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Best Soil Science journals

167 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Soil Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 42 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Biochar 25.6 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Remote Sensing of Environment 22.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Advances in Agronomy 16.4 97th Q1 – – No
5 International Soil and Water Conservation Research 15.1 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Soil and Tillage Research 13.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Geoderma 13.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Environmental Technology and Innovation 13.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Pedosphere 13.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Farming System 12.9 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Agricultural Water Management 12.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Field Crops Research 12.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
13 Biology and Fertility of Soils 12 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Biosystems Engineering 11.7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
15 Soil and Environmental Health 11.4 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 11.3 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
17 Applied Clay Science 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
18 European Journal of Agronomy 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Microbial Ecology 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Molecular Plant Pathology 9.2 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Applied Soil Ecology 8.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Soil Security 8.8 87th Q1 – – Yes
23 ES Food and Agroforestry 8.8 86th Q1 – – Yes
24 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Rice 8.5 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Annals of Agricultural Sciences 8.2 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Soil Use and Management 8.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Frontiers in Soil Science 7.8 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 SOIL 7.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
31 European Journal of Soil Science 7.5 81st Q1 SCIE – No
32 Plant and Soil 7.5 81st Q1 SCIE – No
33 Land Degradation and Development 7.3 80th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Irrigation Science 7.2 79th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 7.1 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Soil Systems 6.9 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Frontiers in Agronomy 6.8 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
38 Rhizosphere 6.7 77th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Geoderma Regional 6.6 76th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Soil Ecology Letters 6.5 76th Q1 ESCI – No
41 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
43 European Journal of Soil Biology 6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 5.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
45 Applied and Environmental Soil Science 5.6 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
47 Spanish Journal of Soil Science 5.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 5.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
49 Vadose Zone Journal 5.1 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
50 Solid Earth 5 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
51 Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science 4.9 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
52 Arid Land Research and Management 4.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Advances in Agriculture 4.8 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
54 Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 4.7 67th Q2 ESCI – No
55 Microbes and Environments 4.7 67th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement 4.4 66th Q2 ESCI – No
57 Soil Science Society of America Journal 4.4 66th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Acta Pedologica Sinica 4.4 65th Q2 – – No
59 Clays and Clay Minerals 4.3 64th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 4.3 64th Q2 ESCI – No
61 Agricultural and Environmental Letters 4.2 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
62 Plant, Soil and Environment 4.2 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Yantu Lixue/Rock and Soil Mechanics 4.2 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
64 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 4.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
65 Pedobiologia 4.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
66 Soil Research 3.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 3.8 60th Q2 – – Yes
68 Irrigation and Drainage 3.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 3.8 58th Q2 SCIE – No
70 Open Agriculture Journal 3.6 58th Q2 – – No
71 Canadian Journal of Soil Science 3.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Soil and Sediment Contamination 3.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
73 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 3.5 56th Q2 SCIE – No
74 International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 3.5 55th Q2 ESCI – No
75 Soil and Water Research 3.5 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
76 Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 3.5 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
77 Journal of Crop Improvement 3.4 54th Q2 ESCI – No
78 Journal of Berry Research 3.4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
79 International Agrophysics 3.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
80 Plant Protection Science 3.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
81 New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 3 51st Q2 SCIE – No
