Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Safety Research journal rankings 2016
51 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Safety Research has 51 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2015 to 1.11, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.83. The top three are The Career Development Quarterly, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and Experimental Economics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
51 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1The Career Development QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.46Q1 | 2.72 0.63 up from 2015 | 86 | 17% | $2,900 | ||
2Economic Development and Cultural ChangeUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 3.06Q1 | 1.88 0.39 down from 2015 | 73 | 24% | — | ||
3Experimental EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.86Q1 | 1.96 0.32 down from 2015 | 120 | 22% | $3,550 | ||
4Journal of Disability Policy StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.42Q1 | 1.20 0.17 down from 2015 | 61 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
5Journal of Adolescent ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.38Q1 | 1.75 0.04 down from 2015 | 105 | 15% | $3,650 | ||
6Research and Practice for Persons with Severe DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.37Q1 | 2.30 1.03 up from 2015 | 73 | 13% | $3,650 | ||
7Journal of Economic PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.30Q1 | 1.79 0.38 down from 2015 | 212 | 33% | $3,710 | ||
8Journal of Career DevelopmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.24Q1 | 1.67 0.05 down from 2015 | 96 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
9Journal of Career AssessmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.23Q1 | 1.65 0.07 down from 2015 | 176 | 13% | $3,650 | ||
10Ethics and Information TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.22Q1 | 2.16 0.27 up from 2015 | 77 | 58% | $2,190 | ||
11ACM SIGCAS Computers and SocietyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 2.18Q1 | 1.71 1.00 up from 2015 | 53 | 11% | — | ||
12Disability & SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 1.54 0.02 up from 2015 | 329 | 61% | — | ||
13The Journal of Special EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.83Q1 | 1.60 0.05 down from 2015 | 42 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
14Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and EngineeringBegell House · United States | 1.72Q2 | 1.49 0.34 up from 2015 | 55 | 9% | — | ||
15Journal of Behavioral and Experimental EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.62Q2 | 1.27 0.25 up from 2015 | 149 | 21% | $2,830 | ||
16Science and Engineering EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 1.97 0.82 up from 2015 | 321 | 32% | $3,090 | ||
17Journal of Development EffectivenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.56Q2 | 1.40 0.14 up from 2015 | 100 | 50% | — | ||
18Journal of Employment CounselingWiley · United States | 1.55Q2 | 1.65 0.61 up from 2015 | 48 | 21% | $2,900 | ||
19Career Development and Transition for Exceptional IndividualsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.53Q2 | 1.28 0.01 down from 2015 | 65 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
20Journal of Academic EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.53Q2 | 1.08 0.20 down from 2015 | 70 | 26% | $3,290 | ||
21International Journal for Educational and Vocational GuidanceSpringer Science+Business Media | 1.51Q2 | 0.95no change | 73 | 13% | $3,090 | ||
22Accountability in ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.43Q2 | 1.47 0.13 down from 2015 | 86 | 25% | $3,500 | ||
23Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchOAStockholm University Press · Sweden | 1.41Q2 | 1.15 0.25 up from 2015 | 96 | 100% | $576 | ||
24Philosophy & TechnologySpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 1.38Q2 | 1.03 0.87 down from 2015 | 111 | 57% | $3,290 | ||
25New Directions for Youth DevelopmentWiley · United States | 1.30Q2 | 1.75 1.05 up from 2015 | 70 | — | — | ||
26Adoption QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.11Q2 | 0.92 0.10 up from 2015 | 56 | 22% | — | ||
27Journal of Vocational RehabilitationIOS Press · United States | 1.09Q3 | 0.94 0.06 up from 2015 | 163 | 27% | $4,150 | ||
28InclusionAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States | 1.08Q3 | 1.05 0.23 down from 2015 | 82 | 7% | — | ||
