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Arid Land Research and Management

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1532-4990

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.496

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

821

Total Citationsi

13,471

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Arid Land Research and Management publishes articles on land ecology, soil chemistry, and other edaphic aspects. It emphasizes degraded land recovery and practical/appropriate soil use.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications821

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-4990

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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

403

2019

254

2020

313

2021

234

2022

169

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.

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesSoil Science

Scopus Categories

Soil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil and Unsaturated FlowPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyAeolian processes and effectsBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Frequently asked questions about Arid Land Research and Management

Is Arid Land Research and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arid Land Research and Management: 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 Arid Land Research and Management?

Arid Land Research and Management 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 1.35.

Is Arid Land Research and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arid Land Research and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.