Contribution Types

Safety.Science – Journal of Integrated Safety welcomes contributions in several carefully defined formats. Each format serves a different purpose and audience, while all are subject to editorial responsibility.

This page helps contributors choose the most appropriate format for their work or experience.

Journal Articles

Journal Articles are full-length scholarly contributions that present research results, integrative analyses or methodological developments relevant to integrated safety.

Suitable for:

  • Research-based studies
  • Methodological or conceptual frameworks
  • Integrative analyses across safety domains

Review & archival:

  • Structured peer review
  • Permanent, citable archive with DOI

Language:

  • English

Editorials

Editorials provide framing, reflection and direction for the journal. They introduce themes, clarify scope or invite dialogue within the integrated safety community.

Suitable for:

  • Framing new initiatives or themes
  • Reflective perspectives on integrated safety
  • Invitations to dialogue or collaboration

Review & archival:

  • Editorial review
  • Permanent, citable archive with DOI

Language:

  • English

Technical Notes

Technical Notes are concise, practice-oriented contributions that address a specific technical, design, operational or methodological aspect of integrated safety.

Suitable for:

  • Focused technical insights
  • Design considerations or trade-offs
  • Applied interpretations of standards or methods

Review & archival:

  • Focused expert or editorial review
  • Permanent archive (DOI when appropriate)

Language:

  • English
  • Dutch

Case Reflections & Practice Insights

Case Reflections and Practice Insights provide space for reflective accounts from professional practice, policy implementation, education or operations.

Contributions focus on lessons learned and shared understanding rather than blame or fault.

Suitable for:

  • Learning from incidents or near misses
  • Reflections from safety regions, healthcare, industry or education
  • Policy or organisational implementation experiences

Review & archival:

  • Editorial review for clarity and responsibility
  • Permanent archive

Language:

  • English
  • Dutch

Reviewed Working Papers

Reviewed Working Papers are mature manuscripts that have undergone peer or expert review but are not yet published as formal journal articles.

This format supports work that faces barriers in traditional publication channels, including financial, disciplinary or timing constraints.

Suitable for:

  • Accepted but unpublished conference papers
  • Mature interdisciplinary manuscripts
  • Work in transition towards a journal article

Review & archival:

  • Peer or expert review (clearly disclosed)
  • Permanent archive (DOI optional)

Language:

  • English
  • Dutch

Conference Papers (Archival)

Conference Papers are archival copies of papers that were presented at conferences, workshops or symposia.

This section is not an active submission channel and is used only when the original event and review context can be clearly identified.

Review & archival:

  • Original conference review process
  • Permanent archive

Language:

  • English
  • Dutch

Choosing the right format

If you are unsure which format best fits your contribution, the editorial team is happy to advise.

For an overview of review approaches and archival policies, see Publication Formats & Editorial Approach.

For questions or informal enquiries, contact editor@safety.science.