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Applied and Environmental Soil Science

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1687-7667eISSN1687-7675

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.655

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.024

Total Worksi

662

Total Citationsi

15,492

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Soil Science; Earth-Surface Processes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications662

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

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 Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-7667 / 1687-7675

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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

1.7k

2019

856

2020

858

2021

1.1k

2022

471

2023

258

2024

114

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ2

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Soil Science

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesSoil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil erosion and sediment transportHeavy metals in environmentSoil and Land Suitability AnalysisSoil Geostatistics and MappingSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsSoil and Unsaturated FlowHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesSoil Management and Crop YieldClay minerals and soil interactions

Frequently asked questions about Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Is Applied and Environmental Soil Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied and Environmental Soil Science: 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 Applied and Environmental Soil Science?

Applied and Environmental Soil Science 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 1.84.

Is Applied and Environmental Soil Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied and Environmental Soil Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Applied and Environmental Soil Science?