Journal profile · SOIL SCIENCE
Soil Research
ISSN 1838-675X · eISSN 1838-6768 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 8 issues per year · Founded 1963
Soil Research: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.55; hybrid open access; review about 12 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 19%; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Soil Research is published by CSIRO Publishing 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 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)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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Soil Science | 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
- 1.55LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,714OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 19%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
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)
Article types accepted1
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access articles
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 perennial legume Desmanthus in northern Australian grasslands Hardsetting in sandy soils: a review
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
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 8 issues per year
- Founded
- 1963
- ISSN
- 1838-675X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1838-6768
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 5 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Soil Research
What CAS zone is Soil Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Soil Research 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 Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.55; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 146.
How long does peer review take at Soil Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “19%”. 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 Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Soil Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Soil Research open access, and what is the APC?
Soil Research 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .