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Best Safety Research journals

107 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Safety Research. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 27 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Analytic Methods in Accident Research 22.6 99th Q1 SSCI B No
2 Global Food Security 17.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
3 Safety Science 13.7 97th Q1 SCIE A No
4 NanoImpact 12.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 9.1 95th Q1 SCIE A No
6 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 8.4 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity 8.2 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 Journal of Safety Science and Resilience 8.1 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
9 IATSS Research 7 92th Q1 ESCI C Yes
10 Food Analytical Methods 6.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
11 Digital Threats: Research and Practice 6.9 90th Q1 ESCI No
12 Terrorism and Political Violence 6.7 89th Q1 SSCI No
13 Journal of Cyber Security Technology 6.6 88th Q1 No
14 Journal of Transportation Safety and Security 6.4 87th Q1 SSCI No
15 Progress in Disaster Science 6.4 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 6.1 85th Q1 ESCI No
17 Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 5.7 84th Q1 SSCI No
18 European Journal of Risk Regulation 5.7 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 Journal of Transport and Health 5.7 82th Q1 SSCI B No
20 Journal of Peace Research 5.6 81th Q1 SSCI No
21 Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 5.5 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics 5.5 80th Q1 SSCI No
23 Safety and Health at Work 5.4 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
24 Journal of Applied Volcanology 5.4 78th Q1 Yes
25 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering 5.4 77th Q1 ESCI No
26 Fire 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Journal of Applied Security Research 5 75th Q1 ESCI No
28 European Journal of International Security 4.9 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
29 International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism 4.8 73th Q2 ESCI No
30 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 4.7 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
31 International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 4.4 71th Q2 SSCI No
32 Security Journal 4.2 70th Q2 SSCI No
33 Infrastructure Asset Management 4 69th Q2 ESCI No
34 Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 3.9 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
35 Safety 3.9 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
36 Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 3.7 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
37 Traffic Injury Prevention 3.7 66th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
38 International Journal of Emergency Services 3.6 65th Q2 ESCI C No
39 Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs 3.6 64th Q2 No
40 International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security 3.6 63th Q2 No
41 Journal of Air Transportation 3.6 62th Q2 No
42 Surveillance and Society 3.5 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
43 Armed Forces and Society 3.4 60th Q2 SSCI No
44 Journal of Global Security Studies 3.3 59th Q2 ESCI No
45 Crime Prevention and Community Safety 3.3 58th Q2 ESCI No
46 Perfusion (United Kingdom) 3.3 57th Q2 SCIE No
47 Peacebuilding 3.2 56th Q2 SSCI No
48 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 2.9 56th Q2 ESCI No
49 EDPACS 2.8 55th Q2 C No
50 African Security 2.8 54th Q2 ESCI No
51 Journal of Transportation Security 2.7 53th Q2 ESCI B No
52 IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 2.6 52th Q2 ESCI No
53 African Security Review 2.6 50th Q2 ESCI No
54 Health Security 2.5 50th Q2 SSCI No
55 Frontiers in Political Science 2.5 49th Q3 ESCI Yes
56 Safety and Reliability 2.4 48th Q3 No
57 Democracy and Security 2.4 47th Q3 ESCI No
58 Journal of Regional Security 2.4 46th Q3 Yes
59 Perspectives on Terrorism 2.3 45th Q3 Yes
60 Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 2.3 44th Q3 ESCI No
61 Traffic Safety Research 2.3 43th Q3 ESCI Yes
62 Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 2.2 43th Q3 SSCI No
63 Asian Security 2.2 42th Q3 No
64 International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology 2.1 41th Q3 No
65 China Safety Science Journal 2.1 40th Q3 No
66 Safer Communities 2 39th Q3 ESCI No
67 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies 1.9 38th Q3 Yes
68 Central European Journal of International and Security Studies 1.9 37th Q3 Yes
69 Journal of Safety and Sustainability 1.8 36th Q3 Yes
70 Revista Cientifica General Jose Maria Cordova 1.7 35th Q3 ESCI Yes
71 Global Governance 1.7 34th Q3 SSCI No
72 SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety 1.6 33th Q3 ESCI No
73 Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 1.5 32th Q3 No
74 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 31th Q3 No
75 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health 1.5 30th Q3 Yes
76 Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 1.5 30th Q3 ESCI Yes
77 Asian Journal of Peacebuilding 1.5 29th Q3 No
78 Contemporary British History 1.4 28th Q3 AHCI No
79 Journal of Road Safety 1.4 27th Q3 ESCI Yes
80 Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications 1.3 26th Q3 No
81 Journal of Human Security 1.2 25th Q3 Yes
82 Parameters 1.2 24th Q4 No
83 Peace Review 1.2 24th Q4 ESCI No
84 Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response 1.2 22th Q4 Yes
85 Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy 1.1 21th Q4 Yes
86 Revista de Pensamiento Estrategico y Seguridad CISDE 1 20th Q4 No
87 Journal of Health and Safety at Work 1 19th Q4 ESCI Yes
88 Australian Journal of Emergency Management 1 18th Q4 ESCI Yes
89 World Customs Journal 1 17th Q4 No
90 Journal of Emergency Management 0.9 16th Q4 No
91 Strategic Analysis 0.9 15th Q4 ESCI No
92 Journal of Strategic Security 0.9 14th Q4 Yes
93 Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal 0.9 13th Q4 ESCI Yes
94 Journal of Cyber Security 0.8 12th Q4 No
95 Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 0.8 11th Q4 SSCI No
96 Peace and Conflict Studies 0.8 10th Q4 No
97 Desde el Sur 0.7 9th Q4 Yes
98 NBP. Nauka, bezbednost, policija 0.6 8th Q4 Yes
99 Connections 0.6 7th Q4 No
100 International Journal of Nuclear Security 0.5 6th Q4 Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Safety Research Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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