Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Arid Land Research and Management
ISSN 1532-4982 · eISSN 1532-4990 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Arid Land Research and Management: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.73; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 168 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arid Land Research and Management is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Soil and Unsaturated Flow, together about 30.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arid Land Research and Management, a cooperating journal of the International Union of Soil Sciences , is a common outlet and a valuable source of information for fundamental and applied research on soils affected by aridity. This journal covers land ecology, including flora and fauna, as well as soil chemistry, biology, physics, and other edaphic aspects. The journal emphasizes recovery of degraded lands and practical, appropriate uses of soils. Reports of biotechnological applications to land use and recovery are included. Full papers and short notes, as well as review articles and book and meeting reviews are published. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editorial Board Members, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. After the round(s) of review the Editor makes the final decision to accept or reject the manuscript. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Readership: Soil scientists, environmental scientists, agronomists, range scientists, and other professionals involved in fundamental or applied research on arid lands, and those working on reversing desertification and on utilization of arid soils for increased food and energy production.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Editor-in-chief Tibor TothPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 16, France 4, Spain 4, Australia 3, Israel 3 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.1%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering8.1%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science7%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Clay minerals and soil interactionsMaterials Science4%
- Aeolian processes and effectsEarth and Planetary Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: BIOBASE, Biological Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, CSA Bacteriology (Microbiology B), CSA Biological Sciences Database, CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database, CSA Pollution Abstracts; CSA Water Resources, Biology, and Environmental Science, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, GEOBASE, Geographical Abstracts, Health and Safety Science Abstracts, International Development Abstracts, Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts, Referativnyi Zhurnal, Research Alert, SciSearch, Soils and Fertilizers Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.79Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 643OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 26,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,312 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 2 | 49 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3 | 84 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1 | 172 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 239 |
| 2021 | 30 | 0 | 322 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
168 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 208 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 181 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (52 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 92 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 92 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication 2025
- 92 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Arid Land Research and Management is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discovera…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1532-4982
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-4990
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arid Land Research and Management
What CAS zone is Arid Land Research and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Arid Land Research and Management is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Soil Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Arid Land Research and Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.73; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Arid Land Research and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 108–208 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Arid Land Research and Management based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (16), France (4) and Spain (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Arid Land Research and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arid Land Research and Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arid Land Research and Management open access, and what is the APC?
Arid Land Research and Management is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .