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Plant and Soil

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1948

ISSN1573-5036

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

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?

153

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 108d

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.327

H-Indexi

297

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.232

Total Worksi

20,636

Total Citationsi

986,138

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Plant and Soil is an international journal that publishes content exploring the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and that enhances our mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions. Explores both fundamental and applied aspects of mineral nutrition, plant-water relations, root anatomy, root anatomy and morphology, soil biology, ecology, agrochemistry and agrophysics. Covers articles discussing a major molecular or mathematical component.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1948

Frequency6 Vols. (3 Issues Each) < 1981->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,636

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1573-5036

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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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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

475

18k

2019

379

13k

2020

438

11k

2021

627

12k

2022

603

8.2k

2023

691

5.4k

2024

2.5k

2025

586

123

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.

Plant ScienceQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AgronomyPlant SciencesSoil Science

Scopus Categories

Soil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Plant and Soil

Is Plant and Soil a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Plant and Soil: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 and Soil?

Plant and Soil 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 2.98.

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

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