Journal of Soils and Sediments

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Soils and Sediments (JSSS) is devoted to soils and sediments; it deals with contaminated, intact and disturbed soils and sediments.

JSSS explores both the common aspects and the differences between these two environmental compartments.

Inter-linkages at the catchment scale and with the Earth’s system (inter-compartment) are an important topic in JSSS.

The range of research coverage includes the effects of disturbances and contamination; research, strategies and technologies for prediction, prevention, and protection; identification and characterization; treatment, remediation and reuse; risk assessment and management; creation and implementation of quality standards; international regulation and legislation.

Potential authors are invited to check the contents of recent issues to determine whether their manuscript is suitable for JSSS.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.940

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	104

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5349

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3391

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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 Earth and Planetary Sciences, 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.

• Review on iron availability in soil: interaction of Fe minerals, plants, and microbes

  Citation: 553

  Authors: Claudio, Giuseppe, Ji-Zheng, Roberto, Stefano

• Biochar for crop production: potential benefits and risks

  Citation: 410

  Authors: Mubshar, Muhammad, Ahmad, Abdullah M., Zakaria M., Salem S., Ume, Yong Sik, Kadambot H. M.

• Effects of biochar application in forest ecosystems on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

  Citation: 377

  Authors: Yongfu, Shuaidong, Junhui, Karin, Yongchun, Weijun, Ziwen, Hailong

• Successes and limitations of phytotechnologies at field scale: outcomes, assessment and outlook from COST Action 859

  Citation: 343

  Authors: Michel, Nick, Valérie, Jean-Paul, Stanislaw W., Peter, Jaco

• Reducing CH4 and CO2 emissions from waterlogged paddy soil with biochar

  Citation: 335

  Authors: Yuxue, Min, Yimin, Hailong, Yingxu, Weixiang

• Salt-affected soils, reclamation, carbon dynamics, and biochar: a review

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Sevda, Hossein, Chengrong, Petra

• Nature and significance of anthropogenic urban soils

  Citation: 303

  Authors: Andreas, Karl

• Ecosystem services provided by soils of urban, industrial, traffic, mining, and military areas (SUITMAs)

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Jean Louis, Claire, Klaus

• pH buffering capacity of acid soils from tropical and subtropical regions of China as influenced by incorporation of crop straw biochars

  Citation: 276

  Authors: Ren-kou, An-zhen, Jin-hua, Jun

• Sediments in urban river basins: a review of sediment–contaminant dynamics in an environmental system conditioned by human activities

  Citation: 267

  Authors: Kevin G., Philip N.

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