About the Journal

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is a double-blind peer-reviewed (twice a year), open-access, international journal that serves all aspects of disaster and hazard studies, policy, and management. 

Starting from 1 January 2026, International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is a semiannual journal (two issues per year) and applies a continuous (rolling) publication model. Articles are published individually and promptly as soon as they successfully complete the full editorial workflow, including peer review, acceptance, copyediting, proofreading, and final typesetting, without waiting for the closing date of an issue.

Within each annual volume, IJDRM uses continuous pagination: each newly published article receives a final, consecutive page range that follows the pagination of previously published articles in the same volume. The published article represents the final version of record, and its bibliographic metadata (including title, author information, DOI, and pagination) remain unchanged after publication. Each article is assigned a DOI at the time of online publication (where applicable) to ensure stable identification, discoverability, and citation.

For organizational, indexing, and archiving purposes, articles published within the same volume are subsequently assigned to Issue 1 or Issue 2. This assignment is administrative only and does not affect the final citation details. Authors and readers are encouraged to cite articles using the year, volume, page range, and DOI (and issue number once assigned, if required by a specific citation style).

The journal provides a platform for academics, policy-makers, practitioners, and humanitarian actors to publish high-quality contributions concerning both natural hazards and disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, pandemics) and man-made or technological hazards (e.g., terrorism, cyber-attacks, industrial accidents, hazardous materials, technological failures), as well as complex emergencies and global crises.

IJDRM seeks to foster dialogue and collaboration across disciplines to reduce disaster risks and enhance resilience within the broad framework of sustainable development and planetary boundaries.

We welcome research that addresses the full cycle of disaster risk management — including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation — at all scales and across diverse contexts.

Scope of the Journal

IJDRM covers, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:

• Disaster and crisis management theory and practice
  Conceptual frameworks, evolving paradigms, and practical approaches to managing diverse hazards.

• Risk awareness, perception, and assessment
  Public risk perception, risk communication, early warning systems, and decision-making under uncertainty.

• Hazard and vulnerability analysis
  Methods and case studies addressing physical, social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities, and multi-hazard risk assessments.

• Knowledge development and capacity building
  Disaster education, training, public awareness, research innovation, and knowledge dissemination strategies.

• Public commitment and institutional frameworks
  Legal, policy, organizational, and community-based mechanisms for risk governance and stakeholder coordination.

• Disaster prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery planning
  Integrated strategies, best practices, and policy implementation at local, national, and international levels.

• Critical infrastructure protection and continuity planning
  Safeguarding essential services and systems before, during, and after disasters.

• Climate change adaptation and environmental risks
  Intersections between climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, including nature-based solutions.

• Health, mental health, and humanitarian response
  Emergency medical services, psychosocial support, and public health resilience.

• Social dimensions of disasters
  Equity, inclusion, gender, culture, vulnerable groups, and civil society roles in risk reduction and recovery.

Types of Contributions

The journal publishes:

• Original research articles

• Review papers

• Case studies

• Policy and practice briefs

• Theoretical and methodological papers

Interdisciplinary and Global Focus

IJDRM encourages submissions from diverse fields, including but not limited to: emergency management, public health, environmental science, engineering, sociology, psychology, geography, law, political science, and urban planning.

While maintaining a global outlook, the journal values region-specific case studies, comparative research, and context-sensitive analyses that offer transferable lessons across disciplines and geographies.

Keywords

Disaster risk management, natural hazards, technological disasters, emergency situations, crisis management, disaster theory and practice, risk reduction, mitigation, preparedness, hazard analysis, resilience, complex emergencies, global crises, policy, humanitarian response, public health, climate adaptation, vulnerability, sustainability.

The publisher is the Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Belgrade, Serbia. The journal’s founder and Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Cvetković from the Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Serbia, where he serves at the Department of Disaster Management and Environmental Security, for the subject Disaster Risk Management. He is also a Visiting Professor at Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria, within the Department of Environmental and Energy Process Engineering, specializing in Safety and Disaster Management (SDM) as part of an interdisciplinary program. Additionally, he is the President of the Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management and the Director of the International Institute for Disaster Research.

ISSN (printed edition) 2620-2662, ISSN (electronic edition) 2620-2786, UDC: 614.8.069

Journal Abbreviation - Int. J. Disaster Risk Manag.

For further information, please consult the Brochure, Poster and the Booklet regarding the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management.

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Submission of the articles doesn't involve article processing charges (APCs) or submission charges.

Publication Fees

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) does not charge any fees for manuscript submission or for peer review.

There are:

No submission fees
No charges during peer review

Starting from 1 January 2026, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted manuscripts only.

What the APC covers
The APC contributes to the costs of editorial processing and publication production, including administrative handling, copyediting, layout/typesetting, online publication, and related publishing services.

1) APC amount - 150 EUR (per accepted manuscript).

2) When the APC is paid
The APC is payable only upon acceptance. There is no submission fee and no fee during peer review.

3) One-time payment only (no subscriptions)
The APC is a single, one-time payment per accepted manuscript. IJDRM does not offer subscriptions, flat-rate plans, or recurring monthly/annual charges.

4) Who can pay
The APC may be paid by:

• Individual (Author), or

• Organization (university/institute/company) on behalf of the author.

If invoicing is required, please provide payer details (payer name, address, country, and tax/VAT ID if applicable).

5) Payment methods

A) Serbian residents (recommended: only bank transfer)
Please pay by bank transfer to:

• Beneficiary: Naučno-stručno društvo za upravljanje rizicima u vanrednim situacijama

• Bank: Erste banka

• Account number: 340 - 0011020546-63

B) Non-residents (international): PayPal
For non-resident payers, APC payment can be processed via PayPal under the beneficiary name:
Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management

PayPal checkout link (international payments only):
link - https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NT6QSA8G2QSZ8

Important: PayPal is provided only for non-residents (international payments). Serbian residents should use bank transfer or other domestic payment channels.

6) Payment reference (mandatory)
To ensure correct matching, please include the following in the payment reference/notes:

• Manuscript ID: [XXXX]

• Corresponding author: [Name]

• Journal: IJDRM

• Purpose: “APC – upon acceptance”

If a “note/message” field is shown during PayPal checkout, please enter the Manuscript ID and the corresponding author name. If the note field is not available, please email proof of payment (including the transaction ID) to editor@ijdrm.com so we can match the payment correctly.

7) Refund policy

• Duplicate/erroneous payment: refundable after verification.

• Withdrawal after acceptance but before production starts: refundable upon request (minus any non-recoverable transaction fees, if applicable).

• Once production has started (copyediting, layout/production, DOI registration, publication scheduling): generally non-refundable.

Refund requests must be sent to editor@ijdrm.com and include: Manuscript ID, payer name, payment date, and proof of payment.

For payment or invoicing questions, please contact: editor@ijdrm.com.

The journal crosses and influences interdisciplinary boundaries to foster communication, collaboration, and teamwork among professions and disciplines, aiming to prevent (prevention) or limit (mitigation and preparedness) the adverse impacts of hazards within the broad context of sustainable development. The journal promotes the exchange of ideas and experiences to reduce the risk of disasters and enhance community resilience in alignment with sustainable development and planetary boundaries.

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The visibility and accessibility of academic content are essential for advancing research and promoting knowledge exchange. To ensure that published articles reach a broad international audience and are preserved for long-term access, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is committed to being included in reputable indexing and abstracting services.

Through inclusion in global scholarly databases and repositories, IJDRM enhances the discoverability of its articles, supports author visibility, and ensures that all contributions are easily citable, traceable, and permanently archived.

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is currently abstracted, indexed, and preserved in the following databases and repositories:

• J-Gate 
• ICI Journals Master List database
• Sherpa Romeo
• ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities or ERIH)
• CEOOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library)
• Dimensions
• Scilit
• National Library of Serbia - COBISS.SR-ID - 275644172
• Crossref
• ROAD – Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
• Fatcat
• Google Scholar Citations

All articles published in IJDRM are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) through Crossref, ensuring global visibility and persistent access.

The editorial team is actively working toward inclusion in additional international databases, including: 

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Scopus
• Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• EBSCOhost
• ProQuest

Copyright and Licensing Policy

This journal operates under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, adaptation, and transformation in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.

Authors retain the copyright of their articles and grant the journal the right of first publication.

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) encourages and permits authors to:

• Post pre-print (submitted version), post-print (accepted version), and publisher’s version/PDF of their articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, and academic networks such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, or departmental websites,

• Do so at any time, including before or after publication,

• Provided that appropriate credit is given to the original publication in this journal, including:

  • Full bibliographic details

  • A clear mention of the journal name

  • A direct link to the article’s DOI (as an HTML link)

No prior permission is required from the publisher or editors for such actions, as long as the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license are followed.

Repository Policy

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) fully supports the principles of open access and encourages the self-archiving of scholarly work in accordance with global best practices. The journal allows and encourages authors to deposit versions of their manuscripts in institutional, disciplinary, and general-purpose repositories.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the following versions of their manuscript:

• Preprint – The version submitted to the journal, prior to peer review.

• Postprint – The peer-reviewed version, accepted for publication but before final formatting by the journal.

• Publisher’s version/PDF – The final published version of the article.

These versions may be deposited in:

• Institutional repositories

• Disciplinary repositories (e.g., Zenodo, OSF)

• General academic platforms (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu)

• Author’s personal or departmental websites

• National and international repositories mandated by funders

There is no embargo period for self-archiving. Authors may deposit any version at any time, provided that:

• The deposited version includes a full citation of the original publication in IJDRM

• The DOI link to the final published version is included (for postprints and publisher’s versions)

• The version status is clearly indicated (e.g., “preprint”, “accepted manuscript”, or “published version”)

All articles published in IJDRM are distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.

Sherpa Romeo Registration

This repository and self-archiving policy is formally registered and publicly available via Sherpa Romeo, a globally recognized database of publisher open access policies.

View IJDRM’s entry in Sherpa Romeo

Authors and institutions may consult this entry to confirm compliance with funder mandates and repository requirements.

Open Citations Statement

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) is committed to transparency and openness in scholarly communication. The journal complies with the standards of the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) by ensuring that all citations are:

• Structured – formatted according to standardized metadata requirements;

• Separable – clearly distinguished from the full text and other metadata;

• Open – publicly available through Crossref without restriction.

Through this practice, IJDRM supports the broader movement for open scholarship and the discoverability of citation data in global indexing systems.

Submission Process

 Authors are kindly invited to submit their complete, formatted papers. All submissions will undergo blind peer review and will be evaluated based on originality, research content, correctness, relevance to the conference, and readability (reviewer form). Please ensure that you read the complete submission and formatting guidelines before submitting your paper.

Please utilise the Template for writing the article and the Author guidelines (instructions).

Papers that are not adapted to the form will be rejected.

You can submit your paper through the Submission system below.

If you have any problems, please send them to ijodrm@gmail.com if you experience any issues with the online platform.

Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been, will not be, nor is currently submitted elsewhere, and that its submission for publication has been approved by all authors and by the institution where the work was conducted. Additionally, any person cited as a personal communication must have approved such citation. Written authorisation may be required at the editor's discretion. Articles and other materials published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management reflect the opinions of the author(s) and should not be interpreted as the views of the editor(s) or the publisher. Authors submitting a manuscript do so with the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, will be assigned exclusively to the publisher. The publisher will not refuse any reasonable request from the author for permission to reproduce any of their contributions to the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management.

Articles and any other material published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management represent the opinions of the author(s). They should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the editor(s) and the publisher. Authors submitting a manuscript do so with the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article, including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the publisher. The publisher will not refuse any reasonable request by the author for permission to reproduce any of his/her contributions to the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management.

Submit your Manuscripts

Please utilise the Template for writing the article and the Author guidelines (instructions).

Papers that are not adapted to the form will be rejected.

You can submit your paper through the Submission system below.

If you have any problems, please send them to ijodrm@gmail.com if you experience any issues with the online platform.

 Length of paper

There are no restrictions on paper length, and we strongly encourage authors to present their experimental and theoretical findings with utmost thoroughness.

List of Symbols

 The manuscript should contain a list of all the symbols used in the paper. They should be identified typographically for the printer, not mathematically. This list will not appear in print but is essential to avoid publication delay.

Footnotes

Text footnotes should be avoided whenever possible. If they must be used, indicate them by superscripting lowercase letters in the text.

Reviewers’ responsibilities

The review assists the Editor-in-Chief in making final editorial decisions, and the editorial communications with the author may also help the author improve various aspects of the paper. Reviewers should refrain from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

All papers submitted to the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.
The initial evaluation is based on a preliminary screening by the editor, followed by a more detailed assessment by at least two anonymous reviewers. Peer review comments remain confidential and will only be disclosed with the explicit agreement of the reviewer.

Each paper is assessed based on the following criteria: a) the originality of its contribution to the field of disaster risk management; b) the theoretical and methodological soundness of the topic; c) the coherence of the research; and d) the significance of advancing disaster studies.

The selection of reviewers is at the discretion of the editor in chief. Reviewers must possess expertise in the manuscript's subject area; they must not belong to the Authors' own institution and must not have recently co-published with any of the Authors. Reviews must be conducted objectively. 

The first evaluation is based on an initial editor screening, followed by a more in-depth assessment by at least two anonymous reviewers. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer. Each paper is judged on the following criteria: a) the originality of its contribution to the field of disaster risk management; b) the topic's theoretical and methodological validity; c) the coherence of its research; and d) the importance of advancing disaster studies. The selection of reviewers is at the discretion of the editor in chief. The reviewers must be competent about the manuscript's subject matter; they must not be from the Authors' own institution, and they must not have recently co-published with any of the Authors. Reviews must be carried out objectively. 

We kindly request that you utilize this Reviewer Instructions for your feedback and contributions.

All the articles, reviews, and communications published go through the peer-review process and receive at least two reviews with the next decisions:

1. Accept in the current form

2. Accept the paper with the minor changes

The paper is generally accepted pending revisions based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors have five days to make minor revisions.

3. Resubmit with the major changes

The manuscript's approval would be contingent on the changes. If part of the reviewer's criticisms cannot be altered, the author must offer a point-by-point answer or a rebuttal. Typically, only one round of substantial changes is permitted. The authors will be requested to resubmit the amended work within a reasonable period, and the updated version will be returned to the reviewer for additional feedback.

4. Decline the submission

The article contains significant flaws and offers no unique or meaningful contribution. Resubmission to the journal is not an option. All reviewer criticisms should be addressed in a point-by-point manner. When the authors disagree with a reviewer, they must respond clearly.

References

References are to be listed in the order cited in the text in APA  (6th American Psychological Association) style. 

Donation

By donating to the International Journal of Disaster Risk Management, you are investing in the advancement of science, policy, and practice in disaster risk management and humanitarian assistance. Your contribution, no matter the size, will make a tangible difference in our efforts to create a safer and more resilient world for all.

To donate, please contact us directly at ijodrm@gmail.com. We deeply appreciate your generosity and thank you for considering this important opportunity to support our work.

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