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Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1988

ISSN1573-0476

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

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📊 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

1.823

H-Indexi

126

SNIPi

1.051

Total Worksi

1,019

Total Citationsi

86,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty is a leading journal for the publication of relevant research on risk-bearing behavior and decision-making under uncertainty. Publishes empirical, experimental, and theoretical studies. Encourages interdisciplinary and behavioral economics research dealing with risk and uncertainty. Features topics from decision theory and economics of uncertainty to risk and public policy.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Frequency6 No. A Year, 1993-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,019

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-0476

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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

517

2019

1.2k

2020

270

2021

415

2022

188

2023

144

2024

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.

AccountingQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

FinanceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and EconometricsAccounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsEconomic and Environmental ValuationExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHousing Market and EconomicsInsurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomic theories and modelsHealthcare Policy and ManagementRisk and Portfolio OptimizationLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Is Journal of Risk and Uncertainty a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Risk and Uncertainty: 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 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty?

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 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 1.75.

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

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.