Journal profile · SOIL SCIENCE
Soil & Environment
ISSN 2074-9546 · eISSN 2075-1141 · Soil Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP) · Pakistan
Soil & Environment: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Soil & Environment is published by Soil Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP) 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, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Agricultural Science and Fertilization, together about 28.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Soil & Environment (SE) is a six monthly Journal devoted to the advancement and dissemination of scientific knowledge concerning all disciplines of Soil and Environmental Sciences like soil fertility, soil chemistry, soil mineralogy, soil microbiology and biochemistry, soil physics, soil salinity, soil genesis, classification and morphology with particular emphasis on environment. The SE is published and distributed by the Soil Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOIL SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Zahir Ahmad ZahirPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
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 | Soil Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | Zone 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: AGRIS, AGRICOLA, Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International(CABI)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 12Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 200 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 35 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 52 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 250 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- articlesArticles are full-length research reports that contain detailed descriptions of experimental work, with clear interpretation and discussion of the theoretical a…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews should be structured under appropriate section headings that reflect the subject matter of the section.Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications are short reports for the presentation of brief observation that have insufficient material to fulfill the structure of a full-length artic…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Originality requirement. Model summary
The manuscripts submitted for publication must be previously unpublished research works written in English, which are not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access Journal Model summary
Soil & Environment is an Open Access Journal i.e. the users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review by at least two anonymous reviewers. Model summary
All papers will be critically evaluated by at least two anonymous reviewers, selected for their competence in the subject area of the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Similarity index threshold of 19% for further processing. Model summary
If the report has similarity index =19%, the manuscript may not be processed further.
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 Science Society of Pakistan (SSSP)
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2074-9546
- Electronic ISSN
- 2075-1141
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Soil & Environment
What CAS zone is Soil & Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Soil & Environment 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 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Soil & Environment?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Soil & Environment?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. 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 Soil & Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Soil & Environment is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Soil & Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Soil & Environment is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .