Disasters (journal)

Disasters is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Disasters is managed by the Humanitarian Policy Group at the ODI.^[1] The journal was established in 1977 and covers aspects of disaster studies, policy and management. Disasters publishes field reports, case study articles and academic papers. It is currently edited by Sara Pantuliano (Overseas Development Institute), Helen Young (Tufts University), and John Twigg (University College London).^[2]

Disasters

Discipline	Planning and Development
Language	English
Edited by	Sara Pantuliano, Helen Young, John Twigg
Publication details
History	1977–present
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell for the Overseas Development Institute
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.692 (2011)
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ISO 4	Disasters
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ISSN	0361-3666 (print) 1467-7717 (web)
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 0.692, ranking it 36th out of 54 journals in the category "Planning & Development".^[3]