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Journal of Disaster Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Fuji Technology Press.
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ISSN 1881-2473Verify ISSN ↗1883-8030Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 155 / 282 | 45th | Q3 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 205 / 300 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
Journal of Disaster Research is Q3 in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (rank 155 of 282) and Q3 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 205 of 300), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Disaster Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 45th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.264, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 33.
Journal of Disaster Research is published by Fuji Technology Press. Its print ISSN is 1881-2473 and its online ISSN is 1883-8030.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Disaster Research has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #130 of 199 Scopus journals in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.
Journal of Disaster Research published 104 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 139. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (69.5%), Peru (7.9%) and Philippines (6.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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