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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Board of Science of Soil and Water Conservation.
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ISSN 1009-2242Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Board of Science of Soil and Water Conservation
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 98 / 231 | 57th | Q2 |
| Ecology | 227 / 491 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Soil Science | 84 / 167 | 50th | Q2 |
| Environmental Engineering | 127 / 241 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) is Q2 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 98 of 231), Q2 in Ecology (rank 227 of 491) and Q2 in Soil Science (rank 84 of 167), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2, 57th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) is published by Editorial Board of Science of Soil and Water Conservation. Its ISSN is 1009-2242.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) has an h-index of 4 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #190 of 216 Scopus journals in Nature and Landscape Conservation.
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) published 1 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 186. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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