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Journal of Risk Research

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1466-4461

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

142

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 178d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.627

H-Indexi

102

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.997

Total Worksi

2,061

Total Citationsi

57,867

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Risk Research publishes theoretical and empirical research and commentaries on the communication, regulation, and management of risk. It also covers research related to business, management and accounting, engineering, and social sciences, with a focus on areas such as risk perception, public relations, and the COVID-19 outbreak.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyEight Issues Per Year, Jan. 2004-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,061

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-4461

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

104

2.3k

2019

5.5k

2020

1.6k

2021

554

2022

537

2023

105

443

2024

145

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Strategy and ManagementEngineering (miscellaneous)Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Risk Perception and ManagementDisaster Management and ResilienceClimate Change Communication and PerceptionRisk and Safety AnalysisOccupational Health and Safety ResearchPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsMisinformation and Its ImpactsBehavioral Health and InterventionsFlood Risk Assessment and Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Risk Research

Is Journal of Risk Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Risk Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Risk Research?

Journal of Risk Research is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.93.

Is Journal of Risk Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Risk Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.