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Submission guidelines

As of 1 January 2024, Pastoralism is no longer published by Springer Nature and future papers will be published by Frontiers. Any enquiries regarding new submissions can be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Carol Kerven, at carol_kerven@msn.com. 

Our 3-step submission process

  1. Before you submit

    Before you submit, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the following.

  2. Ready to submit

    To give your manuscript the best chance of publication, follow these editorial policies and formatting guidelines.

  3. Submit and promote

    After acceptance, we provide support so your article gains maximum impact in the scientific community and beyond.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.5 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.9 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.479 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.719 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    28 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    145 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    457,229 downloads
    153 Altmetric mentions

Indexing services

  • All articles published in Pastoralism are listed in the following indexing services:

    • SCOPUS
    • CAB Abstracts
    • CAB International
    • DOAJ
    • Global Health
    • OCLC
    • SCImago
    • Summon by Proquest
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