Facts about the Journal

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Origin Top of the page

The Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health is an international scientific occupational safety and health (OSH) periodical that was formed from the fusion of the publications known formerly as Work-Environment-Health and Nordisk Hygienisk Tidskrift. It is published in English and began publication on 1 January 1975.

Publishers Top of the page

The Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health is published by the Finnish Institutional of Occupational Health, the Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment, and the Norwegian National Institute of Occupational Health.

Contact information Top of the page

Address
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
FI-00250 HELSINKI
FINLAND
  
telephone: +358-30-474 2694
telefax: +358-(0)9-878 3326
e-mail: see the editors for specific e-mail addresses

Schedule of appearance Top of the page

The Journal appears bimonthly. Its publication dates are the first day of the following months: January, March, May, July, September and November. It also publishes supplements on an ad hoc basis.

Supplements Top of the page

Lengthy papers may be published as supplements, for example, dissertations and symposium papers. Supplements are peer reviewed and are generally supervised by a guest editor. The editorial office will supply further information upon request.

Impact factor and rankingTop of the page

For the latest available year, 2008, the impact factor of the Journal is 2.802. The five-year impact factor is 2.807. In the category of PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, the Journal is ranked 23 out of 100 journals

Distribution Top of the page

The circulation of the Journal is worldwide. At the end of 2008, it was distributed to approximately 42 countries on 5 continents. Most of the subscriptions came from the United States, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, South Korea, Canada, Japan, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, and France.

Authors Top of the page

The Journal is open to all authors without regard to nationality. In 2008, the number of manuscripts submitted for publication in a regular issue was 187. In volume 34, the first author of the 60 published articles was from the Finland (15), Netherlands (10), Sweden (10), Denmark (7), Norway (4), Japan (3), United States (2), Germany (2), Great Britain (2), Italy (2), Spain (1), France (1), and Switzerland (1).

Acceptance rate Top of the page

The acceptance rate of the 187 articles submitted in 2008 was 24% by the end of April 2009; at that time the decision was still pending for 16 of the manuscripts.

Peer review Top of the page

In a peer-review process, one to four referees independently evaluate the scientific quality of the submitted manuscripts. The Journal uses a double-blind peer-review system.

Lag time Top of the page

Overall, our aim is to speed up the processing of papers and we pledge to do our best to provide all authors with an initial response within two weeks of submission and a (post peer-review) reply within eight weeks.

Indexing Top of the page

The Journal is indexed or abstracted in Thomson ISI (including Current Contents, the Science Citation Index, the Science Citation Index Expanded, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, and BIOSIS Previews), Excerpta Medica, OSH UPDATE (including CISDOC(E), HSELINE, and NIOSHTIC-2), PubMed, TZXLIRE, CAB Abstracts, Ebsco Host databases, ProQuest, CAS, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA/CIG), PASCAL database, National Archive Publishing Co, All-Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (Viniti), Elsevier (Biographic Databases), SIIC Data Bases, Medworm, WorldCAT, Chemical Safety Newsbase, Global Health, PSYCINFO, CANCERLIT, Social Science, Pollution Abstracts, Uncover and ToxFile.