Journal profile · GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARYMETEOROLOGY-METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
ISSN 2095-0055 · eISSN 2192-6395 · Beijing Normal University Press · CHINA · 6 issues per year · Founded 2010
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science: CAS Zone 2 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.3; fully open access; APC about USD 1,521; median 170 days to acceptance (15 articles, last 24 months); 81 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science is published by Beijing Normal University Press 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 Disaster Management and Resilience, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Disaster Response and Management, together about 49.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (IJDRS) provides a platform for researchers and practitioners aiming at greater resilience and integrated risk governance in view of local, regional, and global disasters. IJDRS breaks new ground in research about disaster risks by connecting in-depth studies of actual disasters and of specific practices of disaster risk management with investigations of the global dynamics of disaster risks and theories and models relevant for advanced integrated risk governance. The journal’s primary aim is to enable the disaster risk community to communicate, learn, and progress in order to improve the capacities for integrated disaster risk and resilience identification, measurement, and governance at all scales. IJDRS is an interdisciplinary English language journal that publishes research articles that are problem-driven and solution-oriented, providing insights on major disasters in a timely fashion and addressing theoretical and methodological issues in disaster risk science. Topics
· Human dimensions of disaster risk
· Disaster risk governance and resilience
· Disaster risk and resilience indicators and measurement
· Global change and disaster risks
· Development and risk transition
· Empirical studies and perspectives on major disaster events
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARYMETEOROLOGY-METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Peijun ShiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 18 in mainland China (about 44%); most named Mainland China 18, United States 6, United Kingdom 4, Germany 3, Switzerland 2 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences25.6%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science17%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions6.7%
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisEngineering6.1%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.9%
- Climate Change, Adaptation, MigrationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Landslides and related hazardsEnvironmental Science3.3%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 5.3LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 537OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 958,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 832 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82 | 82 | 58 |
| 2025 | 81 | 81 | 464 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | 752 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | 1,529 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 1,462 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 1,544 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
170 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 124 days – 212 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 213 days
- Sample
- 15 articles with submission and acceptance dates (182 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,240 / USD 1,521 / GBP 1,090 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websitePolicy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access publishing
Open access publishing; fees, funding and licences information on Open access publishing page Model summary
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Beijing Normal University Press
- Country or region
- CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 2095-0055
- Electronic ISSN
- 2192-6395
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
What CAS zone is International Journal of Disaster Risk Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences / Water Resources. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Disaster Risk Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.3; CiteScore 8.4, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Disaster Risk Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 15 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 170 days (interquartile range 124–212 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Disaster Risk Science based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 18 (about 44%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (18), United States (6) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Disaster Risk Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Disaster Risk Science open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,521.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .