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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

2095-0055

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13753

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 334 19 22 11
Environmental Sciences 410 21 37 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 76
Documents by Best Scientists*: 86
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.945
Impact Factor: 4

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Disaster Risk Science?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Natural hazard, Sustainable development, Disaster risk reduction, Climate change and Environmental planning. The studies in Natural hazard featured incorporate elements of Hazard, Environmental resource management, Flood myth, Vulnerability and China. Most of the Flood myth studies addressed also intersect with Flooding (psychology).

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Vulnerability as it also encompasses Resilience (network). In addition to Sustainable development research, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science aims to explore topics under Economic growth, Emergency management, Context (language use), Public relations and Risk management. The journal connects the study in Emergency management with the closely related area of Government.

The work on Risk management presented in the journal focuses on Risk governance in particular. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science focuses on Disaster risk reduction as well as the interrelated topic of Resilience (organizational). The research on Climate change tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Climatology, Agriculture, Precipitation, Hydrology and Natural resource economics.

  • Natural hazard (69.57%)
  • Sustainable development (56.75%)
  • Disaster risk reduction (25.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Renewing the Global Commitment to People’s Resilience, Health, and Well-being (164 citations)
  • The 2011 eastern Japan great earthquake disaster: Overview and comments (161 citations)
  • Adaptive governance and managing resilience to natural hazards (149 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Disaster Risk Science:

The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Natural hazard, Sustainable development, Disaster risk reduction, Vulnerability and Environmental resource management. The most cited publications explore issues in Natural hazard which can be linked to other research areas like Natural disaster, Environmental planning, Climate change, Government and Socioeconomics. Economic growth, Context (language use), Livelihood, Public relations and China are some topics wherein Sustainable development research discussed in the published papers has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science deals with Natural hazard, Sustainable development, Climate change, Flood myth and Environmental planning. Topics in Natural hazard explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Context (language use), Disaster risk reduction, Vulnerability, Risk management and Socioeconomics. The journal explores issues in Disaster risk reduction which can be linked to other research areas like Hazard and Stressor.

In it, Civil defense, Disaster research, Resilience (organizational), Public relations and Government are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Sustainable development research. While Climate change is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Subtropics, Unit (housing), Service (business) and Operations management. The Environmental planning works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Decision support system and Geographic information system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Natural and Socioeconomic Factors and Their Interactive Effects on House Collapse Caused by Typhoon Mangkhut (5 citations)
  • Chinese Built-up Land in Floodplains Moving Closer to Freshwaters (3 citations)
  • COVID-19 and Ecosyndemic Vulnerability: Implications for El Niño-Sensitive Countries in Latin America (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peijun Shi (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ming Wang (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jing’ai Wang (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Rajib Shaw (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tao Ye (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Beijing Normal University (65 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (16 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • United Nations (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.27% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.82% of all publications and 45.45% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Reviewing the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) to Enhance Societal Readiness for El Niño’s Impacts

    Michael H. Glantz;Ivan J. Ramirez;Ivan J. Ramirez

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Disaster Risk Science: A Geographical Perspective and a Research Framework

    Peijun Shi;Peijun Shi;Tao Ye;Tao Ye;Ying Wang;Ying Wang;Tao Zhou;Tao Zhou

    (2020)
    115 Citations
  • A Building Classification System for Multi-hazard Risk Assessment

    (2022)
    104 Citations
  • Simulation Performance Evaluation and Uncertainty Analysis on a Coupled Inundation Model Combining SWMM and WCA2D

    (2022)
    67 Citations
  • A Critical Review of Social Resilience Properties and Pathways in Disaster Management

    A. M. Aslam Saja;Melissa Teo;Ashantha Goonetilleke;Abdul M. Ziyath

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Thirty Years of Science, Technology, and Academia in Disaster Risk Reduction and Emerging Responsibilities

    Rajib Shaw

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • New Realization of Disaster Risk Reduction Education in the Context of a Global Pandemic: Lessons from Japan

    Rajib Shaw;Aiko Sakurai;Aiko Sakurai;Yukihiko Oikawa

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Remembering, Forgetting, and Absencing Disasters in the Post-disaster Recovery Process

    Charlotte Monteil;Jenni Barclay;Anna Hicks

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • A Global Analysis of the Relationship Between Urbanization and Fatalities in Earthquake-Prone Areas

    (2021)
    29 Citations

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