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Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2001

ISSN1684-9981

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.418

H-Indexi

162

SNIPi

1.461

Total Worksi

4,531

Total Citationsi

183,245

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 235 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,531

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Copernicus Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1684-9981

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, Library of Congress, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

178

6.5k

2019

206

8.2k

2020

211

6.8k

2021

220

5.2k

2022

210

2023

240

2.4k

2024

256

1.4k

2025

196

137

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementLandslides and related hazardsearthquake and tectonic studiesTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchClimate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarthquake Detection and AnalysisCryospheric studies and observationsHydrology and Drought AnalysisHydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Is Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 and Earth System Sciences?

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 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 4.41.

Is Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences?