Academic Journal
Q2GeoHazards
About GeoHazards
GeoHazards is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.501 and H-index of 13.
Coverage: 2020-2025. Research categories: Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q2).
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- Journal Impact Factor: 2.3 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Contact email: geohazards@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.
- Editor(s): Prof. Dr. Tiago Miguel Ferreira; Prof. Dr. Zhong Lu (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Current chief editor(s) listed on the official MDPI editorial board. Founding and section editors excluded.
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Topics in published research
Landslides and related hazards; earthquake and tectonic studies; Flood Risk Assessment and Management; Disaster Management and Resilience; Seismology and Earthquake Studies; Seismic Performance and Analysis.
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Recent Research Articles
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A Prototype Geo-Digital Twin Framework for Scenario-Based Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Using Machine Learning
Mostafa Sadeghnejad, Ali Moradi, Laura Moley
2026-09-27 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040116Spatial Assessment of Flood Susceptibility Using Remote Sensing and AHP-Based Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Case Study of the Mekerra Wadi Watershed (Algeria)
Omar Djoukbala, Salim Djerbouai, Samra Harkat, Nikola Milentijević et al.
2026-09-27 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040117Meteorological Hazard Assessment for Risk Early Warning of Geohazards Based on Causal-Heuristic Coupling: A Case Study of Nujiang Prefecture, China
Zicheng Yi, Cuiqiong Zhou, Cheng Huang, Hongbo Mei et al.
2026-09-23 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040115Multi-Temporal Assessment of Bimodal Monsoon Flood Dynamics and Agricultural Exposure Using Integrated Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 Optical Data in Punjab, Pakistan
Nida Khursheed, Asif Sajjad, Mazhar Iqbal, Rana Waqar Aslam et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040114Why Stratovolcanoes Are Mechanically Stronger than Shield Volcanoes
Agust Gudmundsson
2026-09-14 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040112Improved Method for Unstable Slope Identification in Coal-Mining Mountainous Areas Combining InSAR and Clustering Techniques
Weizhen Gui, Yuanjian Wang, Yahui Qiu, Yan Chen et al.
2026-09-14 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040113Linking Riverbank Erosion Dynamics and Livelihood Vulnerability in a Rapidly Urbanising Mekong Delta River Corridor
Tilia Battaglini-Fischer, Tran Van Ty, Dinh Van Duy, Lam Tan Phat et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040111A Geotechnical–Hydrogeological Property Zonation Approach for Landslide Hazard Modelling in the eThekwini Metropolitan Region, Eastern South Africa
Sibonakaliso Goodman Chiliza, Egerton D. C. Hingston, Molla Demlie
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040110Landslide Occurrence Analysis in a Data-Scarce Region: The Northern Andes of Ecuador
Ariana Rivera, Luis E. Pineda
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040108Teaching Natural Hazards: A Systematic Narrative Review of Disaster Risk Reduction Education (2013–2026)
Álvaro-Francisco Morote, Daniel López-Rodríguez, Bàrbara Micó-Vicent, Jorge Jordán-Núñez et al.
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040109Orbital Footprint: A Critical Review of Satellite Megaconstellation Impacts on Atmospheric Chemistry, Precipitation, Hydrological Processes, and Flood Risk
Muhammad Zain Bin Riaz, Umair Iqbal, Huda Zain, Muhammad Naveed Anjum et al.
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040106Comprehensive Review on Integration of Geohazards in Mine Planning
Lawrence Madziwa, Heike Wanke
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040107A Temporal Analysis of Wildfires in Spain Through the Use of Multi-Database Research
Jaime Bonachea
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040105Land Use/Land Cover Change as a Preparatory Factor for Shallow Landslide Susceptibility: A Multi-Temporal Approach in the Messina Area (Italy)
Fabio Lucioli, Valerio Baiocchi, Luca Maria Falconi, Lorenzo Moretti et al.
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040104Macroscopic Shear Behavior and Microstructural Evolution of Intact Loess from the Dongzhi Tableland
Tingting Wei, Xi Chen, Peiyao Li, Jianxun Yang et al.
2026-08-26 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040103Climate Teleconnection Indices and Their Influence on Wildfire Activity in Serbia
Aleksandar Dedić, Srdjan Svrzić, Marija V. Paunović, Milan Milenković et al.
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7040102Low-Cost Ambient-Vibration Monitoring of an Unstable Coastal Rock Block: Identification of the Fundamental Resonance of Kounopetra (Kefalonia, Greece) with a Force-Balance IoT Node
Ioannis Vlachos, Dionysios T. G. Katerelos, Markos Avlonitis, Nikos Aravantinos-Zafiris et al.
2026-08-19 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7030101Multi-Temporal UAV Observations of Post-Seismic Surface Collapse Evolution Following the 2026 M5.2 Liuzhou Double Earthquake in a Karst Terrain, Guangxi Province, China
Zeyu Liang, Aixia Dou
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7030100Regional Sensitivity Analysis of Slope Stability in Weathered Marly Soils: Parameter Ranking and Threshold Robustness at Moulay Yacoub, Morocco
Asmae El Karma, Benaissa Kissi, Hamza Khatib
2026-08-16 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7030099Scenario-Based Seismic Risk Assessment of Six Armenian Cities: Integration of Hazard, Exposure, and Vulnerability Models
Mikayel Gevorgyan, Gohar Hovhannisyan, Arkadi Karakhanyan, Hektor Babayan et al.
2026-08-14 · DOI: 10.3390/geohazards7030098Reviews
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