Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Safety Research journal rankings 2018
51 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Safety Research has 51 ranked journals in 2018. The median OJR fell 0.14 on 2017 to 1.10, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.95. The top three are Journal of the Economic Science Association, Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, and The Career Development Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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
Filters
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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Journal of the Economic Science AssociationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 5.29Q1 | 1.42 5.64 down from 2017 | 45 | 47% | $3,550 | ||
2Research and Practice for Persons with Severe DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.99Q1 | 2.38 0.71 down from 2017 | 64 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
3The Career Development QuarterlyWiley · United States | 2.75Q1 | 1.92 0.44 down from 2017 | 91 | 12% | $2,900 | ||
4Economic Development and Cultural ChangeUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.73Q1 | 2.16 0.05 down from 2017 | 80 | 38% | — | ||
5Experimental EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.61Q1 | 2.85 1.05 up from 2017 | 125 | 33% | $3,550 | ||
6Ethics and Information TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.42Q1 | 3.03 0.49 up from 2017 | 85 | 41% | $2,190 | ||
7InclusionAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States | 2.41Q1 | 1.20no change | 86 | 6% | — | ||
8Philosophy & TechnologySpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 2.33Q1 | 2.71 1.11 up from 2017 | 112 | 74% | $3,290 | ||
9Journal of Economic PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.22Q1 | 2.36 0.06 down from 2017 | 230 | 37% | $3,710 | ||
10Career Development and Transition for Exceptional IndividualsSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.11Q1 | 1.24 0.06 down from 2017 | 60 | 24% | $3,650 | ||
11Journal of Career AssessmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.03Q1 | 1.30 0.15 down from 2017 | 148 | 29% | $3,650 | ||
12Journal of Career DevelopmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.45 0.22 down from 2017 | 157 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
13Journal of Adolescent ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.95Q1 | 1.53 0.07 down from 2017 | 97 | 30% | $3,650 | ||
14Journal of Disability Policy StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.90Q2 | 1.36 0.05 up from 2017 | 51 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
15International Journal for Educational and Vocational GuidanceSpringer Science+Business Media | 1.76Q2 | 1.31 0.19 down from 2017 | 62 | 26% | $3,090 | ||
16Disability & SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.65Q2 | 1.57 0.18 up from 2017 | 388 | 70% | — | ||
17Journal of Academic EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.63Q2 | 1.35 0.15 up from 2017 | 70 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
18Science and Engineering EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.55Q2 | 1.88 0.17 down from 2017 | 375 | 25% | $3,090 | ||
19The Journal of Special EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.54Q2 | 2.28 0.45 up from 2017 | 51 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
20Accountability in ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.36Q2 | 1.92 0.53 up from 2017 | 72 | 24% | $3,500 | ||
21Journal of Behavioral and Experimental EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.34Q2 | 1.42 0.20 up from 2017 | 227 | 31% | $2,830 | ||
22Journal of Vocational RehabilitationIOS Press · United States | 1.31Q2 | 1.36 0.37 up from 2017 | 190 | 12% | $4,150 | ||
23Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability StudiesLiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 1.29Q2 | 1.04 0.34 down from 2017 | 99 | 0% | — | ||
24Child and Adolescent Social Work JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.29Q2 | 1.11 0.18 down from 2017 | 143 | 16% | $3,290 | ||
25Journal of Development EffectivenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.27Q2 | 2.93 1.60 up from 2017 | 86 | 64% | — | ||
26The Journal of Postsecondary Education and DisabilityPublisher not listed | 1.10Q2 | 0.92 0.05 up from 2017 | 83 | 0% | — | ||
27Residential Treatment for Children & YouthTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.09Q3 | 1.66 0.47 up from 2017 | 56 | 18% | — | ||
28Journal of Employment CounselingWiley · United States | 1.08Q3 | 0.53 0.56 down from 2017 | 54 | 23% | $2,900 | ||
29Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and EngineeringBegell House · United States | 0.95Q3 | 0.59 0.17 down from 2017 | 59 | 6% | — | ||
30Journal of Public Child WelfareTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.91Q3 | 1.18 0.24 up from 2017 | 99 | 10% | — | ||
31Minds and MachinesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.89Q3 | 1.71 0.87 up from 2017 | 93 | 48% | $3,290 | ||
32Engineering StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.87Q3 | 2.09 1.55 up from 2017 | 61 | 44% | — | ||
33Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchOAStockholm University Press · Sweden | 0.84Q3 | 1.03 0.54 up from 2017 | 57 | 100% | $576 | ||
34ACM SIGCAS Computers and SocietyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 0.81Q3 | 0.83 0.03 down from 2017 | 138 | 6% | — | ||
35AI & SocietySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.80Q3 | 0.86 0.07 up from 2017 | 247 | 36% | $3,190 | ||
36Adoption & FosteringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 0.60 0.08 up from 2017 | 115 | 18% | $3,650 | ||
37International Journal of Gender, Science, and TechnologyPublisher not listed | 0.68Q3 | 0.45 0.20 down from 2017 | 49 | 0% | — | ||
38Sexuality and DisabilitySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.66Q3 | 1.10 0.12 down from 2017 | 112 | 31% | $3,290 | ||
39Rehabilitation Counseling BulletinSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.65Q3 | 0.63 0.08 down from 2017 | 83 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
40Adoption QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.63Q4 | 0.54 0.49 down from 2017 | 42 | 12% | — | ||
41IEEE Technology and Society MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.61Q4 | 0.73 0.09 up from 2017 | 256 | 62% | — | ||
42Archives of BudoInternational Scientific Information Inc. · Poland | 0.58Q4 | 1.06 0.13 up from 2017 | 52 | 0% | — | ||
43Journal of Youth DevelopmentOAUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States | 0.52Q4 | 0.52 0.08 up from 2017 | 95 | 100% | — | ||
44Journal of Applied Rehabilitation CounselingSpringer Nature · United States | 0.50Q4 | 0.50 0.15 up from 2017 | 46 | 29% | — | ||
45Disability CBR & Inclusive DevelopmentOAVU e-Publishing · Netherlands | 0.49Q4 | 0.44 0.10 up from 2017 | 96 | 100% | — | ||
46International Journal of TechnoethicsIGI Global · United States | 0.40Q4 | 0.65 0.39 up from 2017 | 42 | 10% | — | ||
47International Journal on Disability and Human DevelopmentDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.40Q4 | 0.38 0.07 up from 2017 | 147 | 0% | — | ||
48Journal of rehabilitationUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · United States | 0.40Q4 | 0.62 0.07 up from 2017 | 51 | 0% | — | ||
49Rehabilitation Research Policy and EducationSpringer Nature · United States | 0.26Q4 | 0.41 0.15 down from 2017 | 78 | 35% | — | ||
50Revista de artes marciales asiáticasOAUniversity of León · Spain | 0.13Q4 | 0.19 0.02 up from 2017 | 101 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Safety Research highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,315
- Education714
- Political Science and International Relations321
- Communication74
- Gender Studies61
- Health52
- Safety Research51
- Public Administration50
- Urban Studies49
- Law47
- Linguistics and Language47
- Transportation47
- Library and Information Sciences42
- Demography40
- Anthropology38
- Geography, Planning and Development29
- Cultural Studies9
- Development4
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% 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 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 51
- Window papers (baseline)
- 33,608 +4.3% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 1.10 +5.5% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.