Guest Editors:
Danielle Charlton, PhD, GNS Science, New Zealand
Mary Anne Clive, PhD, GNS Science, New Zealand
Shinji Takarada, PhD, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan
Submission Status: Open until 30 September 2025
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Journal of Applied Volcanology is calling for submissions to our new collection which will highlight research and case studies that adopt participatory, community-led, or co-produced approaches to volcanic risk and resilience.
APC waivers are available to be requested for submissions to this collection.
Associate Professor Emma Hudson-Doyle works at the interface between physical and social scientists and is focused on improving the communication of science advice and risk during natural hazard events. She teaches into the Emergency Management program at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, Aotearoa NZ. Emma's research is centered around a philosophy that to understand, prepare for, and recover from, the societal impacts of volcanic events, we must also understand how society reacts to and manages all natural hazards and the societal, cultural, and economic factors influencing disaster resilience. Accordingly, she brings to the Editor-in-Chief role an understanding of how lessons from other domains, such as earthquake, extreme weather, landslide, and bush fire, can be applied to enhance our ability to live with volcanic risk.
Hazard mapping hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves and we’re going to do something about it! Journal of Applied Volcanology invites authors to show off their volcanic hazard and risk mapping work in a newly dedicated article type.
More info at Hazard Map submission guidelines.
Journal of Applied Volcanology is an international journal with a focus on applied research relating to volcanism and particularly its societal impacts. Characterising volcanic impacts and associated risk relies on not only quantifying physical threat but also understanding social and physical vulnerability and resilience. The broad aim of volcanologists in this domain is to increase public resilience to volcanic risk via research that reduces both human fatalities and volcanic impacts on livelihoods, infrastructure, and the economy. Journal of Applied Volcanology fills an important gap for scientists who want to publish research that addresses this aim and wish to reach a broad audience.
Read MoreIllustrating Fuego: Tangled and Tangible (Self-)expression
Published 8 May 2025
People's diverse stories of disaster often go untold. Creative methods allow researchers to work with affected people and their stories with the sensitivity and depth they deserve. Using these methods to study volcanic disaster, I found both promise and challenge in turning theory into practice.
Watching Ruapehu Crater Lake: What does this tell us about an active volcano?
Published 2 December 2024
Ruapehu is an active volcano in New Zealand, with all historical eruptions having occurred from its Crater Lake. By watching and photographing the Crater Lake, we attempted to better understand the lake and see if watching the lake could indicate when and how Ruapehu may erupt in the future.
Be Prepared: highlights from applied volcanology
Published 22 May 2024
This blog post highlights a selection of recent publications from Journal of Applied Volcanology revealing the work of volcanologists around the world advancing research and managing the risks and hazards of livelihoods in proximity to volcanic activity.
To prepare or not to prepare: What motivates people to reduce their risk from volcanic impacts?
Published 13 December 2021
What motivates people to prepare for volcanic hazards? In a recent study from Journal of Applied Volcanology, Lauren Vinnell and co-authors from New Zealand and the US explored behavioral and psychological factors which influence whether people are able and willing to evacuate in the event of lahars.
Let's talk more about volcanic hazard maps - a blog post
Published 1 March 2019
Erupting volcanoes can pose many hazards, including volcanic ash, lava flows, pyroclastic flows and lahars. Associate Professor Jan Lindsay, former Editor in Chief of Journal of Applied Volcanology, discusses the importance of volcanic hazard maps in highlighting the areas where these hazards may occur and what needs to be done to improve their development and use.
Development and application of volcanic fragility and vulnerability functions
Edited by: Natalia Irma Deligne, Giulio Zuccaro, Sungsu Lee
Collection published: 6 January 2017
The Application of Volcanology Research to Emergency Management
Edited by: Dr Jan Lindsay, Ms Christina Neal, Dr Thomas Wilson, Laura Sandri
Collection published: 27 May 2015
18 Years of Risk and Resilience: a ‘Forensic’ Analysis of Soufriere Hills Volcano and its Impacts
Edited by: Dr Christopher Kilburn, Prof Jenni Barclay
Collection published: 18 February 2015
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Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.153
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.782
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