About this journal

Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives.

The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people.

All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.


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Editor-in-Chief:
Patrick Waterson - Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK

Editors:
Stephen Bao - Washington State Dept. of Labour and Industries, USA
Catherine Harvey – The University of Nottingham, UK
Simon Hodder - Loughborough University, UK
Xingda Qu - Shenzhen University, China
Richard So - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Andrew Thatcher - Wits University, South Africa
Rupa S. Valdez - Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia, USA
Wei Zhang - Tsinghua University, China

Book Reviews Editor:
Guy Walker - Heriot-Watt University, UK
Multimedia and Social Media Editor:
Miles Richardson - University of Derby, UK @Ergonomics1957

Editorial Board:
Stacey Acker - University of Waterloo, Canada
Shilo Anders - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Melissa Bedinger - Heriot Watt University, UK
Catherine Burns - University of Waterloo, Canada
Barrett Caldwell - Purdue University, USA
Wen-Ruey Chang - Chang WR Falls Prevention LLC, USA
Siobhan Corrigan - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Kevin Daniels - University of East Anglia, UK
Michiel de Looze - TNO, Netherlands
Dick de Waard - University of Groningen, Netherlands
Joost de Winter - TU Delft, Netherlands
Sydney Dekker - Griffith University, Australia
Rolf Ellegast - Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA), Germany
Mica Endsley - SA Technologies, USA
Rhona Flin - Robert Gordon University, UK
Monique Frings-Dresen - Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Edith Galy - Universite Cote d'Azur, France
Ravindra Goonetilleke - Khalifa University, Arab Emirates
Gudela Grote - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Annu Haapakangas - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Rima Habib - American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Peter Hancock - University of Central Florida, USA
Gabriela Hancock - California State University, USA
George Havenith - Loughborough University, UK
Rich Holden - Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Helen Hughes - Leeds University, UK
Christine Ipsen - Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Olga Kombeiz - Loughborough University, UK
Gulsum Kubra Kaya – Cranfield University, UK
Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky – University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Jia-Hua Lin - Washington State, USA
Alex Lloyd - Loughborough University, UK
Carl Macrae - Nottingham University, UK
Tanya Manser - University of Applied Sciences Northwestern FHNW, Switzerland
Jenna Marquard - University of Minnesota, USA
Bill Marras - Ohio State University, USA
Svend Erik Mathiassen - University of Gävle, Sweden
Igor Mekjavic - Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Marijke Melles - TU Delft, Netherlands
Gary Mirka - Iowa State University, USA
Neelam Naikar - Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
Patrick Neumann - Ryerson University, Canada
Maury Nussbaum - Virginia Tech, USA
Ana Beatriz Oliveira - Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
Leonard O'Sullivan - University of Limerick, Ireland
Rosimeire Padula - Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Woojin Park - Seoul National University, Korea
Massimiliano Pau - University of Cagliari, Italy
Denham Phipps - Manchester University, UK
Patrik Pluchino - University of Padova, Italy
Laura Punnett - University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
Gemma Read - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Shannon Roberts - University of Massachusetts Amhurst, USA
Paul Salmon - University of Sunshine Coast, Australia
Juergen Sauer - University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Karen Søgaard - University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Carolyn Sommerich - The Ohio State University, USA
Leon Straker - Curtin University, Australia
Mark Sujan - Human Factors Everywhere, UK
Grace Szeto - Tung Wa College, China Hong Kong
Faming Wang - Southeast University: Nanjing, China
Chris Wickens - Alion Science Corporation, USA
Mark Wiggins - Macquarie University, Australia
Arnold Wilkins - Essex University, UK
Liam Wilson - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS), UK
Abigail Wooldridge - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Shuping Xiong - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Jie (Jay) Xu - Zhejiang University, China
Yusuke Yamani - Old Dominion University, USA
Mark Young - Rail Accident Investigation Branch, UK
Teresa Zayas-Cabán - National Library of Medicine, USA

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Ergonomics Journal Best Paper Award Winners

Members of the following societies are eligible for discounted personal subscriptions to Ergonomics:

• The Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors
• International Ergonomics Association
• Association of Canadian Ergonomists

Members of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors can purchase a print subscription to this journal at a cost of $96/£60/€80. Contact +44 (0)207017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.

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