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Arid Land Geography

Science China Press · China

ISSN1000-6060

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.408

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.706

Total Worksi

1,514

Total Citationsi

2,847

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Geology; Atmospheric Science.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,514

Publisher OrgScience Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Science China Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1000-6060

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

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

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

Articles published

Citations received

115

173

2011

258

2012

116

234

2013

112

166

2014

2015

101

2016

2017

2020

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ2

EcologyQ2

GeologyQ2

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceEarth-Surface ProcessesGeologyEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Remote Sensing and Land UseEnvironmental Changes in ChinaEnvironmental and Agricultural SciencesRegional Economic and Spatial AnalysisForest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in ChinaPlant Ecology and Soil ScienceEnvironmental Quality and PollutionAeolian processes and effectsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Arid Land Geography

Is Arid Land Geography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arid Land Geography: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Arid Land Geography?

Arid Land Geography is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.408.

Is Arid Land Geography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arid Land Geography is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arid Land Geography?