Professional Safety, our flagship peer-reviewed journal, is read by our 35,000 members who span a broad range of industries in the U.S. and around the globe. Through our peer-reviewed feature articles, we aim to provide new information and best practices to OSH professionals — technical knowledge in safety developed through evidence-based information and on-the-job experience. Throughout our content, we strive to offer practical takeaway value and insight that our readers can apply to their own operations.
Call for Submissions
While the journal invites submissions on an ongoing basis, our Editorial Review Board encourages submissions to Professional Safety on a variety of specific topics of interest:
- Proven solutions for preventing serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs)
- Artificial intelligence and large language models—both how to use AI to enhance safety and how to address new risks introduced by these technologies
- Applied research on or approaches to addressing new/emerging hazard types
- Tested strategies for how to manage and maintain workplace safety amid shifts in the workforce and labor market (e.g., turnover, shortage of skilled labor)
- New approaches to aspects of safety management systems (e.g., risk assessment/identification/management; incident investigations; balancing safety with productivity; safety training; measuring safety performance)
- New perspectives and practical guidance on how safety professionals can address specific hazards in the workplace (e.g., falls; hazardous energy; confined spaces; combustible dust; process safety management; ergonomics)
- How OSH professionals can address legal/regulatory aspects of OSH
- Practical guidance to help OSH professionals influence how new employees are trained and have input on how to retain employees
- Actionable steps OSH professionals can take to lead cultural change in their organizations, making sure leaders take accountability for safety even in uncertain times
- How-to recommendations to help OSH professionals integrate safety with overall business goals
- Proven approaches to establishing, implementing and maintaining a workplace violence prevention plan
- Practical application/guidance on the concept of human and organizational performance (HOP) theory in practice
- How safety professionals can address mental health in the workplace or psychological first aid (practical tools/solutions for safety professionals to connect with other disciplines to address mental health in the workplace; case studies of how organizations have implemented preventive mental health programs)
- Advancements or new insights on machine guarding, particularly how OSH professionals can assist small businesses and public sector
- Research or new approaches to hearing loss prevention or hearing protection
- Research or new approaches to ventilation in preventing worker injury and illness
- How OSH professionals can safeguard remote workers
- Today’s safety career outlook and the future safety job market
Potential authors should refer to the key expectations outlined in our submission guidelines when developing a manuscript for peer-reviewed consideration.