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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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.348

H-Index

162

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.461

Total Works

4,531

Total Citations

183,245

2yr Mean Citedness

4.41

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the study of natural hazards, including extreme weather events, floods, landslides, tsunamis, and wildfires. It investigates the physical processes driving these hazards, their impacts on natural and built environments, and the development of methodologies for risk assessment, prediction, and mitigation. The research often involves numerical modeling, remote sensing, statistical analysis, and the integration of diverse data sources to understand hazard dynamics and improve early warning systems.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 234 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,531

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~43 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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10/12 · 83%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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