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Soil Science Annual

De Gruyter Open Ltd · Poland · Est. 1950

ISSN2300-4975
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.294
H-Indexi
26
CiteScorei
2.3
SNIPi
0.539
Total Worksi
1,395
Total Citationsi
4,266
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.30
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Soil Science Annual is a quarterly publishing original papers, review papers and short communications devoted to a broad spectrum of issues relating to the soil environment. Papers within any one of the following topics are welcome in Soil Science Annual: soil genesis; soil classification; soil geography and cartography; soil spatial analyses; regional soil science; forest soils science; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil mineralogy; soil micromorphology; soil biology; soil ecology; paleopedology; agricultural chemistry; agricultural technology; soil tillage; water soil management; soil melioration; soil erosion; environmental protection of agriculture and forestry; soil pollution; soil education; history and present state of soil science; and others.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguagePolish, English
1st Year Published1950
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications1,395
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
De Gruyter Open Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2300-4975
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Polish, 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
30
547
2019
34
229
2020
39
520
2021
38
168
2022
28
142
2023
38
116
2024
45
40
2025
14
1
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 and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3
Soil ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Soil Science

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Soil ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Integrated Water Resources ManagementBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesWaste Management and Environmental ImpactAgriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementGeology and Environmental Impact StudiesAgricultural economics and policiesSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyMining and Industrial ProcessesHeavy metals in environment

Frequently asked questions about Soil Science Annual

Is Soil Science Annual a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil Science Annual: 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 Soil Science Annual?

Soil Science Annual 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3.

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

Soil Science Annual is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Soil Science Annual?

Soil Science Annual is a quarterly publishing original papers, review papers and short communications devoted to a broad spectrum of issues relating to the soil environment. Papers within any one of the following topics are welcome in Soil Science Annual: soil genesis; soil classification; soil geography and cartography; soil spatial analyses; regional soil science; forest soils science; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil mineralogy; soil micromorphology; soil biology; soil ecology; paleopedology; agricultural chemistry; agricultural technology; soil tillage; water soil management; soil melior

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref