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Journal of Arid Land

Science Press · China · Est. 2009

ISSN1674-6767eISSN2194-7783

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.818

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.854

Total Worksi

1,216

Total Citationsi

19,876

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Earth-Surface Processes; Water Science and Technology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,216

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1674-6767 / 2194-7783

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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

1.6k

2019

1.4k

2020

1.2k

2021

1.3k

2022

919

2023

632

2024

230

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface ProcessesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesAeolian processes and effectsHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRemote Sensing in AgricultureClimate variability and modelsGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Arid Land

Is Journal of Arid Land a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Arid Land: 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 Journal of Arid Land?

Journal of Arid Land 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 2.76.

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

Journal of Arid Land is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Arid Land?