Publication Information

Journal of Natural Environmental Hazards

The Journal of Natural Environmental Hazards is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to advancing research on environmental and geomorphological hazards, climate change and resilience. The detailed publication information for the journal is provided below.

  • Publisher: University of Sistan and Baluchestan, in collaboration with the Iranian Geomorphology Association
  • Established: 2012
  • ISSN (Print): 2676-4377
  • ISSN (Electronic): 2676-4385
  • Publication Frequency: Quarterly
  • Language: Persian (with English extended abstracts and references)
  • Article Types: Research articles, review articles, technical notes
  • Access Type: Open Access (full text available free of charge) under Creative Commons CC BY-NC
  • Indexing and Abstracting: Indexed in EBSCO, DOAJ, CABI, Publons, Google Scholar, Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), SID, Magiran, Noormags, CIVILICA, and others
  • Impact Factor (ISC): 0.535 (Q1)
  • Ministry of Science Ranking: A (2019, 2022); B (2020)
  • Peer Review Process: Double-blind, anonymous, and confidential; minimum of two reviewers
  • Average Initial Review Time: Approximately 10 days
  • Average Peer Review Process Time: Approximately 3 months
  • Acceptance Rate: 20%
  • Publication Fees: No submission or review fees; a publication fee of 600,000 IRR applies upon final acceptance
  • Citation Style: APA
  • Ethical Standards: Adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and Iranian regulations on preventing scientific misconduct
  • Plagiarism Policy: All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software (e.g.,  iThenticate, AI Plagiarism Checker, Samim Noor, Hamtajoo) before review
  • Copyright: Authors retain copyright under CC BY-NC; the journal holds non-exclusive publishing rights

Contact Information

  • Editor-in-Chief: Mahmood Khosravi
  • Managing Director: Samad Fotoohi
  • Executive Manager: Masoud Saeidi
  • Editorial Coordinator: Marzie Daraei
  • Editorial Office Email: ehazards@usb.ac.ir
  • Telephone: +98 54 3113 6799 (7:30–14:30)
  • Mobile/Telegram/WhatsApp: +98 933 036 7636 (8:00–14:00)

Website: https://jneh.usb.ac.ir