Journal of Arid Land

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Arid Land is an international peer-reviewed journal co-sponsored by Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press.

It aims to meet the needs of researchers, students and practitioners in sustainable development and eco-environmental management, focusing on the arid and semi-arid lands in Central Asia and the world at large.

The Journal covers such topics as the dynamics of natural resources (including water, soil and land, organism and climate), the security and sustainable development of natural resources, and the environment and the ecology in arid and semi-arid lands, especially in Central Asia.

Coverage also includes interactions between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, and the relationship between these natural processes and human activities.

Also discussed are patterns of geography, ecology and environment; ecological improvement and environmental protection; and regional responses and feedback mechanisms to global change.

The Journal of Arid Land also presents reviews, brief communications, trends and book reviews of work on these topics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	2.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.768

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7144

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	944

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Modeling spatio-temporal distribution of soil moisture by deep learning-based cellular automata model

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Xiaodong, Ganlin, Feng, Decheng, Yuguo, Jinling

• Identification of sand and dust storm source areas in Iran

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Hui, Jian, Guizhou, Guang, Lei

• Vegetation dynamics and its response to climate change in Central Asia

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Gang, Zengyun, Xi, Tashpolat

• Estimation of meteorological drought indices based on AgMERRA precipitation data and station-observed precipitation data

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Nasrin, Amin, Hossein, Mohammad, Azar, Gerrit

• Spatial and temporal change patterns of net primary productivity and its response to climate change in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China from 2000 to 2015

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Bing, Wenqian, Fei, Baomin, Shuting, Yue, Xiao, Tianli, Xi, Chunting, Rui

• Climate change, water resources and sustainable development in the arid and semi-arid lands of Central Asia in the past 30 years

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Yang, Yuanyue, Xiang, Zhijie, Lingxiao, Markus, Fanjiang, Yaoming, Xi, Ruide

• Interactive effects of wind speed, vegetation coverage and soil moisture in controlling wind erosion in a temperate desert steppe, Inner Mongolia of China

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Zhongju, Xiaohong, Yong, Xiaomeng, Yanlong, Meng

• Saline dust storms and their ecological impacts in arid regions

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Jilili, DongWei, GuangYang

• Performance of different drought indices for agriculture drought in the North China Plain

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Xianfeng, Xiufang, Yaozhong, Jianjun, Shuangshuang

• Rangelands of Central Asia: challenges and opportunities

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Alisher, Mohamed, Jutta, John, Mounir

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