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About Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Aims and scope

Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) is an international peer reviewed journal covering occupational and environmental health. We aim to be the definitive source for current information on occupational and environmental health worldwide.

OEM welcomes original research submissions which relate to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their health effects. Research aimed at improving the evidence-based practice of occupational medicine and research on the development and application of novel methods, including biological and statistical techniques, is also of interest. In addition, we publish systematic reviews, editorials, commentaries and letters to the editor, which provide a forum for debate.

OEM is adopted as the official journal of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

Ownership

Occupational and Environmental Medicine is owned by the BMJ Group.

Journal statistics

Acceptance rate	15% for original research submitted in 2012
Time from acceptance to publication	31 days (online) 3 months (print)
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	3.02
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Launch date	1944
ISSN of OEM	1351-0711
ISSN of OEM Online	1470-7926

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The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.