Journal profile · Soil Science
Soil Science
ISSN 0038-075X · eISSN 1538-9243 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly
Soil Science: impact factor 1.7 (journal website); subscription journal; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from June 2019 (Volume 184, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Soil Science is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soil Management and Crop Yield, Soil and Unsaturated Flow and Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cessation.Soil Science satisfies the professional needs of all scientists and laboratory personnel involved in soil and plant research by publishing primary research reports and critical reviews of basic and applied soil science, especially as it relates to soil and plant studies and general environmental soil science. Each month, Soil Science presents authoritative research articles from an impressive array of discipline: soil chemistry and biochemistry, physics, fertility and nutrition, soil genesis and morphology, soil microbiology and mineralogy. Of immediate relevance to soil scientists-both industrial and academic-this unique publication also has long-range value for agronomists and environmental scientists.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Soil Science
Editor-in-chief Daniel GimenezPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering11.5%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Soil and Environmental StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science3.7%
- Clay minerals and soil interactionsMaterials Science3.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil Science | Q2 | 52/135 | 61st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SCIE on 17 October 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 284OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,031OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,113 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7,404 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 10,822 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 12,866 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 14,360 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 15,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 17,872 |
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0038-075X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-9243
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 184, Issue 3 (June 2019)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Soil Science
What is the impact factor of Soil Science?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 284.
How long does peer review take at Soil Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; 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.
Which databases index Soil Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Soil Science is indexed in Scopus.
Is Soil Science open access, and what is the APC?
Soil Science 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: .