Journal profile · Ecology
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
ISSN 0022-4561 · eISSN 1941-3300 · Soil Conservation Society of America · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.38; hybrid open access; median 212 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 51 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is published by Soil Conservation Society of America 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 erosion and sediment transport, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, together about 39.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC) is a multidisciplinary journal of natural resource conservation research, practice, policy, and perspectives. The journal has two sections: the A Section containing editorials and discussions, and the Research Section containing peer-reviewed research articles. Topics include, but are not limited to, erosion control, watershed management, forestry, agroecology, hydrology, soil science, wetland conservation, ecological restoration, water quality improvement, sustainable agriculture systems, and climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Read full aims and scope
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Ecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.8%
- Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science13.9%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science9.6%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science6%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Aeolian processes and effectsEarth and Planetary Sciences3.5%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.38LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,901OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,006 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 28 | 2 |
| 2025 | 51 | 36 | 71 |
| 2024 | 42 | 26 | 163 |
| 2023 | 58 | 22 | 464 |
| 2022 | 42 | 18 | 370 |
| 2021 | 79 | 33 | 906 |
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
212 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 138 days – 290 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 163 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 373 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (91 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)
- 12–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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
- Soil Conservation Society of America
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0022-4561
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-3300
- Society / sponsor
- Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 81, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
What CAS zone is Journal of Soil and Water Conservation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ecology / Soil Science / Water Resources. 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 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.38; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Soil and Water Conservation?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 212 days (interquartile range 138–290 days); authors report an average review time of 12–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Soil and Water Conservation open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation is a hybrid 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: .