Journal profile
Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research
ISSN 2588-6150 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research: fully open access; no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2022 (Volume 5, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Disaster Management and Resilience, Disaster Response and Management and Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies, together about 49.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research (JDER) is an international, semiannual, peer-reviewed, open access, and non-profit publication of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mohammad RezaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 23, Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1, Spain 1, Canada 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences26.8%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions16.3%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences4.1%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine4.1%
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability AnalysisEngineering3.3%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Index Copernicus, Scholar, Magiran, CivilicaPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 60 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- articleSubmit ManuscriptLength not stated
- case reporttables with an unstructured abstract. -Case reports Text should be up to 4000 words; Maximum number tables/figures should not be more than 3; Mmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- case reportsText should be up to 4000 words; Maximum number tables/figures should not be more than 3; Maximum number of references should not be more than 20.Length not stated
- commentaryThese types of articles should not be more than 2000 words including maximum 2 figures or tables with an unstructured abstract.Length not stated
- editorialthe journal's Editorial Board members. Editorials are preferably no more than 2000 words. These provide state of the discussions on the JDER main scmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- lessons learnedOur lessons learned are intended to represent the findings and recommendations of your research project to specialized and non-specialized readers. You may writ…Length not stated
- letter to the editorShould be about criticism of previous articles, criticism or review of books, analysis of a related topic with disaster and emergency, expansion, and explanatio…Length not stated
- original articleThese articles must be of primary research, methodologically accurate, and relevant to international health policy and management. They should contain no more t…Length not stated
- review articleThese articles consist of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and health system reviews. These articles may be up to 10000 words excluding abstract, tables, and …Length not stated
- short communicationThese types of articles are not intended to publish preliminary results, but the results which are of exceptional interest and are particularly topical and rele…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
AMA style since May 2015. Model summary
JDER follows AMA style (American Medical Association Manual of Style, 10th Edition) since May 2015.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics committee approval required; Helsinki Declaration if no code. Model summary
Article must have the approval of the Ethics Committee and the ethics code number should be mentioned at the end of Acknowledgements. In the case of not having a code of ethics, authors should mention all ethical issues based on the Helsinki Declaration.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright transfer statement required at submission. Model summary
Authors should sign copyright transfer statement when submitting their work to the JDER.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
open-access agreement: Upon submitting an article, authors are asked to indicate their agreement to abide by an open access Creative Commons license (CC-BY). Under the terms of this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright of their articles. However, the license permits any user to downloa Model summary
open-access agreement: Upon submitting an article, authors are asked to indicate their agreement to abide by an open access Creative Commons license (CC-BY).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Confidential submissions. Model summary
All submissions are kept strictly confidential.
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
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2588-6150
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 1 (2022)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research
How long does peer review take at Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (23), Hong Kong, China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .