Arid Ecosystems

Arid Ecosystems publishes original scientific research articles on desert and semidesert ecosystems and environment: -systematic studies of arid territories: climate changes, water supply of territories, soils as ecological factors of ecosystems state and dynamics in different scales (from local to global); -systematic studies of arid ecosystems: composition and structure, diversity, ecology; paleohistory; dynamics under anthropogenic and natural factors impact, including climate changes; studying of bioresources and biodiversity, and development of the mapping methods; -arid ecosystems protection: development of the theory and methods of degradation prevention and monitoring; desert ecosystems rehabilitation; -problems of desertification: theoretical and practical issues of modern aridization processes under anthropogenic impact and global climate changes.

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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
Ecology	2012	Q4
Ecology	2013	Q3
Ecology	2014	Q3
Ecology	2015	Q4
Ecology	2016	Q4
Ecology	2017	Q3
Ecology	2018	Q3
Ecology	2019	Q3
Ecology	2020	Q3
Ecology	2021	Q3
Ecology	2022	Q2
Ecology	2023	Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2012	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2013	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2014	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2015	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2016	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2017	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2018	Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2019	Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2020	Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2021	Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2022	Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics	2023	Q3
Global and Planetary Change	2012	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2013	Q3
Global and Planetary Change	2014	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2015	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2016	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2017	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2018	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2019	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2020	Q4
Global and Planetary Change	2021	Q3
Global and Planetary Change	2022	Q3
Global and Planetary Change	2023	Q4
Soil Science	2012	Q4
Soil Science	2013	Q3
Soil Science	2014	Q3
Soil Science	2015	Q4
Soil Science	2016	Q4
Soil Science	2017	Q4
Soil Science	2018	Q4
Soil Science	2019	Q3
Soil Science	2020	Q3
Soil Science	2021	Q3
Soil Science	2022	Q2
Soil Science	2023	Q3

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
2012	0.125
2013	0.229
2014	0.228
2015	0.199
2016	0.195
2017	0.200
2018	0.213
2019	0.320
2020	0.293
2021	0.368
2022	0.464
2023	0.297

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2011	42
2012	34
2013	39
2014	42
2015	35
2016	38
2017	39
2018	38
2019	38
2020	54
2021	56
2022	59
2023	64

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)	2011	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.095
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.263
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.417
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.350
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.260
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.279
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.547
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.680
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.930
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.048
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.263
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.417
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.207
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.270
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.295
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.600
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.704
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.008
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.838
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.053
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.095
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.263
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.397
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.210
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.182
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.247
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.273
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.740
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.658
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.870
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.864
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.809

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	2011	0
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	11
Self Cites	2014	38
Self Cites	2015	22
Self Cites	2016	14
Self Cites	2017	12
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	19
Self Cites	2020	20
Self Cites	2021	31
Self Cites	2022	33
Self Cites	2023	45
Total Cites	2011	0
Total Cites	2012	4
Total Cites	2013	20
Total Cites	2014	48
Total Cites	2015	37
Total Cites	2016	24
Total Cites	2017	31
Total Cites	2018	33
Total Cites	2019	69
Total Cites	2020	81
Total Cites	2021	131
Total Cites	2022	124
Total Cites	2023	178

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	2011	0
External Cites per document	2012	0.048
External Cites per document	2013	0.118
External Cites per document	2014	0.087
External Cites per document	2015	0.130
External Cites per document	2016	0.086
External Cites per document	2017	0.165
External Cites per document	2018	0.196
External Cites per document	2019	0.435
External Cites per document	2020	0.530
External Cites per document	2021	0.769
External Cites per document	2022	0.615
External Cites per document	2023	0.787
Cites per document	2011	0.000
Cites per document	2012	0.095
Cites per document	2013	0.263
Cites per document	2014	0.417
Cites per document	2015	0.322
Cites per document	2016	0.207
Cites per document	2017	0.270
Cites per document	2018	0.295
Cites per document	2019	0.600
Cites per document	2020	0.704
Cites per document	2021	1.008
Cites per document	2022	0.838
Cites per document	2023	1.053

% 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
2011	9.52
2012	20.59
2013	5.13
2014	14.29
2015	8.57
2016	15.79
2017	5.13
2018	5.26
2019	7.89
2020	7.41
2021	5.36
2022	6.78
2023	10.94

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	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
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	2011	0
Citable documents	2012	42
Citable documents	2013	76
Citable documents	2014	115
Citable documents	2015	115
Citable documents	2016	116
Citable documents	2017	115
Citable documents	2018	112
Citable documents	2019	115
Citable documents	2020	115
Citable documents	2021	130
Citable documents	2022	148
Citable documents	2023	169

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	2011	0
Uncited documents	2012	38
Uncited documents	2013	60
Uncited documents	2014	81
Uncited documents	2015	88
Uncited documents	2016	94
Uncited documents	2017	86
Uncited documents	2018	87
Uncited documents	2019	76
Uncited documents	2020	70
Uncited documents	2021	63
Uncited documents	2022	80
Uncited documents	2023	90
Cited documents	2011	0
Cited documents	2012	4
Cited documents	2013	16
Cited documents	2014	34
Cited documents	2015	27
Cited documents	2016	22
Cited documents	2017	29
Cited documents	2018	25
Cited documents	2019	39
Cited documents	2020	45
Cited documents	2021	67
Cited documents	2022	68
Cited documents	2023	79

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2011	59.77
2012	49.32
2013	55.79
2014	53.54
2015	56.67
2016	65.98
2017	60.00
2018	61.54
2019	55.45
2020	55.84
2021	52.74
2022	50.96
2023	57.81

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	0
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	0
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0