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Aims & Scope

Safety and Reliability are integral and central concepts practised across all industry. The links between safety and reliability and their impact on society have generated widespread interdisciplinary interest, which the Journal draws together with a focus on theory, research, policy and practice. The Journal provides a forum for technicians, managers, practitioners and researchers to share experiences and ideas and debate current issues, interests and controversies.

The aims of the SaRS Journal are:

• to publish theoretical, research-based, policy and practical contributions in the areas of safety and reliability and their interface
• to provide an international forum for debate in the field and reflect the range of approaches to safety and reliability in different
  contexts, by encouraging contributions from academics and practitioners from around the world
• to foster the development of theory, research, policy and practice
• to encourage critical examination of existing frameworks and practices to promote research which employs methods with the potential to lead to better practice

The Distinctive Nature of the Journal:

• recognises the importance of Safety and Reliability in today’s world
• highlights the multiple perspectives of practice
• explores dimensions of safety and reliability
• emphasises research and practice
• targets academics and professionals and is interdisciplinary within industry
• reports research using diverse methods and with implications for policy and practice
• encourages new ways of thinking about safety and reliability
• promotes international debate and collaboration.

 

The SaRS Journal welcomes original contributions from all parts of the world on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published nor submitted elsewhere for publication. All submissions will be sent to independent referees for peer review pending publication. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Authors should send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy (1 copy) to SaRS HQ (see address below) and electronic format by e-mail to info@sars.org.uk. It is essential that the paper version exactly matches the material in the e-mail – please print out the hard copy from the e-mail you are sending. We prefer to receive e-mails in Microsoft Word in a PC format. Please do not save your files as “text only” or “read only”.

Manuscripts may be in the form of:

1. papers and  articles (between 5,000 and 10,000 words); or:
2. short reports (not exceeding 2,000 words); or:
3. book reviews and other articles of interest (not exceeding 2,000 words).

 

Please note that the Society will not accept gratuitous advertising in articles or papers.

Papers should be typed on one side of the paper, single spaced throughout (including the references), with margins of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch).

Please use a 12pt  Arial font throughout.  All text should be left-justified.

The first page should include the title of the paper, first name, middle initial(s) and last name of the author(s), and for each author a short  address, and an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article). At the bottom of the page give the full name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address if possible) of the author to whom all correspondence should be sent.

The second page should repeat the title, name and affiliation and contain an abstract in English of not more than 200 words followed by the main body of the text. The text should normally be divided into sections with appropriate headings and sub-headings. Within the text section headings and sub-headings should be typed on a separate line in bold without numbering, underlining or indentation.

References should be in the following format:

All publications cited in the text should be listed following the text; similarly, all references listed must be mentioned in the text. Within the text, references should be denoted by the author’s name and year of publication in parentheses, e.g. (Lambert, 1993) or (Mansell & McGill, 1995), or, if there are more than two authors (Gallico et al., 1986). Where several references are quoted consecutively within the text the order should be alphabetical, e.g. (Elford & Sherr, 1989; Folkman, 1992). Similarly, where several references are quoted within a single year, the order should be alphabetical (Mansell & McGill, 1995; Woods, 1995). If more than one paper from the same author(s) and year is listed, the date should be followed by (a), (b) etc., e.g. (Blazer, 1995a). References should be listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order, typed in double spacing. Responsibility for the references and their verification against the original documents lies with the author(s).

References should be listed at the end of the paper or article in the following standard form, capitalisation and punctuation:

1. for periodical articles (titles of journals should not be abbreviated): Kletz, T A. (1999). The constraints on inherently safer design and other innovations, Process Safety Progress,  18(1), 64 – 69.

2. for books: Kletz, T.A.  (1993). Lessons from Disaster: How Organizations have no Memory and Accidents Recur. Rugby: Institution of Chemical Engineers.

3. for chapters within multi-authored books: Smith, S. & Jones, C. (1995). Safety and reliability: how safe and reliable? In M. Lewis, J. Ward & K. Kelly (Eds.), Looking at Safety Practice (pp. 29-51). Brighton: Falmer Press.

Illustrations
All illustrations (including photographs, graphs and diagrams) should be referred to as Figures and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Fig. 3). Please note that although your illustration may be submitted in colour, it will be printed in mono (black and white).  Please allow for greyscale when constructing graphs and charts. In colour. Figures should ideally be professionally drawn and should be capable of reduction.

Tables should be, numbered in Arabic numerals, and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Table 1). Each table should have a short, self-explanatory title. Vertical rules should not be used to separate columns. Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table. Any explanatory notes should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.

The Editors reserve the right to reformat the text in a way appropriate to fit the uniformity of the finished Journal.

Offprints
Two copies of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors after publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author’s preferential rate of £10.00 per copy.

Postal Address

The Editors, The Safety and Reliability Society Journal, One Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP