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Rangeland Journal
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Rangeland Journal

1036-9872

Published by: CSIRO PUBLISHING

https://www.publish.csiro.au/rj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 371 4 7 5
Ecology and Evolution 556 15 17 6
Environmental Sciences 803 8 9 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 41
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.313
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Rangeland Journal?

The concepts of Rangeland, Agronomy, Ecology, Agroforestry and Land use are tackled in the journal. The studies on Rangeland discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Biodiversity, Soil quality, Vegetation, Woodland and Grazing. Rangeland Journal facilitates discussions on Biodiversity that incorporate concepts from other fields like Endangered species and Ecosystem.

The journal explores topics in Woodland which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Arid, Shrubland and Physical geography. Research in Grassland and the interrelating topic of Steppe were among the subjects of interest in the Grazing studies discussed in the journal. The journal investigates Ecology research which frequently intersects with Animal science.

The study on Agroforestry presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Soil indicators. Land use research featured in Rangeland Journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Agriculture, Livelihood, Pastoralism and Sustainability. The journal focuses on Sustainability but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Natural resource, Natural resource management, Environmental planning, Environmental resource management and Natural resource economics.

  • Rangeland (49.92%)
  • Agronomy (29.10%)
  • Ecology (28.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Rangeland degradation and restoration management in China (179 citations)
  • Climate change impacts on northern Australian rangeland livestock carrying capacity: a review of issues (161 citations)
  • A grassland classification system and its application in China (136 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Rangeland Journal:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Rangeland, Land use, Woodland, Agroforestry and Sustainability. While Rangeland is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Vegetation, Biodiversity, Soil quality and Grazing. The Agroforestry research presented in the journal publications focuses mostly on Livestock and, on occasion, topics in Overgrazing.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Rangeland Journal mainly tackles studies in Physical geography, Grassland, Preparedness, Livestock and Grazing. While Physical geography is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Climate change, Agricultural land, Vegetation and Holocene. It primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Grassland but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Precipitation and related Arid,
  • Soil test that intertwine with fields like Water content, Soil texture and Soil quality,
  • Steppe together with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Primary production..

The Livestock works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Abscission, Carbon sequestration, Acacia aneura, Plant litter and Nutrient content. Some problems in Grazing that were presented in Rangeland Journal overlapped with concepts under Range (statistics), Rangeland, Pasture and Land management. Rangeland studies covered in it falls within the purview of Agroforestry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Queensland’s multi-year Wet and Dry periods: implications for grazing enterprises and pasture resources (1 citations)
  • Mapping drought declaration areas from 1936 to 1964 for Queensland, Australia (1 citations)
  • Achieving drought resilience in the grazing lands of northern Australia: preparing, responding and recovering (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Rangeland Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ronald B. Hacker (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ralph D Whalley (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shane D. Campbell (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Qingzhu Gao (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John G. McIvor (12 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Rangeland Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (103 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of New England (Australia) (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles Darwin University (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Queensland (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lanzhou University (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 36.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 58.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 16.67% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Optimising grazing for livestock production and environmental benefits in Chinese grasslands

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Chinese degraded grasslands – pathways for sustainability

    David R. Kemp;Karl Behrendt;Warwick B. Badgery;Guodong D. Han

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Short-Term responses to sheep grazing in a Patagonian steppe

    Magalí Débora Valenta;Rodolfo Golluscio;Ana Lidia Frey;Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe

    (2024)
    6 Citations
  • Effects of long-term cattle market conditions on continuous season-long and rotational grazing system revenues

    J. L. Windh;J. P. Ritten;J. D. Derner;S. Paisley

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Prolific or precarious: a review of the status of Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum [R.Br.] A.DC., Santalaceae)

    R. C. McLellan;K. Dixon;D. M. Watson

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Dietary overlap between cattle and chital in the Queensland dry tropics

    Kurt Watter;Greg S. Baxter;Anthony Pople;Peter J. Murray

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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