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Progress in Disaster Science

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2590-0617eISSN2590-0617

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.79

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.511

Total Worksi

536

Total Citationsi

11,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geography, Planning and Development; Safety Research; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications536

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

2590-0617 / 2590-0617

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, 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

2.8k

2019

5.4k

2020

1.7k

2021

1.2k

2022

667

2023

942

2024

109

389

2025

186

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

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Safety ResearchQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental StudiesGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Safety ResearchGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disaster Management and ResilienceFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementDisaster Response and ManagementClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchClimate change impacts on agricultureEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsAgricultural risk and resiliencePublic Relations and Crisis Communication

Frequently asked questions about Progress in Disaster Science

Is Progress in Disaster Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Progress in Disaster Science: 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 Progress in Disaster Science?

Progress in Disaster Science 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 3.46.

Is Progress in Disaster Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Progress in Disaster Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.