Publication Model: Continuous (Rolling) Publication

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.

First Online (Accepted Papers / Articles in Press)
To ensure rapid dissemination of new research, IJDRM may also make accepted manuscripts available as First Online (Accepted Papers / Articles in Press) before final issue assignment. These articles appear online after acceptance and completion of the initial production steps (copyediting and layout), allowing early access for readers. At this stage, the article is considered accepted and publishable, but final bibliographic details (such as continuous pagination, and in some cases DOI registration/activation) may be added or finalized when the article is formally incorporated into the volume/issue as the final version of record. Once the final version is published within the volume, the article’s citation metadata becomes fixed and should be used for all subsequent citations.

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).