The Journal of Risk Research aims to publish the latest theoretical and empirical research and commentaries on the communication, regulation, and management of risk.
Research that you might want to contribute to the Journal of Risk Research could explore:
The Inter-relationships between risk, decision-making and society.
How to promote better risk management practices.
Contribute to the development of risk management methodologies in the areas of social, physical and health sciences, engineering, public policy and administration, and media and communication studies.
All research articles in the Journal will undergo rigorous double-anonymized peer review and will be published in English.
Special Issues
Please note, this journal is not accepting special issue proposals at this time.
Author Benefits
We are indexed in several prestigious databases including the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, and several business journal rankings such as the CABS list, the ABDC and more.
The prestigious and experienced Associate Editors and members of our international Editorial Board will guide you from submission to publication.
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Journal metrics
Usage
260K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.2 (2023) 5 year IF
12.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.403 (2023) SNIP
1.196 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
107 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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Associate Editors
Åsa Boholm - University of Gothenburg, Sweden Ann Bostrom - University of Washington, USA Robin Cantor -Berkeley Research Group, USA Michiaki Kai - Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan Ortwin Renn - Universität Stuttgart, Germany Jun Sekizawa - Communication Centre for Food and Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japanbr /> Peter Wiedemann - Julich Forschungs Centrum, Germanybr />br />
Editorial Board
Joe Arvai -University of Calgary, Canada Terje Aven - University of Stavenger, Norway Julie Barnett -University of Bath, UK John C. Besley - Michigan State University, USA Dominique Brossard - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Wändi Bruine de Bruin -Leeds University Business School, UK and Carnegie Mellon University, USA Adam Burgess - University of Kent, UK Britt-Marie Drottz Sjöberg - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Love Ekerberg - Stockholm University, Sweden Dominic Elliott - University of Liverpool Management School, UK Denis Fischbacher-Smith -University of Glasgow, UK Baruch Fischhoff - Carnegie-Mellon University, USA Rhona Flin - Aberdeen University, UK Lynn Frewer - University of Newcastle, UK Rui Gasper - Universidade Lusófona, Portugal George Gray - George Washington University, USA Wolfgang Kröger - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Hideya Kubo - Shiga University, Japan Anna Olofsson- Mid Sweden University, Sweden Katherine McComas - Cornell University, USA Toru Morioka - Kanasai University, Japan Gabe Mythen- University of Liverpool, UK Warner North - Northworks, USA Helga Nowotny - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Nicola Paltrinieri- NTNU, Norway Elizabeth Pate-Cornell - Stanford University, USA Perri 6. - Queen Mary University of London, UK Judith Petts - PlymouthUniversity, UK Marc Poumadère - École Normale Supérieure, France Tom Reader- London School of Economics, UK Henry Rothstein - King's College London, UK Torbjörn Rundmo - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Pia-Johanna Schweizer -Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS), Germany Michael Siegrist -ETH Zurich, Switzerland Peter Simmons -University of East Anglia, UK Andrew Stirling - University of Sussex, UK Sander van der Linden - University of Cambridge, UK Anna Vari - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary David Vogel- University of California at Berkeley, USA Jonathan Wiener- Duke University, USA Robyn S. Wilson- School of Environment and Natural Resources, USA Rae Zimmerman- New York University, USA Jens O Zinn - University of Melbourne, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Risk Research is abstracted and indexed in:
Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases; CAB Abstracts; CABI; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, PsycINFO, Risk Abstracts); EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Premier, TOC Premier); Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management; Ergonomics Abstracts Online; Health and Safety Science Abstracts; Insurance Periodicals Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); ISI Social Science Citation Index (Social Scisearch, Research Alerts and Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences); OCLC ArticleFirst Database; OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online; Pollution Abstracts; Scopus; Sociological Abstracts; Soils and Fertilizers; Swets Information Services; and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Open access
Journal of Risk Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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