Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice
ISSN 2041-7136 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,080; review about 82 days (submission to final decision, publisher); acceptance rate 66% (journal website); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice is published by SpringerOpen and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Animal Diversity and Health Studies and Transboundary Water Resource Management, together about 55.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (Pastoralism) aims to be the leading journal in the field by publishing open access premier articles on extensive livestock production systems throughout the world. Pastoralists rely on rangelands and livestock for their livelihoods, but exhibit different levels of mobility and market involvement, and operate under a variety of different land tenure regimes. Pastoralism publishes articles that intend to influence public policy, to improve the welfare of these people and better conserve the environments in which they live. The journal investigates pastoralism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives across the biophysical, social and economic sciences. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Carol KervenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyEnvironmental Science35.7%
- Animal Diversity and Health StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12%
- Transboundary Water Resource ManagementSocial Sciences8.1%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions4.4%
- Zoonotic diseases and public healthMedicine2.7%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Dimensions, CNKI, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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 (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 249OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 490 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 16 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 129 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 140 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 400 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 567 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 421 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
82 dayssubmission to final decision · community reports about 13 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 66%Publisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 82 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 100 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,080 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,080 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,080 | No | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 2
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Policies and publication ethics
All articles are published with open access under the CC-BY Creative Commons attribution license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 2.1. CC-BY Licence
All figures, tables, and images will be published under a Creative Commons CC-BY licence, and permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including re-published/adapted/modified/partial figures and images from the internet). It is the responsibility of the authors to acquire the licenses, follow any citation instructions requested by third-party rights holders, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Pastoralism provides online free gold open access to the journal and all of its research publications. Open Access funder and institutional mandates: Pastoralism is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the Austral…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2041-7136
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice
What CAS zone is Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice?
The publisher reports about 82 days (submission to final decision); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 66%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Suggested reviewers: Required, 2. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Pastoralism-Research Policy and Practice is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,080.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .