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Biology and Fertility of Soils

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1985

ISSN1432-0789

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 ↗

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📊 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

2.013

H-Indexi

192

SNIPi

1.418

Total Worksi

4,574

Total Citationsi

257,065

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Soil Science; Agronomy and Crop Science; Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyFour Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,574

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

1432-0789

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

3.9k

2019

4.4k

2020

2021

1.8k

2022

1.6k

2023

100

1.3k

2024

499

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 ScienceQ1

MicrobiologyQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Soil Science

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil ScienceMicrobiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologySoil and Unsaturated FlowNematode management and characterization studiesPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Frequently asked questions about Biology and Fertility of Soils

Is Biology and Fertility of Soils a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biology and Fertility of Soils: 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 Biology and Fertility of Soils?

Biology and Fertility of Soils 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 6.09.

Is Biology and Fertility of Soils indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biology and Fertility of Soils is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biology and Fertility of Soils?