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Mission & scope

Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (Pastoralism) aims to be the leading journal in the field by publishing open access premier articles on extensive livestock production systems throughout the world. Pastoralists rely on rangelands and livestock for their livelihoods, but exhibit different levels of mobility and market involvement, and operate under a variety of different land tenure regimes. Pastoralism publishes articles that intend to influence public policy, to improve the welfare of these people and better conserve the environments in which they live. The journal investigates pastoralism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives across the biophysical, social and economic sciences.

Associate editors and editorial board

Pastoralism's Editorial Board provides strategic and professional advice to the Editor-in-Chief. Pastoralism’s Associate Editors share the responsibility of managing submissions and peer reviews. The journal recognises the following members for their continuous guidance and support of the journal.

Editor-in-Chief:

Carol Kerven, Odessa Centre, UK - academia.edu, ResearchGate

Associate editors

Andrei Dörre

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Serena Ferrari

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement: CIRAD, France

Ioannis Hadjigeorgiou

Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Derradji Harek

National Institute of Agronomic Research of Algeria, Algeria

Lynn Huntsinger

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Kirill Istomin

European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia

Ayodele Majekodunmi

FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Diseases (ECTAD), Nigeria

John McPeak

Syracuse University, USA

Mark Moritz

Ohio State University, USA

Deborah Namayi Muricho

University of Nairobi, Kenya

David Oseguera Montiel

University of Liverpool, UK

Sarah Robinson

Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Germany

Igshaan Samuels

University of Western Cape, South Africa

Undarga Sandagsuren

Australian National University, Australia

Rashmi Singh

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

Palden Tsering

Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining, China

Emily Woodhouse

University College London, UK

Editorial board

Jane Addison

Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia

Véronique Ancey

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, France

David G. Anderson

University of Aberdeen, UK

Caterina Batello

Food and Agriculture Office of United Nations (FAO), Italy

Roy Behnke

Odessa Centre, UK

Robin Bendrey

University of Edinburgh, UK

Jonathan Davies

United Nations, New York, United States

Diana K. Davis

The University of California at Davis, USA 

Jan de Leeuw

Baku State University, Azerbaijan

Solomon Desta

Managing Risk for Improved Livelihoods (MARIL), Ethiopia

Anthony Egeru

Makerere University, Uganda

Fiona Flintan

International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Jeorg Gertel

Leipzig University, Germany

Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar M

University of Khartoum and Ahfad University for Women, Sudan  

Tim Hoffman

University of Cape Town, South Africa  

Katherine Homewood

University College London, UK  

Hermann Kreutzmann

Freie University Berlin, Germany

Jerry Laker

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Wenjun Li

Peking University, China

Gabriela Lichtenstein

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Argentina

Anja Linstädter

University of Cologne, Germany

Hussein Abdullahi Mahmoud

Pwani University, Kenya 

Andrei Marin

Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norway

Evelyn Mathias

League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, Germany

Ryan McAllister

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia  

Davy McCracken

Scotland Rural College, UK  

Daniel J. Miller

Retired

Tsewang Namgail

Director Snow Leopard Conservancy, India

Michele Nori

European University Institute, Firenze, Italy

Gufu Oba

Retired

Francis Opiyo

United Nations Development Programme, Kenya

Brian Perry

University of Edinburgh, and University of Oxford, UK

Julio C. Postigo

University of Chicago, USA

Robin Reid

Colorado State University, USA  

Ian Scoones

Institute of Development Studies, UK

Yi Shaoliang

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

Florian Stammler

University of Lapland, Finland and University of Cambridge, UK

Richard Tapper

School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

Matt Turner

University of Wisconsin, USA

Gongbu Zeren

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

Journal information

  • Short name

    Pastor. res. policy pract.

  • Abbreviation

    past

  • Electronic ISSN

    2041-7136

  • Impact

    1.7 Impact Factor

    4.2 CiteScore

Open Access Statement

Open access logo

Pastoralism provides online free gold open access to the journal and all of its research publications. 

Open Access funder and institutional mandates: Pastoralism is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the Australian Research Council (Australia) are fully compatible with publishing in Pastoralism. Authors retain copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. The work can be freely shared and adapted provided that appropriate credit is given and any changes specified.

Quality

Each Pastoralism article strives for the highest quality, thanks to user-friendly collaborative interactions between authors, editors and reviewers. Pastoralism encourages authors to consult the instructions within the authors guidelines prior to submission.

Contact

Editorial Office 

Avenue du Tribunal Fédéral 34 

CH – 1005 Lausanne 

Switzerland 

Tel +41 (0)21 510 17 40 

Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01 

For queries regarding special issues, editorial board applications and any other questions, please contact past@frontierspartnerships.org 

For all queries regarding manuscripts in review or potential conflicts of interest, please contact past.editorial.office@frontierspartnerships.org

For any additional questions or queries, please contact the Editor in Chief, carol_kerven@msn.com

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Tel +41 (0)21 510 17 10 

Fax +41 (0)21 510 17 01 

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