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Best Soil Science journals

167 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Soil Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Field Crops Research 12.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
13 Biology and Fertility of Soils 12 92th Q1 SCIE No
14 Biosystems Engineering 11.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
15 Soil and Environmental Health 11.4 91th 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 No
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 83th Q1 SCIE No
29 Frontiers in Soil Science 7.8 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
30 SOIL 7.7 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 European Journal of Soil Science 7.5 81th Q1 SCIE No
32 Plant and Soil 7.5 81th 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 73th Q2 SCIE No
45 Applied and Environmental Soil Science 5.6 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
46 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 72th Q2 SCIE No
47 Spanish Journal of Soil Science 5.2 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
48 Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 5.2 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
62 Plant, Soil and Environment 4.2 63th Q2 SCIE Yes
63 Yantu Lixue/Rock and Soil Mechanics 4.2 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
64 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 4.1 61th Q2 SCIE No
65 Pedobiologia 4.1 61th 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 53th Q2 SCIE No
79 International Agrophysics 3.3 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
80 Plant Protection Science 3.2 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
81 New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 3 51th Q2 SCIE No
82 Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2.9 51th Q2 Yes
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 43th Q3 ESCI No
96 Acta Prataculturae Sinica 2.3 42th Q3 No
97 Chinese Journal of Rice Science 2.2 42th Q3 No
98 Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 2.1 41th Q3 Yes
99 Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Sciences Edition) 2.1 41th Q3 No
100 Journal of Horticultural Research 2.1 40th Q3 Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Soil Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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