Discipline | Planning and Development |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Sara Pantuliano, Helen Young, John Twigg |
Publication details | |
History | 1977–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Quarterly |
0.692 (2011) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Disasters |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0361-3666 (print) 1467-7717 (web) |
Links | |
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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]
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