29Child and Adolescent Social Work JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.07Q3 | 1.01 0.07 up from 2015 | 124 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
30The Journal of Postsecondary Education and DisabilityPublisher not listed | 0.97Q3 | 0.66 0.10 down from 2015 | 85 | 0% | — | ||
31Journal of Public Child WelfareTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.94Q3 | 0.95 0.21 down from 2015 | 102 | 7% | — | ||
32Residential Treatment for Children & YouthTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.90Q3 | 0.91 0.30 up from 2015 | 57 | 20% | — | ||
33Sexuality and DisabilitySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.87Q3 | 1.29 0.59 up from 2015 | 124 | 19% | $3,290 | ||
34Rehabilitation Counseling BulletinSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.85Q3 | 0.71 0.06 down from 2015 | 90 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
35Engineering StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.81Q3 | 0.41 0.98 down from 2015 | 66 | 25% | — | ||
36AI & SocietySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.81Q3 | 0.76 0.13 up from 2015 | 247 | 39% | $3,190 | ||
37Journal of rehabilitationUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · United States | 0.73Q3 | 0.63 0.53 down from 2015 | 55 | 0% | — | ||
38IEEE Technology and Society MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.69Q3 | 0.55 0.18 down from 2015 | 232 | 4% | — | ||
39International Journal of Gender, Science, and TechnologyPublisher not listed | 0.68Q3 | 0.40 0.04 down from 2015 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
40Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability StudiesLiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 0.68Q4 | 0.46 0.17 down from 2015 | 94 | 0% | — | ||
41Adoption & FosteringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.58Q4 | 0.53 0.25 up from 2015 | 115 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
42Rehabilitation Research Policy and EducationSpringer Nature · United States | 0.57Q4 | 0.38 0.17 down from 2015 | 71 | 0% | — | ||
43Journal of Applied Rehabilitation CounselingSpringer Nature · United States | 0.49Q4 | 0.50 0.34 up from 2015 | 51 | 4% | — | ||
44Archives of BudoInternational Scientific Information Inc. · Poland | 0.49Q4 | 0.95 0.16 down from 2015 | 64 | 0% | — | ||
45Minds and MachinesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.46Q4 | 0.51 0.16 down from 2015 | 79 | 41% | $3,290 | ||
46International Journal on Disability and Human DevelopmentDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.42Q4 | 0.70 0.18 up from 2015 | 179 | 10% | — | ||
47Disability CBR & Inclusive DevelopmentOAVU e-Publishing · Netherlands | 0.38Q4 | 0.47 0.01 up from 2015 | 103 | 100% | — | ||
48Journal of Youth DevelopmentOAUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States | 0.34Q4 | 0.30 0.03 up from 2015 | 89 | 100% | — | ||
49International Journal of TechnoethicsIGI Global · United States | 0.27Q4 | 0.54 0.16 up from 2015 | 40 | 0% | — | ||
50Revista de artes marciales asiáticasOAUniversity of León · Spain | 0.09Q4 | 0.41 0.23 up from 2015 | 30 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Safety Research highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,233
- Education677
- Political Science and International Relations308
- Communication68
- Gender Studies63
- Health52
- Public Administration51
- Safety Research51
- Law46
- Transportation46
- Linguistics and Language45
- Library and Information Sciences43
- Urban Studies42
- Demography41
- Anthropology40
- Geography, Planning and Development27
- Cultural Studies10
- Development4
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Safety Research journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 51
- Window papers (baseline)
- 32,810 +6.9% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 1.11 +26.4% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 12,378 | 13,450 | 14,537 | 15,737 | 16,531 | 17,755 | 18,527 | 20,440 | 22,001 | 24,308 | 26,052 | 27,912 | 29,445 | 30,699 | 31,512 | 32,232 | 32,810 | 33,277 | 33,608 | 34,117 | 34,778 | 35,732 | 36,134 | 35,754 | 35,845 | 39,824 | |
| Median OJR | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 1.016 | 1.002 | 0.999 | 1.024 | 0.95 | 1.078 | 0.96 | 1.084 | 0.88 | 1.13 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.24 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 0.993 | 1.09 | 0.988 | 0.85 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.