Geoderma

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1967

ISSN1872-6259

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.

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📊 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

2.145

H-Indexi

268

SNIPi

1.827

Total Worksi

11,867

Total Citationsi

629,466

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyMonthly, <1997- >

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,867

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-6259

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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

559

31k

2019

601

27k

2020

595

21k

2021

480

14k

2022

422

11k

2023

399

2024

493

2.7k

2025

358

186

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 Geostatistics and MappingClay minerals and soil interactionsSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyHeavy metals in environmentGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Geoderma

Is Geoderma a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geoderma: 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 Geoderma?

Geoderma 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 5.71.

Is Geoderma indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geoderma is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Geoderma?