Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
Choose a field to open its ranking, or a journal to find its row in its subfield’s list.
Subfield ranking · 2019
Safety Research journal rankings 2019
56 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Safety Research has 56 ranked journals in 2019. The median OJR fell 0.09 on 2018 to 1.01, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.64. The top three are International Journal for Educational Integrity, Philosophy & Technology, and The Career Development Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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)
56 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1International Journal for Educational IntegrityOABioMed Central · Australia | 5.33Q1 | 5.59 3.00 up from 2018 | 32 | 100% | $1,290 | ||
2Philosophy & TechnologySpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 3.24Q1 | 3.64 0.93 up from 2018 | 122 | 62% | $3,290 | ||
3The Career Development QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.04Q1 | 2.97 1.05 up from 2018 | 95 | 18% | $2,900 | ||
4Journal of Career AssessmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.97Q1 | 2.84 1.54 up from 2018 | 116 | 53% | $3,650 | ||
5Ethics and Information TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.49Q1 | 3.00 0.03 down from 2018 | 109 | 57% | $2,190 | ||
6Journal of Economic PsychologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.16Q1 | 2.74 0.38 up from 2018 | 237 | 40% | $3,710 | ||
7Journal of Academic EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.11Q1 | 2.48 1.13 up from 2018 | 65 | 27% | $3,290 | ||
8Disability & SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 2.72 1.15 up from 2018 | 363 | 66% | — | ||
9Economic Development and Cultural ChangeUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.05Q1 | 1.62 0.54 down from 2018 | 124 | 30% | — | ||
10Experimental EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.88Q1 | 2.24 0.61 down from 2018 | 118 | 49% | $3,550 | ||
11Journal of Disability Policy StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.75Q1 | 1.67 0.30 up from 2018 | 62 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
12Journal of Adolescent ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.75Q1 | 1.74 0.21 up from 2018 | 79 | 42% | $3,650 | ||
13Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)OAPurdue University Press · United States | 1.70Q1 | 1.78 0.70 down from 2018 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
14Research and Practice for Persons with Severe DisabilitiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.64Q1 | 2.31 0.07 down from 2018 | 59 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
15Science and Engineering EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 2.99 1.11 up from 2018 | 322 | 43% | $3,090 | ||
16The Journal of Special EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.59Q2 | 2.09 0.19 down from 2018 | 69 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
17Journal of Career DevelopmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.59Q2 | 1.14 0.32 down from 2018 | 156 | 20% | $3,650 | ||
18Journal of the Economic Science AssociationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.54Q2 | 1.62 0.20 up from 2018 | 41 | 48% | $3,550 | ||
19Journal of Behavioral and Experimental EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.54Q2 | 1.87 0.45 up from 2018 | 236 | 25% | $2,830 | ||
20Minds and MachinesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.53Q2 | 3.26 1.55 up from 2018 | 95 | 52% | $3,290 | ||
21Child and Adolescent Social Work JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.41Q2 | 1.63 0.52 up from 2018 | 151 | 25% | $3,290 | ||
22Engineering StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.33Q2 | 2.05 0.04 down from 2018 | 30 | 39% | — | ||
23Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchOAStockholm University Press · Sweden | 1.28Q2 | 0.85 0.18 down from 2018 | 62 | 100% | $576 | ||
24Career Development and Transition for Exceptional IndividualsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.27Q2 | 0.89 0.35 down from 2018 | 78 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
25International Journal for Educational and Vocational GuidanceSpringer Science+Business Media | 1.25Q2 | 1.07 0.24 down from 2018 | 59 | 41% | $3,090 | ||
26Journal of Development EffectivenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 2.42 0.51 down from 2018 | 67 | 41% | — | ||
27The Journal of Postsecondary Education and DisabilityPublisher not listed | 1.03Q2 | 0.93 0.01 up from 2018 | 72 | 0% | — | ||
28Accountability in ResearchTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.01Q2 | 1.34 0.58 down from 2018 | 67 | 42% | $3,500 | ||
29Residential Treatment for Children & YouthTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.00Q3 | 0.67 0.99 down from 2018 | 69 | 19% | — | ||
30Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability StudiesLiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 1.00Q3 | 0.47 0.58 down from 2018 | 105 | 5% | — | ||
31Journal of Employment CounselingWiley · United States | 1.00Q3 | 0.80 0.28 up from 2018 | 59 | 26% | $2,900 | ||
32AI & SocietySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.97Q3 | 1.10 0.24 up from 2018 | 260 | 36% | $3,190 | ||
33Adoption QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.97Q3 | 0.52 0.02 down from 2018 | 42 | 24% | — | ||
34Child welfareChild Welfare League of America · United States | 0.93Q3 | 1.12 0.66 up from 2018 | 47 | 0% | — | ||
35Journal of Vocational RehabilitationIOS Press · United States | 0.77Q3 | 0.89 0.47 down from 2018 | 220 | 51% | $4,150 | ||
36Journal of Public Child WelfareTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.76Q3 | 0.80 0.38 down from 2018 | 103 | 12% | — | ||
37Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and EngineeringBegell House · United States | 0.75Q3 | 0.84 0.25 up from 2018 | 55 | 11% | — | ||
38ACM SIGCAS Computers and SocietyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 0.74Q3 | 0.41 0.41 down from 2018 | 124 | 0% | — | ||
39Sexuality and DisabilitySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.74Q3 | 1.07 0.03 down from 2018 | 116 | 27% | $3,290 | ||
40InclusionAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States | 0.73Q3 | 0.73 0.47 down from 2018 | 82 | 4% | — | ||
41Rehabilitation Counseling BulletinSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.64Q3 | 0.90 0.27 up from 2018 | 78 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
42Journal of Youth DevelopmentOAUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh · United States | 0.62Q3 | 0.80 0.28 up from 2018 | 127 | 100% | — | ||
43Martial Arts StudiesOAUnited Kingdom | 0.62Q4 | 0.54 0.51 down from 2018 | 34 | 100% | — | ||
44International Journal of TechnoethicsIGI Global · United States | 0.61Q4 | 0.96 0.31 up from 2018 | 42 | 17% | — | ||
45IEEE Technology and Society MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 0.59Q4 | 0.80 0.07 up from 2018 | 251 | 77% | — | ||
46International Journal of Gender, Science, and TechnologyPublisher not listed | 0.54Q4 | 0.56 0.11 up from 2018 | 46 | 0% | — | ||
47Adoption & FosteringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.52Q4 | 0.68 0.08 up from 2018 | 117 | 29% | $3,650 | ||
48Archives of BudoInternational Scientific Information Inc. · Poland | 0.52Q4 | 0.81 0.24 down from 2018 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
49Journal of rehabilitationUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · United States | 0.44Q4 | 0.57 0.05 down from 2018 | 42 | 0% | — | ||
50Disability CBR & Inclusive DevelopmentOAVU e-Publishing · Netherlands | 0.33Q4 | 0.37 0.07 down from 2018 | 104 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Safety Research highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,325
- Education724
- Political Science and International Relations326
- Communication74
- Gender Studies64
- Safety Research56
- Health53
- Public Administration51
- Law48
- Linguistics and Language48
- Urban Studies48
- Transportation46
- Library and Information Sciences44
- Demography38
- Anthropology37
- Geography, Planning and Development31
- Cultural Studies8
- Development3
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
8 additional Safety Research journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 56
- Window papers (baseline)
- 34,117 +4.0% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 1.01 -9.4% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.