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Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Indian Society of Soil Science · India

ISSN0974-0228

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.26

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.25

Total Worksi

5,148

Total Citationsi

20,725

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy and Crop Science; Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,148

Publisher OrgIndian Society of Soil Science

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indian Society of Soil Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0974-0228

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

263

2019

199

2020

200

2021

127

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 ScienceQ3

Soil ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Science and FertilizationRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsCrop Yield and Soil FertilitySoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Is Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science: it is indexed in 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 the Indian Society of Soil Science?

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.26.

Is Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science?