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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
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.
Copyright Statement
Under the Conditions for Website Use and the General Conditions for Authors, authors of articles published in Pastoralism retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images and other materials added by Pastoralism, which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited. Visitors may also download and forward articles subject to the citation requirements and subject to any fees Pastoralism’s publisher, Frontiers, may charge for downloading licenses. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to any copyright notices displayed. Copyright notices must be displayed prominently and may not be obliterated, deleted or hidden, totally or partially.
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
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