Injury Prevention

Aims & Scope

Since its inception in 1995, Injury Prevention has been the pre-eminent repository of original research and compelling commentary relevant to this increasingly important field.

An international peer reviewed journal, it offers the best in science, policy, and public health practice to reduce the burden of injury in all age groups around the world.

The journal publishes original research, opinion, debate and special features on the prevention of unintentional, occupational and intentional (violence-related) injuries.

Injury Prevention is online only.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5911

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	831

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.878

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	99

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults

  Citation: 1067

  Authors: J A, P S, E A, T R

• The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

  Citation: 944

  Authors: Juanita A, Nicholas, Ian, Mohsen, Hideki, Erin C, Semaw Ferede, Jerry Puthenpurakal, Koranteng, Ubai, Emmanuel A, Walid, Carl Abelardo T, Lope H, Tolesa, Dipan, Alexandra, Ferrán, Lalit, Rakhi, Paul I, Diego, Louisa, Sarah, Samath D, Tim R, Leilei, Sergey, Farshad, Valery L, Richard C, Belinda, Richard A, Nima, Randah Ribhi, Martha, Guoqing, Sudha P, Guohong, Yousef Saleh, Ejaz Ahmad, Sanjay, Chanda, Fiona E, Ricky, Raimundas, Ronan Anthony, Marek, Amanda J, Richard, Peter A, Wubegzier, Ted R, Charles N, Rosana E, Ricardo, Suzanne, Farshad, Vafa, Amany, David, Nobhojit, David C, Amira, Saeid, Vegard, Kjetil, Sergey, Dan J, Bryan L, Karen M, Awoke Misganaw, Eric Yeboah, Alice M, Bach Xuan, Tommi J, Monica S, Vasiliy Victorovich, Solomon Meseret, Paul, Naohiro, Mustafa Z, Chuanhua, Christopher J L, Theo, Shivanthi, Michael R

• Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling

  Citation: 590

  Authors: P L

• Gender differences for non-fatal unintentional fall related injuries among older adults

  Citation: 399

  Authors: J A, E D

• An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score

  Citation: 352

  Authors: M, M, I, C, G

• Incidence and lifetime costs of injuries in the United States

  Citation: 350

  Authors: P, E, T, I, E

• The global burden of falls: global, regional and national estimates of morbidity and mortality from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  Citation: 342

  Authors: Spencer L, Lydia R, Catherine, Chris D, Zachary V, Jack T, Erin B, Nathaniel J, Kris J, Zichen, Darrah, Molly R, Nicholas L S, Dillon O, Jose C, Amit, Andrew M, Daniel, Cyrus, Lalit, Rakhi, Christian Lycke, Seyed-Mohammad, Tiffany K, Juanita A, Delia, Mikk, G Anil, Alan D, Tomasz, Ted R, GK, Erkin M, Efat, Pedro R, Fakher, Lidia Sanchez, Santos, Yuichiro, Simon I, Stephen S, Ali H, Mohsen, Christopher J L

• An introduction to the Barell body region by nature of injury diagnosis matrix

  Citation: 303

  Authors: V, L, L A, E J, A, V, A, M, R

• Sports and recreation related injury episodes in the US population, 1997–99

  Citation: 276

  Authors: J M, J L, J

• Risk homeostasis theory: an overview: Figure 1

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Gerald J S

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