The World Watches South Korea's 'Safety and Health' Journal... Safety and Health Agency's International Journal 'SH@W' Sees a Surge in Citations

IF 1.945 to 4.045 in 3 Years Since SCI Registration

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The International Journal of Safety and Health published by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute is gaining global recognition by significantly increasing the citation count of its papers in academic journals worldwide.

The journal titled ‘SH@W (Safety and Health at Work)’ surpassed an Impact Factor (IF) of 4 within three years of being indexed in the SCI, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced.

SH@W was launched in 2010 and was indexed in the SCI in 2019. According to the recent SCI Journal Citation Reports, it recorded an IF of 4.045.

The IF is an objective indicator used to evaluate the influence of international academic journals. Since SH@W publishes only papers related to workers and occupational safety and health, a specialized and specific field compared to general social culture, medicine, and technology journals, an IF above 2 is considered to indicate very high influence.

Currently, SH@W receives over 1,100 paper submissions annually from around the world, and after rigorous review, only about 80 papers are selected and published each year.

To promote the dissemination of excellent papers and support emerging domestic researchers, SH@W has been publishing an annual Korean abstract edition since last year, and this year, it plans to publish a carefully selected Korean abstract edition of recently published papers in November.

Information on how to submit papers to the SH@W journal can be found on the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute’s website.

The institute is not only focused on publishing SH@W but also dedicated to nurturing young researchers in the safety and health field by hosting annual academic conferences to discover emerging talents.

This year, an academic conference was held during the ‘Occupational Safety and Health Emphasis Week’ in July at KINTEX, attracting significant interest from domestic and international researchers.

Kim Eun-ah, Director of the Research Institute, stated, “Through years of effort by the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, the journal has gained international prestige,” adding, “We will continue to do our best to increase the IF and enter the world’s top journal tier (Q1).”

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