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Plant, Soil and Environment

Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Czech Republic · Est. 2002

ISSN1214-1178eISSN1805-9368

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.554

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.676

Total Worksi

2,023

Total Citationsi

45,229

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

experimental biology, agronomy, natural resources, and the environment; plant development, growth and productivity, breeding and seed production, growing of crops and their quality, soil care, conservation and productivity; agriculture and environment interactions from the perspective of sustainable development.

General Information

Country / RegionCzech Republic

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Frequencymonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,023

Publisher OrgCzech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1214-1178 / 1805-9368

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

2019

1.6k

2020

1.2k

2021

677

2022

418

2023

311

2024

120

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.

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agronomy

Scopus Categories

Soil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsCrop Yield and Soil FertilityPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceHeavy metals in environmentAgriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPotato Plant ResearchLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequently asked questions about Plant, Soil and Environment

Is Plant, Soil and Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant, Soil and Environment: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Plant, Soil and Environment?

Plant, Soil and Environment 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 2.13.

Is Plant, Soil and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Plant, Soil and Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.