Safety Science
Safety Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering research on all aspects of human and industrial safety. The editor-in-chief is Georgios Boustras. The journal was established in 1976 as the Journal of Occupational Accidents, with Herbert Eisner as founding editor-in-chief. In 1990, the aims and scope of the journal were expanded, and the journal obtained its current name.
Editors-in-chief
Since 1990, the following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:- 1990–2009: Andrew Hale
- 2010–2012: Kathryn Mearns
- 2013–2017: Jean-Luc Wybo
- 2018–present: Georgios Boustras
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 5.4.