Publishing in the Safety and Reliability Journal

Publishing in our journalGood for youGood for your organisationGood for the profession

What is SaRS?• The Safety and Reliability Society (SaRS) was formed in 1980• SaRS is a Professional Affiliate of the Engineering Council• SaRS has links with many organisations including European Safety

and Reliability Association (ESRA) and British Standards Institute (BSI)

• SaRS is run by volunteers who know and understand Safety and Reliability – It’s run by the members for the members

• It promotes Safety and Reliability learning, development and recognition across all industries in the UK and Internationally

• Honorary Fellows include individuals such as Lord Cullen and Mike Weightman

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SaRS Journal• Great way to get a paper published• It’s published four times per year by Taylor and

Francis:– Individual papers– Themed papers

• The journal is published in hard copy and online and is indexed on Thomson and Reuters databases

• Easy to submit a paper


Good for you - Good for your organisation- Good for the profession

Our readersOur members • Individuals or company affiliates • As well as our Members and Fellows anyone can join SaRS as

an Associate or a Student• It’s not just for engineers – mathematicians, physicists,

chemists, psychologists, sociologists, etc. working in the field can (and do) join and benefit as members

Our subscribers• Libraries and organisations that pay for whole back catalogue• People who purchase individual papers

Your peers, employer, clients, stakeholders


ExpertiseThe membership of the Society includes safety and reliability experts from many specialisms, a wide range of disciplines and across many industries including:

• Defence, Rail, Oil and gas, Transportation, Nuclear, Energy, Chemical, Aerospace, Maritime

This provides a unique environment for:• The transfer of knowledge from one industry to another• Learning lessons from enquiries and incident reports that are

analysed for cross-industry differences and commonalities• Peer review from cross-industry experts


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• Why submit papers?• Why read it?


Good for you Good for your organisation

Good for the profession

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Good for you– Build and maintain your reputation in the field of

Safety and Reliability – Gauge the quality and relevance of your work

through peer review– Networking - it can put you in touch with people

doing similar relevant work – Gain new insights and ideas– Improve your writing skills


Good for your organisation• Provides evidence of recognition of expertise

to clients and stakeholders• Enhances skills of employees, breadth and

quality of their work• Provides fresh perspectives that may

otherwise be overlooked• New business contacts


Good for the profession• Raises the profession’s profile and reputation• Informs and influences our stakeholders• Establishes and shares knowledge and best

practice

Contact DetailsSubmit a paper or article:

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If you are interested in publishing in the journal please contact us - we will be happy to help:

Alec Bounds, Editor in Chief: [email protected]

Nicola Stacey - Promotion and Guest Edited Issues: [email protected]

See details of the scope of the journal on the website - www.sars.org.uk

If you would like to advertise in the journal or any of our publications please contact the office [email protected]

Thank you


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