Journal profile · Soil Science
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH
ISSN 0004-9573 · AUSTRALIA · Bimonthly
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH: subscription journal; review about 12 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 40 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH's largest topics are Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Unsaturated Flow and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Soil Research is an international journal for publishing research about fundamental and applied aspects of soil science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Soil Science
Editor-in-chief Balwant SinghPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences20%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering14.2%
- Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science9.3%
- Clay minerals and soil interactionsMaterials Science6.8%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,714OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,836 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 18 | 10 |
| 2025 | 40 | 18 | 44 |
| 2024 | 50 | 25 | 190 |
| 2023 | 39 | 22 | 238 |
| 2022 | 64 | 22 | 566 |
| 2021 | 77 | 28 | 678 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access articles
Enhanced-efficiency fertilisers: mechanisms, agronomic performance, and environmental implications with emphasis on nitrogen-based fertilisers Impact of long-term warming on soil aggregate stability and soil organic carbon stabilisation in a subalpine meadow A pragmatic approach for national-scale resampling of soil organic carbon monitoring sites Soil carbon sequestration under the tropical peren…
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
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0004-9573
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH
How long does peer review take at AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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.
Is AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .