Mountain Research and Development
Last updated ISSN 0276-4741
Mountain Research and Development is published by International Mountain Society in environmental science. It is open access. The article processing charge is $850.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Mountain Research and Development concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Landslides and related hazards
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Management and Policy
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | International Mountain Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0276-4741, 1994-7151 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $850 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 2,718 |
| Publishing since | 1981 |
| Journal website | www.mrd-journal.org |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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