About the Journal

The Science for Population Protection (TSFPP) is a peer-reviewed scientific periodical journal dedicated to the field of state security and population protection. Journal focuses on presenting innovative and original scientific works with an emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach and the integration of insights from various scientific disciplines.

TSFPP provides a platform for publication in six specific sections that reflect the wide range of issues related to safety and security:

  1. Population Protection: Ensuring the safety of citizens during emergencies.
  2. Critical Infrastructure: Protection of key systems and facilities essential for the functioning of society.
  3. Fire Protection: Prevention and management of fire incidents to minimize damage to property and lives.
  4. Personal and Property Security / Technical and Physical Security: Protection of individuals and their property from various threats.
  5. Crisis Management: Strategies and procedures for effectively managing crisis situations.
  6. Security Environment and Security Policy: Analysis and development of policies to ensure a secure framework for society.

We invite all authors and researchers to submit their contributions, which can help develop these crucial areas and bring new perspectives and solutions. Your research works can become key contributions to deepening understanding and improving practice in the field of population protection and security.

We look forward to your submissions and hope that together we can contribute to a safer and better-protected society.

Published under license CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0.

Best regards,
Editorial Team of The Science for Population Protection

History

In the first decade of this century, both globally and within the Central European region, including the Czech Republic, there was a growing tendency to understand security issues in a more comprehensive way, particularly with a focus on protecting the population from emergencies and crisis situations. Until then, there had been no periodical addressing this broad and multifaceted topic. Therefore, in 2008, the Population Protection Institute in Lázně Bohdaneč launched the publication of the journal The Science for Population Protection.

Since its inception in 2008, the journal has focused on presenting original scientific papers dedicated to the science of security issues, contributing to the advancement of knowledge about maintaining the balance between safety and danger—especially in the areas of security policy, political science, public administration, fire protection, civil protection, population protection, protection of critical infrastructure including information systems, security technology, and security technologies from the perspective of social, information, medical, military, technical, natural, legal, historical, and other sciences.

Over time, the journal has developed within its field of focus into a periodical primarily dealing with thematic areas such as the security environment and security policy; population protection, crisis management, and critical infrastructure; security education; and security research. In 2024, these thematic areas were consolidated into six categories along with the journal’s transition to a new editorial system, each category being overseen by one of six guaranteeing institutions (the Ministry of the Interior – General Directorate of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic and five university faculties).