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Vadose Zone Journal

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1539-1663eISSN1539-1663

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.894

H-Indexi

129

SNIPi

1.049

Total Worksi

3,208

Total Citationsi

110,744

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Soil Science; Water Resources.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly, 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,208

Publisher OrgSoil Science Society of America

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-1663 / 1539-1663

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

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

116

2.9k

2019

1.7k

2020

1.4k

2021

750

2022

510

2023

102

558

2024

189

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 ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesSoil ScienceWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Soil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil and Unsaturated FlowGroundwater flow and contamination studiesSoil Moisture and Remote SensingHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesGeophysical Methods and ApplicationsGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsLandslides and related hazardsGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsSoil erosion and sediment transport

Frequently asked questions about Vadose Zone Journal

Is Vadose Zone Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Vadose Zone Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Vadose Zone Journal?

Vadose Zone 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 2.67.

Is Vadose Zone Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Vadose Zone Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Vadose Zone Journal?