Journal of Disaster Research
Last updated ISSN 1881-2473
Journal of Disaster Research is published by Fuji Technology Press Ltd. in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Disaster Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Seismology and Earthquake Studies
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
- Landslides and related hazards
- Disaster Response and Management
- Seismic Performance and Analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Fuji Technology Press Ltd. |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1881-2473, 1883-8030 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 2,073 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | www.fujipress.jp/jdr/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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