Disaster Management and Resilience

Disaster Management and Resilience is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on community resilience to natural disasters, encompassing topics such as risk perception, social vulnerability, emergency management, climate change adaptation, and the role of social capital in disaster preparedness and response.

Resilience
Disaster
Community
Risk
Vulnerability
Emergency Management
Social Capital
Climate Change Adaptation
Hazard Mitigation
Crisis Response

Research works: 37k
In the world top 10%: 3.8k
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +26%
Largest producer: United States

Disaster Management and Resilience

Which countries lead Disaster Management and Resilience research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.4k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 2.4k works
2 China 1.1k works
3 Indonesia 1k works
4 United Kingdom 594 works
5 Türkiye 589 works
6 India 550 works
7 Japan 511 works
8 Australia 504 works
9 Canada 326 works
10 Germany 294 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States2,408 · 30.5%China1,117 · 14.1%Indonesia1,015 · 12.8%United Kingdom594 · 7.5%6 others listed2,774 · 35.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Disaster Management and Resilience research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Gadjah Mada publishes the most Disaster Management and Resilience research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 51 works
2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 49 works
3 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 46 works
4 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia 42 works
5 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 39 works
6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 39 works
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 38 works
8 The University of SydneyAustralia 37 works
9 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 37 works
10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Disaster Management and Resilience?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Disaster Management and Resilience include Jeremy Grimshaw and Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne.

1 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 281k citations
2 Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne Sri Lanka 239k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Disaster Management and Resilience?

The most cited paper in Disaster Management and Resilience is "Perception of Risk" (Paul Slovic, 1987), with 9,303 citations. Next come "Taming Black Swans: Challenges for Sustainable Strategic Crisis Management: Plenary Session" (6,474) and "Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards *" (5,729).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Perception of Risk Paul Slovic · Science	17 Apr 1987	9,303
2	Taming Black Swans: Challenges for Sustainable Strategic Crisis Management: Plenary Session Petra Pelletier · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Conference paper	29 Oct 2021	6,474
3	Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards * Susan L. Cutter, Bryan J. Boruff, W. Lynn Shirley · Social Science Quarterly	19 May 2003	5,729
4	A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities Michel Bruneau, Stephanie E. Chang, Ronald T. Eguchi et al. · Earthquake Spectra	Nov 2003	5,448
5	Vulnerability William Neil Adger · Global Environmental Change	21 Jul 2006	5,343

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Disaster Management and Resilience research done?

The largest centres of Disaster Management and Resilience research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fujisawa and Palmerston North.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 257 works
2 LondonUnited Kingdom 157 works
3 TokyoJapan 139 works
4 JakartaIndonesia 120 works
5 MelbourneAustralia 116 works
6 TehranIran 112 works
7 New YorkUnited States 109 works
8 Washington D.C.United States 102 works
9 YogyakartaIndonesia 101 works
10 DhakaBangladesh 96 works

Where it is the local speciality

FujisawaJP · 22.2 works47×
Palmerston NorthNZ · 34.8 works15×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Disaster Management and Resilience than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Disaster Management and Resilience?

