| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Science | 52 / 167 | 69th | Q2 |
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Arid Land Research and Management
Arid Land Research and Management is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1532-4982Verify ISSN ↗1532-4990Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Arid Land Research and Management indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.8.
What quartile is Arid Land Research and Management in Scopus?
Arid Land Research and Management is Q2 in Soil Science (rank 52 of 167), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Arid Land Research and Management?
Arid Land Research and Management is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.496, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 48.
Who publishes Arid Land Research and Management and what is its ISSN?
Arid Land Research and Management is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1532-4982 and its online ISSN is 1532-4990.
Is Arid Land Research and Management covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Arid Land Research and Management in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Arid Land Research and Management open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Arid Land Research and Management? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Arid Land Research and Management has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 1.71 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #73 of 159 Scopus journals in Soil Science.
Arid Land Research and Management published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 38. 2026* is the year so far.
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 Arid Land Research and Management? — latest 98 articles, 2023–2026
In its latest 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (24.1%), Iran (14.8%) and India (12.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Arid Land Research and Management? — 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
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.
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