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Natural Hazards Review

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN1527-6988eISSN1527-6996

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.671

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.853

Total Worksi

1,182

Total Citationsi

34,753

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Civil; Environmental Studies; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Civil and Structural Engineering; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,182

Publisher OrgAmerican Society of Civil Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-6988 / 1527-6996

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

635

2019

2.2k

2020

104

1.2k

2021

758

2022

817

2023

547

2024

106

205

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

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, CivilEnvironmental StudiesGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Civil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disaster Management and ResilienceFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsWind and Air Flow StudiesLandslides and related hazardsDisaster Response and ManagementSeismic Performance and AnalysisPublic Relations and Crisis Communication

Frequently asked questions about Natural Hazards Review

Is Natural Hazards Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Natural Hazards Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Natural Hazards Review?

Natural Hazards Review 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 2.65.

Is Natural Hazards Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Natural Hazards Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.