Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk

Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Landslides and related hazards, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and earthquake and tectonic studies, together about 36.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk is an open access journal publishing research on geospatial (GIS and GPS) and remote sensing techniques applied to risk management of natural hazards. The aim of Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk is to address new concepts and approaches using geospatial and remote sensing techniques to study monitoring, mapping, risk mitigation, risk vulnerability and early warning of natural hazards. Regional case studies must clearly demonstrate a broader implication for an international audience. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk covers the following topics: Remote sensing techniques Natural hazards associated with land, ocean, atmosphere, land-ocean-atmosphere coupling and climate change Emerging problems related to multi-hazard risk assessment, multi-vulnerability risk assessment, risk quantification and the economic aspects of hazards. Results of findings on major natural hazards The journal accepts original research articles, reviews, data notes, and method papers. Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Read the Instructions for Authors . Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk is currently participating in a project to evaluate and improve effectiveness of our editorial policies, and some authors may receive an additional email during the manuscript evaluation process providing guidance on Open Research practices. If you do not want your manuscript to be included, please let us know by emailing datasharing@tandf.co.uk including your Manuscript ID. Your decision to participate or not will have no impact on the editorial decision regarding your submission.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Editor-in-chief Ulrich Kamp EarthPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 50%); most named Mainland China 2, United States 2 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor

4.94LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

4.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

5.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

7.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

7.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.04LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

1.04Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

90OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

969OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.23OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

227LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

910,000Publisher website · 2026-09-16

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

910,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

35%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

42 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

63 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

12 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 42 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

ISSN

1947-5705

Electronic ISSN

1947-5713

Latest issue on the website

Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub