African Journal of Range and Forage Science

The African Journal of Range & Forage Science is the leading rangeland and pastoral journal in Africa. The Journal is dedicated to publishing quality original material that advances rangeland ecology and pasture management. The journal aims to publish research of international importance from any region, but as an African journal, we are particularly interested in research from Africa and relevant to the continent. The Journal promotes both science and its application and authors are encouraged to explicitly identify the practical implications of their work. Peer-reviewed research papers and research notes deal primarily with all aspects of rangeland and pasture ecology and management, including the ecophysiology and biogeochemistry of rangelands and pastures, terrestrial plant–herbivore interactions (both domestic and wild), rangeland assessment and monitoring, effects of climate change on rangelands, rangeland and pasture management, rangeland rehabilitation, ecosystem services in support of production, conservation and biodiversity goals, and the identification and development of intensive and semi-intensive pasture and forage resources to meet livestock production needs. Articles highlighting transdisciplinary linkages among biophysical and social sciences that support management, policy and societal values are particularly encouraged. The Journal includes relevant book reviews and invited perspectives that contribute to the development of range and forage science. Letters to the editor that debate issues raised in the Journal are acceptable. The African Journal of Range & Forage Science is the official journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Animal Science and Zoology	1999	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2000	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2001	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2002	Q4
Animal Science and Zoology	2003	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2004	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2005	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2006	Q4
Animal Science and Zoology	2007	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2008	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2009	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2010	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2011	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2012	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2013	Q4
Animal Science and Zoology	2014	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2015	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2016	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2017	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2018	Q3
Animal Science and Zoology	2019	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2020	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2021	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2022	Q2
Animal Science and Zoology	2023	Q2
Ecology	1999	Q3
Ecology	2000	Q3
Ecology	2001	Q3
Ecology	2002	Q3
Ecology	2003	Q3
Ecology	2004	Q3
Ecology	2005	Q3
Ecology	2006	Q3
Ecology	2007	Q2
Ecology	2008	Q2
Ecology	2009	Q3
Ecology	2010	Q3
Ecology	2011	Q3
Ecology	2012	Q3
Ecology	2013	Q3
Ecology	2014	Q3
Ecology	2015	Q2
Ecology	2016	Q3
Ecology	2017	Q2
Ecology	2018	Q3
Ecology	2019	Q2
Ecology	2020	Q2
Ecology	2021	Q2
Ecology	2022	Q2
Ecology	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
1999	0.252
2000	0.242
2001	0.232
2002	0.194
2003	0.361
2004	0.231
2005	0.338
2006	0.226
2007	0.435
2008	0.397
2009	0.238
2010	0.287
2011	0.278
2012	0.309
2013	0.217
2014	0.333
2015	0.555
2016	0.412
2017	0.532
2018	0.359
2019	0.494
2020	0.464
2021	0.395
2022	0.381
2023	0.516

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	15
2000	16
2001	20
2002	24
2003	35
2004	26
2005	23
2006	24
2007	20
2008	19
2009	26
2010	23
2011	16
2012	14
2013	22
2014	24
2015	30
2016	30
2017	23
2018	37
2019	22
2020	28
2021	35
2022	34
2023	40

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)	1999	0.311
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.184
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.391
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.358
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.419
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.352
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.546
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.839
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.535
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.517
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.591
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.560
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.557
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.013
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.033
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.336
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.183
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.509
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.264
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.566
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.739
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.311
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.226
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.320
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.196
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.367
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.342
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.298
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.740
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.687
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.523
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.585
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.491
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.019
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.083
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.053
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.267
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.768
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.920
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.459
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.342
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.088
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.355
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.273
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.288
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.262
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.347
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.787
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.477
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.311
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.513
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.083
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.935
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.037
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.967
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.189
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.339
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.587
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.348

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	1999	4
Self Cites	2000	3
Self Cites	2001	8
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	3
Self Cites	2004	9
Self Cites	2005	7
Self Cites	2006	3
Self Cites	2007	8
Self Cites	2008	11
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	10
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	5
Self Cites	2013	3
Self Cites	2014	11
Self Cites	2015	19
Self Cites	2016	18
Self Cites	2017	8
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	10
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	4
Self Cites	2022	15
Self Cites	2023	13
Total Cites	1999	19
Total Cites	2000	12
Total Cites	2001	16
Total Cites	2002	10
Total Cites	2003	22
Total Cites	2004	27
Total Cites	2005	33
Total Cites	2006	25
Total Cites	2007	54
Total Cites	2008	46
Total Cites	2009	28
Total Cites	2010	34
Total Cites	2011	34
Total Cites	2012	38
Total Cites	2013	26
Total Cites	2014	53
Total Cites	2015	65
Total Cites	2016	80
Total Cites	2017	108
Total Cites	2018	83
Total Cites	2019	114
Total Cites	2020	145
Total Cites	2021	167
Total Cites	2022	124
Total Cites	2023	169

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	1999	0.246
External Cites per document	2000	0.170
External Cites per document	2001	0.160
External Cites per document	2002	0.137
External Cites per document	2003	0.317
External Cites per document	2004	0.228
External Cites per document	2005	0.306
External Cites per document	2006	0.262
External Cites per document	2007	0.630
External Cites per document	2008	0.522
External Cites per document	2009	0.349
External Cites per document	2010	0.369
External Cites per document	2011	0.456
External Cites per document	2012	0.508
External Cites per document	2013	0.434
External Cites per document	2014	0.808
External Cites per document	2015	0.767
External Cites per document	2016	0.816
External Cites per document	2017	1.190
External Cites per document	2018	0.867
External Cites per document	2019	1.156
External Cites per document	2020	1.720
External Cites per document	2021	1.874
External Cites per document	2022	1.282
External Cites per document	2023	1.608
Cites per document	1999	0.311
Cites per document	2000	0.226
Cites per document	2001	0.320
Cites per document	2002	0.196
Cites per document	2003	0.367
Cites per document	2004	0.342
Cites per document	2005	0.388
Cites per document	2006	0.298
Cites per document	2007	0.740
Cites per document	2008	0.687
Cites per document	2009	0.444
Cites per document	2010	0.523
Cites per document	2011	0.500
Cites per document	2012	0.585
Cites per document	2013	0.491
Cites per document	2014	1.019
Cites per document	2015	1.083
Cites per document	2016	1.053
Cites per document	2017	1.286
Cites per document	2018	1.000
Cites per document	2019	1.267
Cites per document	2020	1.768
Cites per document	2021	1.920
Cites per document	2022	1.459
Cites per document	2023	1.742

% 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
1999	13.33
2000	18.75
2001	20.00
2002	16.67
2003	42.86
2004	23.08
2005	21.74
2006	37.50
2007	25.00
2008	26.32
2009	23.08
2010	17.39
2011	18.75
2012	35.71
2013	27.27
2014	16.67
2015	30.00
2016	40.00
2017	30.43
2018	29.73
2019	31.82
2020	28.57
2021	45.71
2022	38.24
2023	25.00

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	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	4
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	2
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	5
Non-citable documents	2022	5
Non-citable documents	2023	7
Citable documents	1999	61
Citable documents	2000	53
Citable documents	2001	50
Citable documents	2002	51
Citable documents	2003	59
Citable documents	2004	78
Citable documents	2005	84
Citable documents	2006	83
Citable documents	2007	72
Citable documents	2008	65
Citable documents	2009	61
Citable documents	2010	61
Citable documents	2011	65
Citable documents	2012	63
Citable documents	2013	53
Citable documents	2014	51
Citable documents	2015	58
Citable documents	2016	72
Citable documents	2017	81
Citable documents	2018	80
Citable documents	2019	87
Citable documents	2020	79
Citable documents	2021	82
Citable documents	2022	80
Citable documents	2023	90

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	1999	48
Uncited documents	2000	45
Uncited documents	2001	38
Uncited documents	2002	43
Uncited documents	2003	47
Uncited documents	2004	62
Uncited documents	2005	66
Uncited documents	2006	67
Uncited documents	2007	45
Uncited documents	2008	45
Uncited documents	2009	42
Uncited documents	2010	43
Uncited documents	2011	45
Uncited documents	2012	41
Uncited documents	2013	37
Uncited documents	2014	23
Uncited documents	2015	34
Uncited documents	2016	40
Uncited documents	2017	39
Uncited documents	2018	42
Uncited documents	2019	38
Uncited documents	2020	31
Uncited documents	2021	20
Uncited documents	2022	34
Uncited documents	2023	34
Cited documents	1999	13
Cited documents	2000	8
Cited documents	2001	12
Cited documents	2002	8
Cited documents	2003	13
Cited documents	2004	17
Cited documents	2005	19
Cited documents	2006	17
Cited documents	2007	28
Cited documents	2008	22
Cited documents	2009	21
Cited documents	2010	22
Cited documents	2011	23
Cited documents	2012	24
Cited documents	2013	16
Cited documents	2014	29
Cited documents	2015	26
Cited documents	2016	36
Cited documents	2017	45
Cited documents	2018	41
Cited documents	2019	52
Cited documents	2020	51
Cited documents	2021	67
Cited documents	2022	51
Cited documents	2023	63