a Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences, Research Group ARGoSS, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
b Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), HUB, KULeuven, Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Abstract:Using an online survey, we asked safety researchers around the globe how they perceived the quality of a list of 35 representative safetyjournals. We found that the most well-respected journal by expert opinion was the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. However, taking both the respondents’ results and the citation-based results into consideration, the Journal of Hazardous Materials is the most influential journal, followed by Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Risk Analysis, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Safety Science.
HighlightsSafetyjournals’ perceived quality- and 1-year IF-rankings were uncorrelated.Safetyjournals’ perceived quality- and 5-year IF-rankings were correlated. Top 5 of safetyjournals was determined w.r.t. objective and subjective criteria.