Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

ISSN 1687-7667 · eISSN 1687-7675 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Applied and Environmental Soil Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,100; median 235 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 31% (journal website); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.

Impact factor2.7From the journal's website, latest value
CAS zoneZone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences
Review time235 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 106 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 1,100Fully open access
Acceptance31%From the journal's website
Articles per year562025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Applied and Environmental Soil Science is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil erosion and sediment transport and Heavy metals in environment, together about 38.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Applied and Environmental Soil Science is an open access journal that publishes research in the field of soil science. Its focus reflects the multidisciplinary nature of soil science, especially the dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of processes in soil.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Earth-Surface Processes

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.5%
  2. Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
  3. Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science6.9%
  4. Soil and Land Suitability AnalysisEnvironmental Science6.7%
  5. Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science5%
  6. Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science5%
  7. Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering4.5%
  8. Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science3.8%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorAgricultural & Forestry SciencesZone 4
MinorSoil ScienceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorAgricultural & Forestry SciencesZone 3
MinorSoil ScienceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

Impact factor (publisher)
2.7Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
5.6LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
5.6Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.66LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
1.15LetPub ·
h-index
54OpenAlex ·
i10-index
360OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
2.18OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
3.7%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
53LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 717 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026858530
20255656123
20245454273
20234343489
202263631,127
20214444870

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Review & acceptance

Review time and acceptance

Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to

235 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 160 days – 350 days

Acceptance to online
median 28 days (106 articles)
Submission to online
median 270 days
Sample
106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (135 in the window); the latest was accepted on

Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)
about 18 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
31%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
90 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
Peer review
Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

Fees & open access

APC and open-access policy

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 1,100 / GBP 740 / EUR 960YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 1,000 / EUR 870 / GBP 740——
LetPubUSD 925Yes—
Publisher websiteYes, amount not published——

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Max three manuscripts under review at any point in time. Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission. As a signatory of…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Authors retain copyright; open access articles distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Open access journal Model summary

Applied and Environmental Soil Science is an open access journal

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint servers accepted; not considered to compromise novelty. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-7667
Electronic ISSN
1687-7675
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Applied and Environmental Soil Science

What CAS zone is Applied and Environmental Soil Science in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Applied and Environmental Soil Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Soil Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of Applied and Environmental Soil Science?

The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 54.

How long does peer review take at Applied and Environmental Soil Science?

Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 235 days (interquartile range 160–350 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.

Which databases index Applied and Environmental Soil Science?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Applied and Environmental Soil Science is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Applied and Environmental Soil Science open access, and what is the APC?

Applied and Environmental Soil Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,100.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .