Environmental Hazards

Aims & Scope

Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions is an innovative, interdisciplinary and international research journal addressing the human and policy dimensions of hazards.

The journal addresses the full range of hazardous events from extreme geological, hydrological, atmospheric and biological events, such as earthquakes, floods, storms and epidemics, to technological failures and malfunctions, such as industrial explosions, fires and toxic material releases.

Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions is the source of the new ideas in hazards and risk research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.590

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	64

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9843

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	246

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

  Citation: 939

  Authors: Richard J. T., Robert J., Frank

• Economic resilience to natural and man-made disasters: Multidisciplinary origins and contextual dimensions

  Citation: 676

  Authors: A

• Risk and vulnerability indicators at different scales:Applicability, usefulness and policy implications

  Citation: 515

  Authors: J

• A multi-scale coastal vulnerability index: A tool for coastal managers?

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Suzanne, J. Andrew G.

• The potential for combining indigenous and western knowledge in reducing vulnerability to environmental hazards in small island developing states

  Citation: 197

  Authors: J, D, I, K

• The perceived impact of the Covid-19 epidemic: evidence from a sample of 4807 SMEs in Sichuan Province, China

  Citation: 194

  Authors: Yi, Jing, Junlin, Li

• Mitigation of the heat island effect in urban New Jersey

  Citation: 183

  Authors: William D., Cynthia, Lily, Greg, Maria, Jennifer, Mary

• Charity hazard—A real hazard to natural disaster insurance?

  Citation: 153

  Authors: P, H

• How to get there? Assessing motorists’ flash flood risk perception on daily itineraries

  Citation: 151

  Authors: I, J, C

• Ensemble predictions and perceptions of risk, uncertainty, and error in flood forecasting

  Citation: 148

  Authors: D, H, F, J, J, M

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