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Soil Science Society of America Journal

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1921

ISSN1435-0661

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.837

H-Indexi

313

SNIPi

0.902

Total Worksi

21,313

Total Citationsi

992,946

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1921

Annual Volume~ 158 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications21,313

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1435-0661

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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

200

4.1k

2019

218

6.8k

2020

158

2.5k

2021

145

1.5k

2022

113

761

2023

181

2024

181

411

2025

157

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 ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Soil Science

Scopus Categories

Soil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Unsaturated FlowSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsClay minerals and soil interactionsSoil Geostatistics and MappingSoil erosion and sediment transportRangeland and Wildlife ManagementGroundwater flow and contamination studiesSoil Moisture and Remote SensingPhosphorus and nutrient management

Frequently asked questions about Soil Science Society of America Journal

Is Soil Science Society of America Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil Science Society of America Journal: 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 Soil Science Society of America Journal?

Soil Science Society of America Journal 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 2.37.

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

Soil Science Society of America Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

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