About Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Aims and Scope
Original contributions include epidemiological, physiological and psychological studies of occupational and environmental health hazards as well as toxicological studies of materials posing human health risks. A CPD/CME series aims to help visitors in continuing their professional development. A World at Work series describes workplace hazards and protetctive measures in different workplaces worldwide. A correspondence section provides a forum for debate and notification of preliminary findings.
Research areas include:
Occupational diseases, environmental pollution, toxic substances in the workplace and general environment, epidemiology, ergonomics, applied psychology, carcinogenesis, biological monitoring, metabolism of toxic substances, accidents at work, sickness absence
OEM is adopted as the official journal of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London
Editor |
Prof Dana Loomis
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Editorial Office |
BMJ Journals Department
Email: oemeditorial{at}bmjgroup.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6467 |
Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
Launch date |
1944 |
ISSN OEM |
1351-0711 |
ISSN OEM Online |
1470-7926 |
Readership |
Occupational and environmental researchers and practitioners, epidemiologists, applied toxicologists, and researchers in related disciplines |
Print circulation |
2590* (55% UK; 20% Europe; 15% USA & Canada; 5% Far East & Australasia; 4% Rest of World) *This figure does not include our combined print & online, online only or consortia customers |
Indexed by |
Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase) |
Impact factor |
The 2008 impact factor is 3.302 (ISI Web of Science) |
Submitting to OEM |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system. OEM welcomes:
OEM will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on OEM Online Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial Office |
Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: average 6 weeks
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Acceptance rate |
25% |
Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
- Personal print subscribers receive access to OEM Online at no additional cost
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Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide OEM with an exclusive
licence to publish.
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Permissions |
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission; we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible |
Reprints |
Reprints contact details For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer
authors a 10% royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
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Royalties from Reprint Sales |
For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer authors a 10%
royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
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Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to OEM and other BMJ Journals For further details please contact Claire Jura:
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COPE |
OEM is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics |
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