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Soil Research

CSIRO Publishing · Australia · Est. 1940

ISSN1838-6768

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.55

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.594

Total Worksi

1,921

Total Citationsi

58,441

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Soil Science; Earth-Surface Processes; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1940

Frequency8 No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,921

Publisher OrgCSIRO Publishing

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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?

CSIRO Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1838-6768

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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

1.5k

2019

2020

664

2021

553

2022

230

2023

185

2024

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

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Soil ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Soil Science

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth-Surface ProcessesSoil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Unsaturated FlowSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil Geostatistics and MappingClay minerals and soil interactionsSoil Management and Crop YieldHeavy metals in environmentPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyMine drainage and remediation techniques

Frequently asked questions about Soil Research

Is Soil Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil Research: 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 Research?

Soil Research 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 1.58.

Is Soil Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Soil Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Soil Research?