Natural Hazards

pISSN: 0921-030XeISSN: 1573-0840• JCR: NAT HAZARDSSpringer Science+Business MediaNetherlands
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2026 Impact Factor

4.5

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.8 (+21.6%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.5
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.7

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARYSCIEQ1
METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCESSCIEQ2
WATER RESOURCESSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B3
CAS Block

Natural Hazards current release and JCR quartile

Natural Hazards's newest impact factor is 4.5, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Environmental Science

Ranked #473 in Environmental Science by impact factor and #426 among Q1 Environmental Science journals. This context helps compare Natural Hazards against journals publishing in the same field.

#473
of 2,765 field journals

Natural Hazards publication trend

Published 2,939 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.5.

2026 vs 2025: -380
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Journal Details

Total Articles
10,068
H-Index
185
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$3,490 USD
Subject Areas
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawAtmospheric ScienceSociology and Political Science

Article Volume

2022
654
2023
567
2024
728
2025
685
2026
305
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