About the Journal

The journal was established by:

  • Chris Peace (Senior Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington)
  • Joanne Crawford (Professor in Health and Safety at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington)
  • Danaëe Anderson (OHS Researcher & Educator in the Health Faculty at Victoria University Te Herenga Waka)
  • Miriska Gerber (H&S Professional, Occupational Hygienist, Pharmaceutical Specialist)
  • Robyn Bennett (Health and safety professional, then-President of NZISM)

Who are our authors?

The content is written by health and safety researchers, practitioners, professionals, and postgraduate students and will, we hope, contribute to the practice of health and safety in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere. Articles are from members of organisations within the Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (https://www.hasanz.org.nz/) and from elsewhere.  

What we aim to publish

Readers are likely to include occupational health and safety practitioners and professionals, safety engineers, regulators, researchers, psychologists, and health and safety policy makers. We welcome submissions from members of professional organisations that are full or associate members of the Health and Safety Association NZ (HASANZ, https://www.hasanz.org.nz/) as well as submissions that extend knowledge of health and safety practice-related issues from authors in other organisations or countries.  

The Journal has a primary focus on New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific but articles with an international focus outside this region will also be considered, particularly if the issues raised are applicable across borders. 

We publish abstracts from annual conferences held by HASANZ, NZ Occupational Hygiene Society and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society NZ. Other relevant professional organisations can seek publications of conference abstracts. 

Submissions from practitioners and professionals (including postgraduate students) may cover:

  • the assessment, management, and communication of work-related risks
  • artificial intelligence and work health and safety 
  • the management of hazardous substances
  • safety science
  • safety engineering
  • the development and local application of national and international standards
  • systems thinking
  • the development of local and international legislation and court cases of interest
  • occupational and health psychology
  • human factors and ergonomics
  • management and rehabilitation of injuries and ill-health
  • ACC and workers’ compensation issues
  • local case histories and disasters
  • local research investigating the application of international findings or interventions that has not previously been reported.

Peer review

Articles are first reviewed by the editor and may be returned to the author(s) with suggestions. Articles are then subject to single anonymised peer review.

From 1 January 2027 we aim to ask one academic reviewer and one practice reviewer to review each submission. This helps ensure academic integrity and practice-oriented effectiveness. 

Artificial intelligence policy

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in preparing their article, beyond straightforward editing and formatting.

Authors are responsible for checking the output of any automated tools used in their research and preparing their manuscript.

Automated tools cannot be credited as authors.

Generative AI cannot be cited as a source.

Peer reviewers and editors

Peer reviewers and editors must not use generative AI to create their assessments, due to risks such as breaches of confidentiality, superficial and non-specific feedback, bias, hidden prompts, and false information such as fake references. Editing and rewriting may be acceptable if disclosed.

Use of automated tools by NZJHSP

NZJHSP does not routinely use automated tools. Any special purpose use of an automated tool will be disclosed, including how the tool was tested.

Any such use of automated tools will be overseen by NZJHSP editorial team members (human in the loop). For example, if a reviewer believes an article contains plagiarised content an editor will verify the automated detection of integrity issues such as text similarity, figure manipulation or duplication, or undeclared generative AI use, or automated peer reviewer suggestions.

Plagiarism

If a reviewer suspects plagiarism or use of artificial intelligence in an article it will be screened using Turnitin.

Unique identifiers and structured data

Every published article is given a digital object identifier (DOI) to find the article no matter where it is archived. 

Archiving and long-term storage

Articles in NZJHSP are archived by the National Library of New Zealand. 

Authors may deposit the “as-published” version (“version of record”) in an institutional or other repository of their choice.

ISSN: 2816-1483