Journal introduction

Journal of Arid Land

  • Sponsored by：Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Science Press; China Society of Natural Resources
  • Superintended by：Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • ISSN：1674-6767
  • CN：65-1278/K
  • Language：English
  • Frequency：Bimonthly
  • Editor-in-chief：CHEN Xi
  • https：http://jal.xjegi.com/
  • Journal information：The Journal of Arid Land (JAL) publishes original, innovative, and integrative research in arid and semiarid regions, addressing various aspects in geography, geology, pedology, hydrology, biology, ecology and meteorology. The following topics are covered: (1) The dynamics of natural resources, including water, soil/land, organisms and climate and the security and sustainable development of natural resources, the environment and the ecology, especially for central Asia; (2) The interactions between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, and the relationship between these natural processes and human activities; (3) Patterns of geography, ecology and environment; Ecological improvement and environmental protection; (4) Regional responses and feedback mechanisms to global change; (5) Reviews, brief communications, trend and book reviews of work in the aforementioned subjects.
  • Indexed in：China
    Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD)
    Chinese Journal Full-text Database (CJFD, CNKI)

    International
    Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, USA)
    Scopus (Netherland)
    Centre Agriculture Bioscience International (CAB Abstract, United Kingdom)
    Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory (UPD, USA)
    JST's Bibliographic Databases (Japan)
    Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA, USA)
    Index Copernicus (IC, Poland)
    Abstracts Journal (AJ, USA)
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