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Eurasian Journal of Soil Science

Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies · Turkey · Est. 2012

ISSN2147-4249

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-04-21). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.268

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.567

Total Worksi

512

Total Citationsi

3,995

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes research articles, critical reviews of basic and applied soil science in all related to soil and plant studies and general environmental soil science. Scope of the journal includes: Soil Physics & Mechanics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil Erosion & Conservation, Soil Degradation & Reclamation, Soil Genesis & Classification, Soil Survey & Mapping, Soil Mineralogy & Micromorphology, Soil Management, Soil Health & Quality, Soil Hydrology, Soil Pollution, Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition, Fertilizer & Fertilization, Remote Sensing & GIS in Soil Science, Geostatistics.

General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications512

Publisher OrgFederation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2147-4249

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

549

2019

428

2020

311

2021

186

2022

162

2023

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Plant ScienceQ3

Soil ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Soil SciencePlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Unsaturated FlowHeavy metals in environmentSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil Geostatistics and MappingAgricultural Science and FertilizationSoil and Land Suitability AnalysisAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsSoil and Environmental StudiesPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects

Frequently asked questions about Eurasian Journal of Soil Science

Is Eurasian Journal of Soil Science a predatory journal?

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-04-21). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Eurasian Journal of Soil Science?

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.268.

Is Eurasian Journal of Soil Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science is indexed in Scopus.