Natural Hazards

Aims & Scope

Natural Hazards is devoted to original research work on all aspects of natural hazards, the forecasting of catastrophic events, their risk management, and the nature of precursors of natural and/or technological hazards.

Although the origin of hazards can be different sources and systems (atmospheric, hydrologic, oceanographic, volcanologic, seismic, neotectonic), the environmental impacts are equally catastrophic.

This circumstance warrants a tight interaction between the different scientific and operational disciplines, which should enhance the mitigation of hazards.

Hazards of interest to the journal are included in the following sections: general, atmospheric, climatological, oceanographic, storm surges, tsunamis, floods, snow, avalanches, landslides, erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes, man-made, technological, and risk assessment.

The interactions between these hazards and society are also addressed in the journal and include risk governance, disaster response and preventive actions such as spatial planning and remedial measures.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.942

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	152

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5336

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8502

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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 Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• People at Risk of Flooding: Why Some Residents Take Precautionary Action While Others Do Not

  Citation: 1061

  Authors: Torsten, Fritz

• Validation of Spatial Prediction Models for Landslide Hazard Mapping

  Citation: 954

  Authors: Chang-Jo F., Andrea G.

• Application of fuzzy logic and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to landslide susceptibility mapping at Haraz watershed, Iran

  Citation: 872

  Authors: Hamid Reza, Biswajeet, Candan

• Use of LIDAR in landslide investigations: a review

  Citation: 868

  Authors: Michel, Thierry, Antonio, Marc-Henri, Alex, Richard, Andrea

• Poverty and Disasters in the United States: A Review of Recent Sociological Findings

  Citation: 859

  Authors: Alice, Lori A.

• Framing vulnerability, risk and societal responses: the MOVE framework

  Citation: 789

  Authors: J., O. D., M. L., A. H., M., S., S., M., D., P., T.

• Global Perspectives on Loss of Human Life Caused by Floods

  Citation: 691

  Authors: S. N.

• Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lessons from resilience thinking

  Citation: 689

  Authors: Fikret

• Landslide susceptibility mapping using certainty factor, index of entropy and logistic regression models in GIS and their comparison at Mugling–Narayanghat road section in Nepal Himalaya

  Citation: 630

  Authors: Krishna Chandra, Amar Deep, Hamid Reza, Kohki, Biswajeet, In Chang, Megh Raj, Omar F.

• Empirical Relationships for Debris Flows

  Citation: 616

  Authors: Dieter

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