Journal of Arid Land

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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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Earth-Surface Processes	2010	Q4
Earth-Surface Processes	2011	Q3
Earth-Surface Processes	2012	Q3
Earth-Surface Processes	2013	Q3
Earth-Surface Processes	2014	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2015	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2016	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2017	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2018	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2019	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2020	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2021	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2022	Q2
Earth-Surface Processes	2023	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2010	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2011	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2012	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2013	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2014	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2010	Q4
Water Science and Technology	2011	Q3
Water Science and Technology	2012	Q3
Water Science and Technology	2013	Q3
Water Science and Technology	2014	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2015	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2016	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2017	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2018	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2019	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2020	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2021	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2022	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2010	0.122
2011	0.199
2012	0.226
2013	0.306
2014	0.418
2015	0.576
2016	0.538
2017	0.652
2018	0.502
2019	0.661
2020	0.654
2021	0.607
2022	0.671
2023	0.600

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2009	10
2010	38
2011	37
2012	37
2013	51
2014	73
2015	80
2016	81
2017	78
2018	72
2019	74
2020	78
2021	83
2022	90
2023	90

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.521
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.553
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.984
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.104
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.954
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.905
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.801
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.315
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.970
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.313
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.065
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.521
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.553
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.621
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.946
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.009
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.325
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.929
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.230
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.876
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.521
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.135
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.685
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.993
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.764
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.497
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.080
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.315
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.704
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.019
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.613

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	2
Self Cites	2011	21
Self Cites	2012	12
Self Cites	2013	13
Self Cites	2014	16
Self Cites	2015	18
Self Cites	2016	22
Self Cites	2017	37
Self Cites	2018	22
Self Cites	2019	24
Self Cites	2020	26
Self Cites	2021	33
Self Cites	2022	29
Self Cites	2023	32
Total Cites	2009	0
Total Cites	2010	2
Total Cites	2011	25
Total Cites	2012	47
Total Cites	2013	112
Total Cites	2014	150
Total Cites	2015	261
Total Cites	2016	397
Total Cites	2017	470
Total Cites	2018	396
Total Cites	2019	537
Total Cites	2020	560
Total Cites	2021	656
Total Cites	2022	759
Total Cites	2023	722

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2009	0
External Cites per document	2010	0.000
External Cites per document	2011	0.083
External Cites per document	2012	0.412
External Cites per document	2013	0.884
External Cites per document	2014	1.072
External Cites per document	2015	1.509
External Cites per document	2016	1.838
External Cites per document	2017	1.850
External Cites per document	2018	1.565
External Cites per document	2019	2.221
External Cites per document	2020	2.384
External Cites per document	2021	2.781
External Cites per document	2022	3.106
External Cites per document	2023	2.749
Cites per document	2009	0.000
Cites per document	2010	0.200
Cites per document	2011	0.521
Cites per document	2012	0.553
Cites per document	2013	1.000
Cites per document	2014	1.200
Cites per document	2015	1.621
Cites per document	2016	1.946
Cites per document	2017	2.009
Cites per document	2018	1.657
Cites per document	2019	2.325
Cites per document	2020	2.500
Cites per document	2021	2.929
Cites per document	2022	3.230
Cites per document	2023	2.876

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2009	30.00
2010	23.68
2011	24.32
2012	32.43
2013	25.49
2014	16.44
2015	21.25
2016	29.63
2017	29.49
2018	25.00
2019	32.43
2020	20.51
2021	27.71
2022	24.44
2023	20.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	2009	0
Citable documents	2010	10
Citable documents	2011	48
Citable documents	2012	85
Citable documents	2013	112
Citable documents	2014	125
Citable documents	2015	160
Citable documents	2016	203
Citable documents	2017	233
Citable documents	2018	239
Citable documents	2019	231
Citable documents	2020	224
Citable documents	2021	224
Citable documents	2022	235
Citable documents	2023	251

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2009	0
Uncited documents	2010	8
Uncited documents	2011	29
Uncited documents	2012	52
Uncited documents	2013	50
Uncited documents	2014	45
Uncited documents	2015	35
Uncited documents	2016	54
Uncited documents	2017	52
Uncited documents	2018	78
Uncited documents	2019	55
Uncited documents	2020	62
Uncited documents	2021	39
Uncited documents	2022	43
Uncited documents	2023	58
Cited documents	2009	0
Cited documents	2010	2
Cited documents	2011	19
Cited documents	2012	33
Cited documents	2013	62
Cited documents	2014	80
Cited documents	2015	126
Cited documents	2016	150
Cited documents	2017	182
Cited documents	2018	161
Cited documents	2019	176
Cited documents	2020	162
Cited documents	2021	185
Cited documents	2022	192
Cited documents	2023	193