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Submission guidelines

[November 2023 Update] 

As of 31st July 2023, Pastoralism is not accepting new submissions. As of 1 January 2024, the journal will no longer be published by Springer Nature and future papers will be published by Frontiers. Any enquiries regarding new submissions can be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Carol Kerven, at carol_kerven@msn.com. 

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Before you submit, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the following.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these editorial policies and formatting guidelines.

  3. Submit and promote

    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

Submit manuscript

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.479 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.719 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2022 Speed
    8 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    164 days submission to accept (Median)

    2022 Usage 
    334,375 downloads
    446 Altmetric mentions

Indexing services

  • All articles published in Pastoralism are listed in the following indexing services:

    • SCOPUS
    • CAB Abstracts
    • CAB International
    • DOAJ
    • Global Health
    • OCLC
    • SCImago
    • Summon by Proquest