Instructions for Full Paper Submissions

Full paper submissions site at Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP) can be found here. View additional TIP instructions for authors.

Publications Schedule

Date	Action
Mid-December	Abstracts for full papers due
Mid-January	SPC meeting, notification of invitation for full paper is sent shortly thereafter (within days)
Early March	1^st draft of full papers due
Early to Mid-April	1^st reviews back, provisional agenda set
Mid-April	Short communication abstracts and poster abstracts due
Mid-April through Early July	Review processes plays out with minimum two iterations
Early July	All papers that will be in special issue are through revisions and onto publication at TIP with ~ 2.5 to 3 months to finalize before conference in October
October	Annual meeting, papers are available in PDF format at minimum

All accepted submissions (papers, short communications, and poster abstracts) will be published in a special issue of the journal Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP), the premier medline-listed journal for our field. Students accepted for a full-paper or Student Symposium presentation are eligible to receive complimentary registration to the conference and a travel stipend of up to $1,000. A limited number of travel awards for presenters of up to $1,000 USD are available to select presenters.

Fields of Interest: Physicians, Engineers, Policymakers, Psychologists, Statisticians, Sociologists, and other researchers are invited to submit work studying the prevention of injury in mobility and transportation. AAAM’s multidisciplinary thinking and approach is reflected in the Five Pillars of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action and the Haddon Matrix. All fields of study addressing AAAM’s mission are encouraged to submit. Submissions will be judged by the AAAM Scientific Program Committee (SPC) based on scientific merit, novelty of research findings, contribution to AAAM’s mission, and adherence to formatting requirements.

Instructions & Template Information for Full Paper Abstract

DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION IN THE BODY OF YOUR ABSTRACT. The abstract process is anonymous. Please use the text fields on the submission site to submit an electronic abstract. Up to two images may be uploaded. Your abstract may not exceed 500 words. Your abstract must include the following subheadings:

Research Question / Objective
Methods
Data Sources
Results
Significance of results

Example Areas of Study:

The Five Pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety¹

Road Safety Advocacy

Infrastructure

Safe Vehicles

Road User Behavior

Post-Crash Care

The Haddon Matrix²

	Human	Vehicle	Social Environment	Physical Environment
Pre-Crash	Driver Distraction Fitness to drive Driving and acute/chronic medical conditions	Automated Driving Crash avoidance Human factors in design	Enforcement actions Alcohol/drug policy Risk and Behavior	Roadway Design for safety Infrastructure in developing countries Protection of vulnerable road users
Crash	Pediatric, geriatric, and adult injury biomechanics Biofidelity of anthropomorphic test devices	Crashworthiness Restraints Integrated safety Injury mitigation for vulnerable road users	Seat belt use Child restraint availability and use	Road barriers and medians in crash mitigation
Post-Crash	Treatment outcomes	Automatic Crash Notification	Costs of traffic injury Emergency response	Treatment and response in low- and middle-income countries

Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
Williams, Allan F. (1999) The Haddon Matrix: its contribution to injury prevention and control. In McClure, Roderick (Ed.) Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control, 9-12 May 1999, Brisbane, Queensland.