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Land Degradation and Development

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN1085-3278eISSN1099-145X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.07

H-Indexi

140

SNIPi

1.029

Total Worksi

5,680

Total Citationsi

144,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Soil Science; Development; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Environmental Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1998-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,680

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1085-3278 / 1099-145X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

296

9.6k

2019

358

10k

2020

327

6.7k

2021

436

7.2k

2022

425

4.6k

2023

453

3.5k

2024

682

1.8k

2025

503

109

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Soil ScienceQ1

Environmental ChemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesSoil Science

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Soil ScienceDevelopmentEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil erosion and sediment transportSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Frequently asked questions about Land Degradation and Development

Is Land Degradation and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Land Degradation and Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Land Degradation and Development?

Land Degradation and Development is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.77.

Is Land Degradation and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Land Degradation and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Land Degradation and Development?