Contributions to Safety in Aquatic Environment

Abstract

One of the biggest problems all around the world is the high number of deaths by drowning. Dying drowned is to perish in silence since, in most cases, other people are only aware of the accident once it has occurred. Thus, to avoid accidents from happening, we should carry out efficient preventive actions. Unfortunately, there are few studies related to rescue and safety, a topic of interest that should be much more investigated and better know the mechanisms of preventing and acting in water accidents. There is an increasing number of journals in different fields aiming to publish and disseminate knowledge, some focusing on very specific themes. However, as they are part of a big editorial system, most of them end up selecting the works that will have a greater impact in terms of future citations despite, eventually, having less relevance for society. For this reason, we acknowledge TOSSJ the possibility of editing this special issue that we consider of great scientific, technical and social relevance in the area.