About this journal

Aims and scope

International Journal of Crashworthiness is the only journal covering all matters relating to the crashworthiness of road vehicles (including cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles), rail vehicles, air and spacecraft, ships and submarines, and on- and off-shore installations.

The Journal provides a unique forum for the publication of original research and applied studies relevant to an audience of academics, designers and practicing engineers. International Journal of Crashworthiness publishes both original research papers (full papers and short communications) and state-of-the-art reviews.

International Journal of Crashworthiness welcomes papers that address the quality of response of materials, body structures and energy-absorbing systems that are subjected to sudden dynamic loading, papers focused on new crashworthy structures, new concepts in restraint systems and realistic accident reconstruction.

Articles will reflect the importance of computer modelling, as well as the development of human surrogates in impact simulation and prediction of vehicle and passenger response.

Papers on impact biomechanics, covering human response, mechanics of injury and occupant protection in general, are also welcomed.

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via Editorial Manager .

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 57K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.8 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.904 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.428 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 151 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 173 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 45% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-In-Chief

E.C. Chirwa – Crash Engineering Solutions Limited, Colwyn Bay, UK
     

Editor

W. Altenhof – University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada 


Editorial Board

Erdem Acar – TOBB University of Economic and Technology, Turkey

Serpal Acar – University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK

Venkat Aitharaju - General Motors Company, Warren, USA

J.A.C. Ambrósio – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Matthew Avery – Thatcham, The Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre Crash, Thatcham, UK

Nicolas Bourdet - Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France

Anoop Chawla, India Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Yan Chen – Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

A. Deb – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Keith Friedman – Friedman Research Corporation, Texas, USA

M.D. Gilchrist - University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

R.H. Grzebieta – University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Carolyn Hampton, Virginia Tech, Ashburn, USA

C.-D. Kan – George Washington University, Ashburn, USA

H.Y. Kim – Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Korea

Hamid Lankarani - Wichita State University, USA

Y. Matsui – Japan Automobile Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

Koji Mizuno – Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

D. Otte – Medical University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

J.D. Reid – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

Shane Richardson – Delta-V Experts, Victoria, Australia

Stefan Tabacu - University of Pitesti, Pitesti, Romania

J. Wismans – SAFETEQ – Son, The Netherlands

S.V. Wong – University Putra Malasia, Serdang, Malaysia



Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of Crashworthiness is abstracted and indexed in: Applied Mechanics Reviews, British Library Inside, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Compendex®, EBSCO Databases, Ergonomics Abstracts, Highbeam; INSPEC®, ISI Current Contents® - Engineering, Computing and Technology, ISI Science Citation Index®, Metals Abstracts, Polymer Library, Scopus, Transport Research Information Services and Zetoc

Open access

International Journal of Crashworthiness is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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