Journal profile · Agronomy
Plant Soil and Environment
ISSN 1214-1178 · eISSN 1805-9368 · Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CZECH REPUBLIC · Monthly · Founded 1955
Plant Soil and Environment: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.37; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Soil and Environment is published by Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and is in Zone 3 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, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
experimental biology, agronomy, natural resources, and the environment; plant development, growth and productivity, breeding and seed production, growing of crops and their quality, soil care, conservation and productivity; agriculture and environment interactions from the perspective of sustainable development. Articles are published in English.Types of published articles: original scientific papers, information, review studies, communications
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Czechia 13, Germany 2, Mainland China 1, India 1, Austria 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.2%
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
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 | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.37LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,225OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,048 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 12 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 178 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | 367 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 463 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 720 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | 1,298 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 565 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 565 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 565 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, 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
- Not considered
- preprints
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Licence terms
© Authors. Articles submitted by 2025 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license. Articles submitted since 2026 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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
- Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Country or region
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1955
- ISSN
- 1214-1178
- Electronic ISSN
- 1805-9368
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Soil and Environment
What CAS zone is Plant Soil and Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Soil and Environment is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agronomy. 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 Plant Soil and Environment?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.37; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Plant Soil and Environment?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Soil and Environment based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Czechia (13), Germany (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Soil and Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Soil and Environment is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Plant Soil and Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Soil and Environment is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .