International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine publishes rigorous occupational and environmental health research that advances worker safety, exposure prevention, and policy translation.

Follow these guidelines to ensure a smooth editorial review and production process.

• Use clear, concise language and define all abbreviations
• Include structured abstracts with objectives, methods, results, and conclusions
• Provide keywords that reflect hazards, industries, or exposures
• Ensure references are complete and include DOIs where available

• STROBE for observational studies
• CONSORT for randomized trials
• PRISMA for systematic reviews
• CARE for case reports
• TREND for non randomized evaluations

• Include ethics approvals and informed consent statements
• Provide data availability statements and repository links
• Describe exposure assessment methods and calibration
• Document worker privacy safeguards and deidentification

• Title page with author affiliations and corresponding author details
• Abstract and keywords
• Introduction describing occupational or environmental context
• Methods including exposure and outcome measures
• Results with tables, figures, and statistical analysis
• Discussion highlighting implications for prevention or policy

Provide high resolution figures and editable tables. Ensure all units and abbreviations are defined. Figures should be cited in order and include descriptive captions.

• Cover letter explaining novelty and relevance
• Conflict of interest and funding disclosures
• Ethics approvals and consent documentation
• Data availability statement
• Figure and table files uploaded
• Report exposure assessment methods with sampling duration, frequency, and instrumentation details.
• Provide job titles, task classifications, and industry codes used for occupational grouping.
• Describe industrial hygiene monitoring protocols and calibration procedures.
• Include personal versus area monitoring distinctions and rationale.
• Report chemical identifiers (CAS numbers) and occupational exposure limits.
• Describe noise, vibration, or heat stress measurements and thresholds applied.
• Provide baseline worker demographics, tenure, and shift schedules.
• Document respiratory protection fit testing or PPE compliance rates.
• Report biomarkers of exposure or effect with laboratory methods.
• Clarify confounder adjustments such as smoking, age, and socioeconomic factors.
• Describe exposure response modeling and uncertainty estimates.
• Include ergonomics assessment tools and scoring criteria.
• Report workplace safety incident definitions and reporting methods.
• Describe environmental sampling sites and spatial coverage.
• Provide geospatial resolution and mapping techniques used.
• Document data quality control for environmental sensors or lab assays.
• Report intervention design and implementation fidelity metrics.
• Include psychosocial stress or workload scales used in surveys.
• Define occupational disease case definitions and diagnostic criteria.
• Describe long term follow up schedules and attrition handling.
• Provide risk assessment frameworks or hazard ranking methods.
• Report handling of non detect measurements and detection limits.
• Document environmental justice considerations or vulnerable populations.
• Describe climate related exposure indices such as WBGT or heat stress.
• Include details on ventilation measurements and indoor air quality methods.
• Clarify sampling transport, storage, and chain of custody procedures.
• Provide job exposure matrix construction and validation details.
• Report training interventions or safety program components.
• Include data sharing statements with access controls for sensitive datasets.
• Describe how policy or regulatory context informed study design.
• Report workplace hazard controls aligned to the hierarchy of controls.
• Provide occupational mental health outcome definitions and scales.
• Document incident reporting bias mitigation or underreporting adjustments.
• Describe exposure variability across shifts, seasons, or job tasks.
• Provide community exposure context for environmental monitoring.
• Report co exposure assessments for multiple chemical agents.
• Clarify whether worker participation or stakeholder engagement occurred.
• Include details on engineering controls or process modifications studied.
• Report model validation metrics for predictive exposure tools.
• Describe limitations related to workforce representativeness or sampling scope.
• Describe exposure sampling justification for peak versus average measurements.
• Report administrative controls and adherence monitoring.
• Include details on incident investigation methods.
• Clarify use of job hazard analysis or task observations.
• Provide worker training frequency and content summaries.
• Report return-to-work outcomes or productivity metrics when relevant.
• Describe exposure mitigation costs or feasibility considerations.
• Include stakeholder feedback or worker engagement results.
• Report exposure measurements relative to regulatory limits or guidelines.
• Describe sampling representativeness and worker participation rates.
• Include qualitative insights from safety assessments where applicable.
• Provide incident rate calculations and denominators used.
• Clarify timing between exposure measurement and outcome assessment.
• Report use of control groups or comparison industries.
• Include sensitivity analyses for measurement error.
• Describe data linkage between occupational records and health outcomes.
• Provide justification for selected analytical models.
• Report stakeholder feedback on intervention feasibility.
• Provide a structured abstract with clear objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.
• Use consistent occupational health terminology and define abbreviations at first use.
• Include a data availability statement with repository links or accession numbers.
• Report statistical tests, effect sizes, and confidence intervals where applicable.
• Describe worker cohorts, inclusion criteria, and job or task classifications.
• Provide detailed exposure assessment methods and instrumentation.
• Report sampling time frames, frequency, and detection limits.
• Include clear figure legends and indicate sample sizes and data sources.
• Confirm references include DOIs where available and match in text citations.
• Disclose funding sources, grant numbers, and potential conflicts of interest.
• Report ethics approvals, informed consent, and worker privacy safeguards.
• Clarify regulatory or policy context referenced in the study.
• Include a brief limitations statement that addresses generalizability.
• Provide repository links for code, models, or analysis scripts when shared.
• State whether preprints exist and disclose prior dissemination.
• Describe how raw data and code can be accessed, including access controls.
• Report quality control for laboratory assays or environmental sensors.
• Include exposure control or intervention details where applicable.
• Provide descriptions of PPE use, engineering controls, or administrative controls.
• Clarify primary and secondary outcome definitions and timing.
• Report adverse events or safety outcomes when relevant.
• Provide reporting guideline adherence (STROBE, CONSORT, PRISMA, or CARE) where applicable.
• Define units for all measurements and ensure consistent reporting.
• Include a concise summary of occupational relevance in the abstract.
• Report industry sector and setting (manufacturing, healthcare, construction).
• Provide details on sampling instrumentation calibration schedules.
• Describe handling of left censored exposure data.
• Report sensitivity analyses for exposure misclassification.
• Include data on compliance with intervention protocols.
• Provide stratified results by job category or exposure level.
• Describe rationale for chosen exposure limits or thresholds.
• Include supplementary appendices for survey instruments when used.
• Provide details on longitudinal follow up and retention strategies.
• Report whether worker representatives were involved in study design.
• Include a plain language summary of implications for workplace practice.
• Describe how missing exposure data were imputed or addressed.
• Report any adverse events linked to interventions.
• Include registry or surveillance identifiers when applicable.
• Include a brief statement on occupational relevance in the conclusion.
• Provide details on workplace setting and geographic context.
• Summarize practical recommendations for employers or policymakers.

IJOE is committed to rigorous, transparent publishing in occupational and environmental medicine. We emphasize reproducible exposure assessment, clear reporting of workplace and environmental context, and ethical compliance across all article types.

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