Assessment of the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction studies since 2015

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) (2015–2030) was specifically initiated to advance Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policy globally, to further understand the complexity of disaster risk in our contemporary time. Despite the potency of the framework, its implementation remains low at the local level. This paper provides a portrait of the intellectual stance of SFDRR studies. Our bibliometric exploration over the survey period of 2015–2019 shows a total of 34 documents with an annual percentage growth of 15.9%, which implies the increase of research on SFDRR during the period of analysis. The UK ranked first in terms of the highest number of corresponding authors during the study period. In addition, the UK was top on the most cited country on the SFDRR documents indexed in WOS from 2015 to 2019, with a sizeable chunk of developed countries on the top. This paper recommends researchers (from well off countries) across climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction intellectual domains should encourage research collaborations which will improve teamwork with Universities and other research councils in transitions countries in a bid to improve their ability to inter alia, development of policies and communication of research outcomes to the final user. This paper concludes that public policymakers and stakeholders working at the local government level should rejig strategies towards implementing the SFDRR and other international frameworks of this manner.