Aims and Scope
Ergonomics Australia is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish critical reviews of the literature, innovations reports and practical case studies from the field of human factors and ergonomics. The journal has a particular focus on special interest areas of the Society, including healthcare ergonomics, computer-human interaction, anthropometry, and safety and performance in the rail environment.
Readership
Professionals for whom Ergonomics Australia is of interest include: ergonomists, organisational psychologists, human factors specialists, industrial engineers, occupational health and safety specialists, physiotherapists, nurses, occupational therapists, designers, and human-computer interaction practitioners.
Submitting to Ergonomics Australia
All papers must be submitted through the online submission and review system. Ergonomics Australia welcomes:
- critical reviews
- practical case studies
- innovations reports
- debate pieces
- conference reports
- letters/ comments
- book reviews
- special features
Further information is available at Instructions for authors.
Please ensure your read the instructions by clicking the link above before submitting any papers.
Speed of publication
Ergonomics Australia offers a fast publication schedule while maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed electronically. Articles will be published electronically in manuscript form immediately upon acceptance. A fully structured web version and accompanying laid out PDF, will be published within a few weeks of acceptance.
Citing papers in Ergonomics Australia
Articles in Ergonomics Australia should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. However, because articles in Ergonomics Australia are not printed, they do not have page numbers. Instead, they have a unique article number.
For example, the following citation:
Ergonomics Australia 2010, 1:10 (25 January 2010)
refers to article 10 from volume 1 of the journal published in 2010 on 25 January.
Copyright
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc. with an exclusive licence to publish.
Permissions
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc.
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. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc. asks that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the Ergonomics Australia website included, where possible.
Feedback
Ergonomics Australia welcomes feedback on the journal and this site.
Submission Checklist
Thank you for deciding to submit your manuscript to Ergonomics Australia. Please make sure you have the information identified in the checklist below before submitting your manuscript. If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact: secretariat@ergonomics.org.au
1. Email addresses
Do you have a list of the email addresses for all the co-authors of the manuscript? You will need to provide these so that we can inform the co-authors when the manuscript has been received and when it is published.
2. Instructions for Authors and peer review policy
Have you read the detailed Instructions for Authors for Ergonomics Australia? You may also like to read Ergonomics Australia’s peer review policy.
3. Covering letter
Have you prepared a covering letter for your submission? This should be provided using the 'cover letter' section of the submission process.
4. Manuscript files
Do you have all the files for the manuscript in an acceptable format?
Main manuscript
Formats: MS Word (Version 2.0 and above) or RTF (rich text format). Tables should be included at the end of the manuscript.
Figure files Formats: EPS, PDF (for line drawings), PNG, TIFF (for photographs and screen dumps), JPEG (for photographs and screen dumps), BMP, DOC, PPT. Must be separate files, not embedded in the main manuscript.
Additional files
May be any standard type of file, eg. video clips, large tables etc.
Files must be named with the three letter file extension appropriate to the file type (eg .pdf, .xls, .txt)
Additional material files should include necessary material that cannot be included in the PDF version of the published article, such as large datasets or movies. Tables should ordinarily be included in the manuscript file, unless they are exceptionally large (more than 2 manuscript pages or 90 rows). The main manuscript should include a short description of any additional files and software necessary to view them.
5. Are you one of the authors of this article?
If not, you cannot submit the article on behalf of the authors. The submitting author takes responsibility for the article during submission and peer review.
6. Conditions of submission and Ergonomics Australia Copyright and License Agreement
Do you confirm that all the authors of the manuscript have read and agreed to its content and that you have ethical approval for any human or animal experimentation?
Do you confirm that the manuscript is original, has not already been published in a journal and is not currently under consideration by another journal?
By submitting your paper, you are confirming these points and agreeing to these and all other terms of the Ergonomics Australia Copyright and License Agreement
Submitting your paper
Please submit your paper by email (including all its attachments) to editorea@ergonomics.org.au
Need help?
Contact us:
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc.
Suite 18, Hills Corporate Centre
11 Brookhollow Avenue
BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153
Ph: (02) 9680 9026
Email: secretariat@ergonomics.org.au