Rangifer

Septentrio Academic Publishing · Norway · Est. 1981

ISSN0333-256XeISSN1890-6729

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Rangifer publishes original research papers, review articles and brief communications in all themes and fields related to the animal reindeer/caribou and reindeer husbandry as culture and industry, and also papers on other northern ungulates. Rangifer is the world's only scientific journal dealing exclusively with husbandry, management and biology of arctic and northern ungulates.

General Information

Country / RegionNorway

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgSeptentrio Academic Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Septentrio Academic Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0333-256X / 1890-6729

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PKP Private LOCKSS Network

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

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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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Studies and EcologyWildlife Ecology and ConservationRangeland and Wildlife ManagementRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyClimate change and permafrostEcology and biodiversity studiesGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockMarine animal studies overviewRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyReproductive Physiology in Livestock

Frequently asked questions about Rangifer

Is Rangifer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rangifer: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Rangifer?

Rangifer is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Rangifer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rangifer is indexed in DOAJ.