82 Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2.9 51st Q2 – – No
83 Eurasian Soil Science 2.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) 2.7 50th Q2 – – Yes
85 Journal of the ASABE 2.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
86 Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers 2.7 48th Q3 – – No
87 Mires and Peat 2.6 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
88 Agriculture and Forestry 2.5 47th Q3 – – Yes
89 Journal of Plant Protection Research 2.5 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
90 Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
91 Journal of Forest Science 2.4 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
92 Sains Tanah 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
93 Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment 2.3 44th Q3 – – No
94 Soil Science Annual 2.3 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
95 International Journal of GEOMATE 2.3 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
96 Acta Prataculturae Sinica 2.3 42nd Q3 – – No
97 Chinese Journal of Rice Science 2.2 42nd Q3 – – Yes
98 Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 2.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
99 Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Sciences Edition) 2.1 41st Q3 – – No
100 Journal of Horticultural Research 2.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
101 Legume Research 2 39th Q3 SCIE – No
102 Research on Crops 2 38th Q3 – – No
103 Scientia Agropecuaria 2 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
104 Ciencia e Agrotecnologia 2 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
105 Horticultura Brasileira 2 37th Q3 SCIE – No
106 Journal of Nuts 1.9 36th Q3 – – Yes
107 South African Journal of Plant and Soil 1.9 36th Q3 ESCI – No
108 Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 1.9 35th Q3 – – No
109 Revista Ciencia Agronomica 1.8 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
110 Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1.8 34th Q3 SCIE – No
111 Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 1.7 33rd Q3 – – Yes
112 Journal of Agro-Environment Science 1.7 33rd Q3 – – No
113 Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 1.7 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
114 Forest Systems 1.6 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
115 Organic Farming 1.6 31st Q3 – – No
116 Agriculture (Pol'nohospodarstvo) 1.5 30th Q3 – – Yes
117 Natural Sciences Education 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
118 Agronomia Mesoamericana 1.4 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Pratacultural Science 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
120 Water and Soil Management and Modeling 1.4 28th Q3 – – Yes
121 Coffee Science 1.4 27th Q3 – – No
122 Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 1.4 27th Q3 – – No
123 Arid Ecosystems 1.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
124 Egyptian Journal of Agronomy 1.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
125 Agrokemia es Talajtan 1.3 25th Q3 – – No
126 Journal fur Kulturpflanzen 1.3 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
127 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1.3 24th Q4 SCIE – No
128 Journal of Aridland Agriculture 1.3 23rd Q4 – – No
129 Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira 1.3 23rd Q4 SCIE – Yes
130 Agro Bali 1.2 22nd Q4 – – No
131 Compost Science and Utilization 1.2 21st Q4 SCIE – No
132 Science of Soil and Water Conservation 1.2 21st Q4 – – Yes
133 Bodenkultur 1.2 20th Q4 – – Yes
134 Ecopersia 1.2 20th Q4 – – Yes
135 Diyala Agricultural Sciences Journal 1.2 19th Q4 – – Yes
136 Bulleten' Pocvennogo Instituta Imeni V.V. Dokucaeva 1.2 18th Q4 – – Yes
137 Journal of New Zealand Grasslands 1.1 18th Q4 – – No
138 AgriScientia 1.1 17th Q4 – – Yes
139 Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade) 1.1 17th Q4 – – Yes
140 Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo 1.1 16th Q4 – – Yes
141 Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science 1.1 15th Q4 – – No
142 Colombia Forestal 1 15th Q4 – – Yes
143 Malaysian Journal of Soil Science 1 14th Q4 ESCI – No
144 Terra Latinoamericana 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
145 Journal of Watershed Management Research 0.9 13th Q4 – – Yes
146 Agrociencia Uruguay 0.9 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
147 Soil and Environment 0.9 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
148 Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica 0.8 11th Q4 – – No
149 Kufa Journal for Agricultural Sciences 0.8 11th Q4 – – Yes
150 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 0.8 10th Q4 – – No
151 Acta Biologica Slovenica 0.8 9th Q4 – – Yes
152 Suo 0.8 9th Q4 – – No
153 Journal of Food Legumes 0.8 8th Q4 – – No
154 Progress in Plant Protection 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
155 Journal of Plantation Crops 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
156 Revista de Ciencias Agroveterinarias 0.6 7th Q4 – – Yes
157 Ciencia del Suelo 0.5 6th Q4 – – Yes
158 South-Western Journal of Horticulture, Biology and Environment 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
159 Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias 0.4 5th Q4 – – Yes
160 Acta Agronomica 0.3 4th Q4 – – Yes
161 Fruit Growing Research 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
162 Journal of Tropical Crop Science 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
163 Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
164 Journal of the Ghana Science Association 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
165 Scientia Agraria 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
166 BioCycle 0 0th Q4 – – No
167 Food Agricultural Sciences and Technology 0 0th Q4 – – Yes

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