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Rangelands

Society for Range Management · United States

ISSN0190-0528

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.563

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

2,366

Total Citationsi

10,422

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,366

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Range Management

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0190-0528

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

205

2019

250

2020

480

2021

394

2022

105

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EcologyQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyArchaeology and Natural HistoryBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Frequently asked questions about Rangelands

Is Rangelands a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rangelands: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Rangelands?

Rangelands is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.563.

Is Rangelands indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rangelands is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rangelands?