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Soil Ecology Letters

Higher Education Press Limited Company · China · Est. 2019

ISSN2662-2289eISSN2662-2297

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.073

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.908

Total Worksi

414

Total Citationsi

4,468

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Soil Ecology Letters is dedicated to the rapid publication of original research depicting and explaining ecological processes in soil. Includes all aspects of recent research in soil ecology. Presents letter to editor, perspective, review, rapid report, research article, and commentary. Promotes rapid communication and exchange of ideas among soil scientists worldwide. Focuses on soil biodiversity, soil-plant interactions, and biogeochemical cycling. Encourages the development and application of breakthrough technologies, novel theories, and modeling of soil ecological processes.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Frequency4 Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications414

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Higher Education Press Limited Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-2289 / 2662-2297

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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

629

2019

1.4k

2020

1.1k

2021

706

2022

533

2023

428

2024

303

2025

108

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.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologySoil Science

Scopus Categories

Soil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisNematode management and characterization studiesGut microbiota and healthPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyHeavy metals in environmentEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequently asked questions about Soil Ecology Letters

Is Soil Ecology Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil Ecology Letters: 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 Ecology Letters?

Soil Ecology Letters 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 2.36.

Is Soil Ecology Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Soil Ecology Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.