A home for your research
Occupational Medicine is an international peer-reviewed journal which provides vital information for the promotion of workplace health and safety. It is the official journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), which is the largest nationally recognised professional organisation for individuals with an interest in health and work.
Topics covered include work-related injury and illness, accident and illness prevention, health promotion, occupational disease, health education, the establishment and implementation of health and safety standards, monitoring of the work environment, and the management of recognized hazards. Contributions are welcomed from practising occupational health professionals and research workers in related fields. Find out more about the journal here.
Publish your research with the journal and benefit from:
- Occupational Medicine has global impact with an Impact Factor of 2.4, (2nd quartile placement in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health).
- Rigorous peer review by a distinguished international editorial board, led by Editor-in-Chief Dr Steven Nimmo
- Occupational Medicine reaches an international readership with over 1 million annual downloads, ensuring your work is widely read by the occupational health community.
- Compliant with the major funding body requirements for open access publication
- A quick and easy online submission system
- A quick and easy online submission system
- Advance Access publication of papers ensures your work is available to readers quickly after acceptance
- Exposure of your work through the Occupational Medicine social media channels to the occupational health community:
- Article-level-metrics show the impact of your research and exposure on news, social and other channels.
Authors’ workshop
We provide training sessions every other year for those wanting to learn more about getting their paper published in Occupational Medicine. The presentations from the last workshop held in December 2023 are available below:
