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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2212-4209eISSN2212-4209

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.243

H-Indexi

133

SNIPi

1.57

Total Worksi

5,851

Total Citationsi

157,615

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources; Geology; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyFour Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,851

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-4209 / 2212-4209

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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

373

16k

2019

553

24k

2020

686

23k

2021

700

18k

2022

688

12k

2023

890

9.6k

2024

757

3.7k

2025

410

173

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.

GeologyQ1

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ1

Safety ResearchQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

GeologySafety ResearchGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disaster Management and ResilienceFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementDisaster Response and ManagementInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchClimate change impacts on agriculturePublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationAgricultural risk and resilience

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Is International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction: 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 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction?

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 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 5.25.

Is International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction?