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Journal of Rangeland Science

Islamic Azad University · Iran · Est. 2010

ISSN2008-9996

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.155

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

294

Total Citationsi

795

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications294

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Islamic Azad University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2008-9996

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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

2014

2015

126

2016

136

2017

2018

106

2019

2020

2021

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.

EcologyQ4

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ4

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Ecology and Taxonomy StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyRangeland and Wildlife ManagementPlant Ecology and Soil ScienceAgricultural and Rural Development ResearchRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologySoil and Land Suitability AnalysisBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy StudiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesSeed Germination and Physiology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Rangeland Science

Is Journal of Rangeland Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Rangeland Science: 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 Journal of Rangeland Science?

Journal of Rangeland Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.155.

Is Journal of Rangeland Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Rangeland Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Rangeland Science?