AJRF
Status of the African Journal of
Range & Forage Science with
the Department of Higher
Education and Training
Dr Pieter Swanepoel
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he African Journal of Range & Forage Science is subsi-
dised by the Department of Higher Education and Train-
ing (DHET), which has several lists of journals that qualify
for subsidy purposes. Accredited journals are those appearing
in the following indices:
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ISI (social science citation index, science citation index, and
arts and humanities citation index),
IBSS,
Scopus,
Norwegian journal list,
DHET local journal list (these are “transitional” titles that
have been identified by DHET as meeting the criteria but
expected to get accepted onto the international indexes
within two years).
The African Journal of Range & Forage Science is listed on sev-
eral of these abovementioned lists, including the ISI and Sco-
pus.
Recently, the DHET has cleaned up the local journal list, remov-
ing titles that already appear on the international lists.
The African Journal of Range & Forage Science was removed
from the DHET local journal list, because it already appears on
the international lists. The African Journal of Range & Forage
Science will therefore continue to qualify for publication sub-
sidy on the basis of its ISI listing.
For any uncertainty, contact Freyni du Toit (journal@grassland.
org.za) or Dr Pieter Swanepoel ([email protected]).
Grassroots
Vol 19
No 1
March 2019