Webinar series: ‘How to conduct and publish excellent research on traffic safety’
The upcoming speaker is Henk Stipdonk, The Netherlands Knowledge Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM)
Traffic Safety Research (TSR) is an interdisciplinary journal with a clear objective to contribute to the global transition toward the Safe System approach in road transportation.
The TSR was founded in response to a growing concern: the increasing volume of traffic safety publications that offer little to no real-world impact on actually ‘saving lives in traffic’. This reflects a broader issue in modern academic publishing—where quantity often outweighs quality, and metrics are prioritized over meaning. While this model may serve the interests of profit-driven publishing houses, it undermines the true purpose of science.
In contrast, the TSR is committed to a different path:
By fostering rigorous, meaningful, and impactful research, the TSR aims to be a catalyst for real-world improvements in traffic safety worldwide.
The TSR publishes high-quality research from a wide range of disciplines—including engineering, psychology, sociology, economics, medicine, political science, and other relevant fields—that help to explain and address road traffic injuries and fatalities.
The journal particularly encourages:
The TSR's topics cover (but are not limited to):
The primary criteria for paper selection are scientific excellence and a demonstrable contribution to practical knowledge in the field of traffic safety. To support editors in their decision making, an operational list of quality criteria has been developed. In a nutshell, the authors ...
... should consider submitting to the journal if:
... should not submit to the journal if:
The upcoming speaker is Henk Stipdonk, The Netherlands Knowledge Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM)
The TSR has been included in Web of Science.
The Traffic Safety Research journal calls for research papers addressing traffic safety issues in low- and middle-income countries.
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ISSN 2004-3082 (online) Editor-in-chief: |
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