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Annals of Arid Zone

Annals of Arid Zone is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.7). Published by Arid Zone Research Association of India.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 0570-1791Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Arid Zone Research Association of India

Scopus · Q3

0.7

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 201 of 286 · 29th pctile

Indexed in

major index

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2026 (also 2022–2024, 2020, 2016–2018, 1996–2014, 1978–1983, 1976)

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

0.7

SJR · SCImago

0.157

Q4 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q3 · 29th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Social Sciences (all)	201 / 286	29th	Q3
Veterinary (all)	167 / 204	18th	Q4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)	207 / 235	11th	Q4
Engineering (all)	317 / 351	9th	Q4
Environmental Science (all)	226 / 249	9th	Q4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)	205 / 223	8th	Q4
Energy (all)	73 / 79	8th	Q4

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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Annals of Arid Zone indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2026 (also 2022–2024, 2020, 2016–2018, 1996–2014, 1978–1983, 1976), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.7.

What quartile is Annals of Arid Zone in Scopus?

Annals of Arid Zone is Q3 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 201 of 286), Q4 in Veterinary (all) (rank 167 of 204) and Q4 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 207 of 235), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Annals of Arid Zone?

Annals of Arid Zone is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3, 29th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.157, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 23.

Who publishes Annals of Arid Zone and what is its ISSN?

Annals of Arid Zone is published by Arid Zone Research Association of India. Its ISSN is 0570-1791.

Is Annals of Arid Zone in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Annals of Arid Zone open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Annals of Arid Zone? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Annals of Arid Zone has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #167 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).

h-index

0.54

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

797

works indexed

1,165

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#167 of 268 Bottom 38% Social Sciences (all)

#121 of 197 Bottom 39% Veterinary (all)

#151 of 224 Bottom 33% Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)

Papers published per year

Annals of Arid Zone published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 78. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Agricultural Economics and PracticesAgricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural Systems and PracticesLivestock Management and Performance Improvement

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.

Who publishes in Annals of Arid Zone? — latest 93 articles, 2025–2026

In its latest 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (64%), Algeria (16.1%) and Iran (4.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Annals of Arid Zone? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Author concentration64% of recent authorship from India

Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0570-1791 ↗

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