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Pastoralism

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2041-7136eISSN2041-7136

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.621

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.238

Total Worksi

464

Total Citationsi

8,540

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications464

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2041-7136 / 2041-7136

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

669

2019

856

2020

401

2021

542

2022

379

2023

125

2024

109

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyAnimal Diversity and Health StudiesTransboundary Water Resource ManagementWildlife Ecology and ConservationAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchIndigenous Studies and EcologyAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyZoonotic diseases and public healthRangeland and Wildlife ManagementAgricultural Innovations and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Pastoralism

Is Pastoralism a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pastoralism: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Pastoralism?

Pastoralism 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 1.56.

Is Pastoralism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pastoralism is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pastoralism?