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Arid Ecosystems

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN2079-0961eISSN2079-0988

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.298

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.553

Total Worksi

706

Total Citationsi

3,053

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Arid Ecosystems is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to studying desert and semidesert ecosystems and environments. Publishes original research articles on systematic studies of arid territories and ecosystems. Focuses on a range of topics, including climate changes, water supply, soils, ecology, bioresources, biodiversity, and desertification. Welcomes submissions in English from all countries.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 63 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications706

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

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?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2079-0961 / 2079-0988

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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

223

2019

442

2020

195

2021

188

2022

194

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.

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Soil ScienceQ3

Global and Planetary ChangeQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Soil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil and Environmental StudiesMarine and environmental studiesAgricultural Productivity and Crop ImprovementBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesGeological Studies and ExplorationAgriculture and Biological StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyAquatic and Environmental StudiesWater Resources and ManagementEcology and biodiversity studies

Frequently asked questions about Arid Ecosystems

Is Arid Ecosystems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arid Ecosystems: 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 Ecosystems?

Arid Ecosystems 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 0.35.

Is Arid Ecosystems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arid Ecosystems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.