Plant and Soil
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250 papers with at least that number of citations each
Aims & Scope
Plant and Soil publishes original papers and review articles exploring the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and that enhance our mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions. We focus on the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and seek those manuscripts with a strong mechanistic component which develop and test hypotheses aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms of plant-soil interactions. Manuscripts can include both fundamental and applied aspects of mineral nutrition, plant water relations, symbiotic and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions, root anatomy and morphology, soil biology, ecology, agrochemistry and agrophysics, as long as they are hypothesis-driven and enhance our mechanistic understanding. Articles including a major molecular or modelling component also fall within the scope of the journal. All contributions appear in the English language, with consistent spelling, using either American or British English.
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AGRONOMY
PLANT SCIENCES
SOIL SCIENCE
AGRONOMY
PLANT SCIENCES
SOIL SCIENCE
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisPlant and Soil (acronym: plso, abbr: PLANT SOIL, ISSN: 0032-079X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Agricultural Sciences, published by Springer International Publishing in Netherlands since 1948. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.80, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.327 (Q1), an H-index of 250.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Semimonthly, an annual output of approximately 445 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,443 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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