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Soil Security

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2020

ISSN2667-0062

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.266

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.33

Total Worksi

221

Total Citationsi

2,695

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Earth-Surface Processes; Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications221

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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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 Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2667-0062

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

227

2020

608

2021

1.1k

2022

571

2023

453

2024

145

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 ProcessesQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesSoil Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Geostatistics and MappingSoil erosion and sediment transportSoil and Land Suitability AnalysisAgricultural Innovations and PracticesAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentIndigenous Knowledge Systems and AgricultureSoil Management and Crop YieldLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Soil Security

Is Soil Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil Security: it is indexed in 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 Security?

Soil Security is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.266.

Is Soil Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Soil Security is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Soil Security?