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Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany

ISSN0718-9508eISSN0718-9516

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.767

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.883

Total Worksi

3,794

Total Citationsi

58,398

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is an international, peer reviewed journal devoted to publishing original research findings in the areas of soil science, plant nutrition, agriculture, and environmental science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency4 Issues Per Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,794

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0718-9508 / 0718-9516

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

157

5.1k

2019

224

7.2k

2020

324

7.3k

2021

389

6.6k

2022

481

5.1k

2023

599

4.6k

2024

709

2025

609

250

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesPlant SciencesSoil Science

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Is Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition?

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.83.

Is Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.