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Journal of Natural Disasters is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2). Published by Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM).
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ISSN 1004-4574Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM)
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 110 / 201 | 45th | Q3 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 148 / 244 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present (also 2007–2019, 2003–2005), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Natural Disasters is Q3 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 110 of 201) and Q3 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 148 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Natural Disasters is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3, 45th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.374, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 29.
Journal of Natural Disasters is published by Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM). Its ISSN is 1004-4574.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Natural Disasters has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #172 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
Journal of Natural Disasters published 1 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2011 with 153. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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