Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research: Alcohol and Traffic Safety
IJADR invites paper submissions on biological/behavioural aspects to social, policy and public health concerns related to alcohol and traffic safety. This special issue will be published in March, 2013. Paper submission deadline is June 30, 2012.
The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, a peer-reviewed, free-of-charge, open access journal and the official Journal of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol (KBS), invites the submission of papers on international perspectives on alcohol and traffic safety. Papers may deal with any aspect of the impact of alcohol on traffic safety, ranging from biological and behavioural aspects to social, policy and public health concerns. We encourage submissions that seek to improve understanding the nature of the problem, that identify and evaluate current practices to address the problem, and that consider new or innovative countermeasures. The target date for publication of the Special Issue is March, 2013. Accepted papers will be published online prior to their inclusion in this special issue in order to make the research available more quickly.
It has long been known that alcohol impairs driving-related skills, and increases the likelihood of collision involvement. In spite of many efforts to address the drinking-driving problem, it remains a leading cause of alcohol-related deaths and serious injuries. We encourage the submission of original articles (including both quantitative and qualitative research), methodological pieces, reviews, and policy analyses for consideration for the special issue. Examples of papers that would be of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: papers that examine the impact of comorbid conditions on drinking driving and alcohol effects; synergistic combinations of alcohol and other drugs on driving impairment issues; papers that examine the rates or determinants of drinking-driving in specific populations, groups or parts of the world; papers that review measures to address drinking driving or factors that influence drinking driving rates in specific countries or regions of the world; international reviews of drinking driving rates or initiatives. We are particularly interested in creating a forum for viewing the drinking driving issue from an international perspective. Interested authors are encouraged to contact the two editors of the special issue for additional information, and we particularly encourage submission of papers from authors in developing countries (i.e., low and middle income countries). All submissions should be prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines outlined in the Journal website at www.ijadr.org, and be submitted through the website. Please indicate in the cover letter accompanying your manuscript that you would like to have the paper considered for the special issue on alcohol and traffic safety. Guest editors of the special issue on the alcohol and traffic safety are Drs. Jim Lange and Robert Mann. Contact information is below.
Jim Lange, PhD, AOD Initiatives, San Diego State University
6386 Alvarado Ct, Suite 224,San Diego, CA 92120 jlange@mail.sdsu.edu
Robert Mann, PhD
Social and Epidemiological Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S1 robert_mann@camh.net