Among universities, judged by research, Texas A&M University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and ETH Zurich score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	77.0	24.1%	4.4×	39	+4.9%
2	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands	67.8	26.9%	4.5×	19	+3.6%
3	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	67.7	24.7%	2.1×	15	+102.3%
4	Massey UniversityNew Zealand	65.9	12.4%	18.2×	35	+18.0%
5	The University of SydneyAustralia	65.0	17.9%	2.9×	37	+8.2%
6	University of British ColumbiaCanada	64.2	18.8%	2.0×	26	+20.1%
7	City University of Hong KongChina	63.8	25.2%	1.9×	11	+107.8%
8	University of PotsdamGermany	63.1	27.4%	4.6×	12	+0.6%
9	University of Newcastle AustraliaAustralia	62.8	12.9%	8.7×	23	+57.6%
10	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	62.6	17.0%	2.1×	35	-1.6%
11	Hohai UniversityChina	62.4	31.4%	2.4×	15	+49.1%
12	The University of QueenslandAustralia	61.5	17.3%	2.5×	26	+54.2%
13	RMIT UniversityAustralia	61.3	14.2%	5.7×	24	+10.1%
14	University of WaterlooCanada	61.1	15.6%	3.3×	19	+47.6%
15	Tsinghua UniversityChina	60.1	22.6%	1.1×	27	+35.3%
16	North-West UniversitySouth Africa	59.6	22.0%	6.3×	19	+32.1%
17	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	59.0	16.0%	1.6×	24	+41.9%
18	Hiroshima UniversityJapan	58.6	20.3%	3.9×	15	+57.5%
19	University of AucklandNew Zealand	58.5	14.0%	5.7×	33	-7.3%
20	University of AlbertaCanada	58.0	14.9%	2.6×	24	+53.0%
21	Chengdu University of TechnologyChina	57.9	22.6%	3.8×	16	+489.5%
22	Shandong UniversityChina	57.7	29.4%	0.9×	13	+269.4%
23	The University of MelbourneAustralia	57.6	13.9%	3.3×	39	-16.6%
24	China Agricultural UniversityChina	57.5	36.7%	1.4×	8	+133.5%
25	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	57.0	17.4%	1.9×	17	+38.2%
26	Wuhan UniversityChina	56.4	28.9%	0.8×	12	+79.1%
27	China University of Mining and TechnologyChina	56.2	21.0%	2.0×	16	+524.6%
28	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	55.9	5.6%	5.0×	51	+42.8%
29	University of GothenburgSweden	55.9	21.1%	2.5×	12	+46.7%
30	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	55.7	16.5%	1.4×	18	+32.9%
31	University of the Free StateSouth Africa	54.9	21.5%	5.6×	14	+134.6%
32	University of TasmaniaAustralia	54.6	13.1%	7.0×	18	+69.6%
33	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States	54.5	26.0%	2.8×	17	-13.0%
34	Florida State UniversityUnited States	54.4	18.7%	4.2×	16	+50.7%
35	Chongqing UniversityChina	54.4	35.5%	0.9×	10	+49.4%
36	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	54.2	15.4%	3.1×	17	+78.0%
37	Monash UniversityAustralia	54.0	8.6%	2.9×	30	+7.3%
38	Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia	53.9	4.0%	9.2×	42	+20.3%
39	Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand	53.9	24.5%	1.9×	9	+100.0%
40	UNSW SydneyAustralia	53.5	16.2%	2.8×	27	-7.3%
41	Central South UniversityChina	52.5	32.7%	0.5×	10	+195.9%
42	Kyoto UniversityJapan	51.7	9.7%	4.3×	35	+0.2%
43	National University of SingaporeSingapore	49.8	14.8%	1.2×	15	+19.0%
44	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	49.5	21.3%	0.9×	10	+173.1%
45	Keio University Shonan FujisawaJapan	48.1	4.8%	106.4×	22	+140.6%
46	Mustafa Kemal UniversityTürkiye	46.7	14.0%	11.6×	13	+659.6%
47	University of CanterburyNew Zealand	46.5	11.5%	10.2×	17	-8.5%
48	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	45.0	26.7%	2.4×	9	-16.4%
49	University at Albany, State University of New YorkUnited States	44.8	10.8%	10.7×	13	+44.9%
50	TH Köln - University of Applied SciencesGermany	43.5	9.4%	16.8×	10	+94.2%
51	University of Hong KongChina	43.0	13.8%	1.0×	10	+27.6%
52	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	42.5	4.1%	2.6×	46	-13.2%
53	University of GenevaSwitzerland	42.4	16.1%	1.8×	8	+30.8%
54	Charles Darwin UniversityAustralia	41.6	19.6%	10.8×	8	-37.9%
55	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	40.8	3.9%	2.0×	38	-25.1%
56	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	40.4	15.7%	1.4×	13	-15.7%
57	University of IndonesiaIndonesia	39.1	1.6%	2.9×	37	-1.8%
58	Gümüşhane UniversityTürkiye	39.1	8.6%	10.8×	10	+143.8%
59	University of Technology SydneyAustralia	36.1	10.7%	2.7×	13	-24.6%
60	University of PeshawarPakistan	35.9	5.5%	10.5×	9	+355.4%
61	Indonesia Defense UniversityIndonesia	31.5	0.0%	11.9×	16	+33.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Disaster Management and Resilience, country by country

Is Disaster Management and Resilience research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Disaster Management and Resilience.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Disaster Management and Resilience as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.049% in 2024.

Fractional works of Disaster Management and Resilience over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Disaster Management and Resilience research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Disaster Management and Resilience research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Disaster Management and Resilience?

What are the most cited papers in Disaster Management and Resilience?

Where is Disaster Management and Resilience research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Disaster Management and Resilience?

Is Disaster Management and Resilience research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion