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Arid Zone Research

Science Press · China · Est. 1984

ISSN1001-4675

SJR Q3✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.354

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.627

Total Worksi

1,816

Total Citationsi

2,912

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Arid Zone Research was founded in 1984. It is an academic journal supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and sponsored by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Soil Science Society. It publishes original, comprehensive, theoretical, and practical academic papers in the research fields of water resources, soil, biology, climate, and environment in arid regions. It mainly publishes research results on basic scientific issues in arid regions, such as arid zone responses to global climate change, inland water cycle and water resources, arid zone biological resources and oasis ecology, soil science, and desertification control.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageChinese, English

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,816

Publisher OrgScience Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Science Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1001-4675

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Chinese, 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

Articles published

Citations received

297

525

2010

158

268

2011

139

230

2012

149

253

2013

135

172

2014

119

111

2015

2016

2018

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.

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

EcologyQ3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

GeologyQ3

Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Water Science and TechnologyGeologyEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental and Agricultural SciencesEnvironmental Changes in ChinaRemote Sensing and Land UseForest, Soil, and Plant Ecology in ChinaPlant Ecology and Soil Science

Frequently asked questions about Arid Zone Research

Is Arid Zone Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arid Zone Research: 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 Zone Research?

Arid Zone Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.354.

Is Arid Zone Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arid Zone Research is indexed in Scopus.