Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC) is a multidisciplinary journal of natural resource conservation research, practice, policy, and perspectives.

The journal has two sections: the A Section containing various departments and features, and the Research Section containing peer-reviewed research papers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.557

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	96

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10457

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	361

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Determinants of agricultural best management practice adoption: Evidence from the literature

  Citation: 664

  Authors: L.S., K., D., A.

• RUSLE: Revised universal soil loss equation

  Citation: 470

  Authors: Kenneth G., George R., Glenn A., Jeffrey P.

• Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

  Citation: 426

  Authors: L.S., K., J.G., S.P., F.R., Y., B.M., P., A.S.

• Sequestering carbon and increasing productivity by conservation agriculture

  Citation: 395

  Authors: Rattan

• Do cover crops increase or decrease nitrous oxide emissions? A meta-analysis

  Citation: 335

  Authors: A.D., F.E., T.C., M.J.

• Soil organic matter and available water capacity

  Citation: 320

  Authors: Berman D.

• A GIS procedure for automatically calculating the USLE LS factor on topographically complex landscape units

  Citation: 311

  Authors: P.J.J., G.

• Management to mitigate and adapt to climate change

  Citation: 292

  Authors: R., J.A., P.M., N., C., A.

• The carbon sequestration potential of terrestrial ecosystems

  Citation: 275

  Authors: Rattan, Pete, Hermann F., William J., Johannes, P.K. Ramachandran, Alex B., João Carlos, Julia, Yuri L., Alba L.A., Hai-Lin, Budiman, Cherukumalli, Nijavalli H.

• AGNPS: A nonpoint-source pollution model for evaluating agricultural watersheds

  Citation: 261

  Authors: R. A., C. A., D. D., W. P.

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