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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)

    2023 Speed
    28 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    145 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    457,229 downloads
    153 Altmetric mentions

Indexing services

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

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    • CAB Abstracts
    • CAB International
    • DOAJ
    • Global Health
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