Special volume on traffic safety in LMICs
The Traffic Safety Research journal calls for research papers addressing traffic safety issues in low- and middle-income countries.
Publication frequency
Regular submission track
Regular submission is open at any time for manuscripts addressing the topics within the journal's focus and scope and belonging to one of the accepted publication types.
The manuscripts that passed through the open peer-review, and got accepted for publication by the handling editor, are published on a rolling basis. This means an article becomes accessible as soon as the copyediting process is completed. For convenience reasons, the regular submission track publications are organized in annual volumes. A newly published article is added to the open (ongoing) volume of the current year.
The regular submissions are handled by the TSR editorial team. In case all regular editors have competing interests, an external guest editor is called. Read more about guest editors here.
Special submission tracks
A special submission track can be organized in connection to a conference or a similar event. Upon an agreement with the editorial team, the conference hosts may suggest the speakers to submit their full papers to the journal within a given time period, usually a few months after the event. The exact editorial procedure must be specified in detail and agreed upon with the journal prior to announcing the special submission. This usually includes aspects such as pre-selection of papers for submission, assignment of the handling editors, treatment of the reviews performed during the conference submission, etc.
Manuscripts submitted through a special track are evaluated by the same quality standards as the regular submissions. Special submission should not be seen as a shortcut to a publication.
Special volumes
Special volumes are based on extraordinary submission calls related to a specific topic. Such calls are always initiated by the editorial team, though inspiration might come from elsewhere (to suggest a special volume, get in contact with the TSR editor-in-chief). Generally, the TSR aims to limit simultaneously opened special volumes to one or two at a time.
Manuscripts submitted to a special volume are evaluated by the same quality standards as the regular submissions. Submission to a special volume should not be seen as a shortcut to a publication.
An external guest editor(s) may be called to handle a particular special volume. Read more about guest editors here.
