with numbered subsections. Keywords should be submitted with the paper.
References References must be cited by number in square brackets and listed in numerical order of appearance. Journal names must be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations.
Figures & Tables Figures may be presented with captions in the manuscript, but figures, figure captions, and tables must also be uploaded as separate files. Illustrations and tables must be numbered consecutively in the order they appear in the text.
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Discussions

Cover Letter Submission implies that publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.
Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should be unstructured and able to stand alone. The abstract must briefly state the purpose of the research, the principal results, and the major conclusions.
Manuscript Articles must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections with numbered subsections. Keywords should be submitted with the paper, and acknowledgements must appear in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.
References References must be cited by number in square brackets and listed in numerical order of appearance. Journal names must be abbreviated according to the List of Title Word Abbreviations, and every in-text citation must appear in the reference list and vice versa.
Figures & Tables Each figure must be submitted as a separate file with captions provided separately, and tables including title, description, and footnotes must be uploaded. Illustrations and tables must be numbered consecutively in the order they appear in the text.
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Recent Publications

A Delphi–AHP and Dual-track Bayesian calibration Framework for Setting-Specific Transmission Risk Assessment of Acute Respiratory Infectious Diseases

Pan Yao, Yan Niu, HongTao Wu, Ling Meng, LiJie Zhang, HuiHui Liu, BaiSong Li, Dan Wang, YePing Wang, Dan Yuan

10.1016/j.jnlssr.2026.100328
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AI for safety: rethinking risk in human-AI socio-technical systems

Hui Zhang, Qing Deng, Esmaeil Zarei, Bin Chen

10.1016/j.jnlssr.2026.100329
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Analysis of Occupational Diseases and Standard of OHP in the UK Construction Industry

Andrew Oyen Arewa, David Tann, Oluwafemi George Olatoye, Ismaeel Husain

10.1016/j.jnlssr.2026.100325
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Exploring short/long-term measures of microgrids for efficient power system resilience

Tamer M.Z. Elsharkawy, Beshoy Abdou Aziz, Waleed A.A. Salem, Ragab A. El-Sehiemy

10.1016/j.jnlssr.2026.100330
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AI4AirSafe: A Quintuple KG–LLM Framework for Causal Reasoning in Aviation Accidents

Hanzhi Lin, Jian Zhang, Xin Yao, Danhuai Guo

10.1016/j.jnlssr.2026.100331
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

6 days from submission to first decision; 48 days from submission to decision after review; 95 days from submission to acceptance; 57 days from acceptance to online publication.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC is USD 1200 excluding taxes. The APC is waived for papers submitted before 31 December 2023.

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Research Topics

Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics Risk and Safety Analysis Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis Disaster Management and Resilience Occupational Health and Safety Research Fire dynamics and safety research COVID-19 epidemiological studies Fire Detection and Safety Systems Traffic and Road Safety Fire effects on ecosystems Flood Risk Assessment and Management Combustion and Detonation Processes Facility Location and Emergency Management Disaster Response and Management Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Wind and Air Flow Studies Safety and Risk Management Traffic control and management Crime Patterns and Interventions Transportation Planning and Optimization Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

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