Journal profile
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Soil Science Society of America Journal is published by Wiley under ISSN 0361-5995. It holds an h-index of 316 across 21,434 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 2.78, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0361-5995 |
| All ISSNs | 0361-5995, 1435-0661 |
| Indexed works | 21,434 |
| Total citations | 1,005,586 |
| h-index | 316 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 2.78 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Soil and Unsaturated Flow · Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics · Clay minerals and soil interactions · Soil Geostatistics and Mapping |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
A Closed‐form Equation for Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils
- Authors
- Martinus Th. van Genuchten
- Year
- 1980
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 892-898
IEEE
M. T. V. Genuchten "A Closed‐form Equation for Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils," Soil Science Society of America Journal, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 892-898, 1980, doi: 10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050002x.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Soil Science Society of America Journal against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Genuchten, M. T. V. (1980). A Closed‐form Equation for Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 44(5), 892-898. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050002x
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{genuchten1980,
author = {Martinus Th. van Genuchten},
title = {A Closed‐form Equation for Predicting the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils},
journal = {Soil Science Society of America Journal},
volume = {44},
number = {5},
pages = {892--898},
year = {1980},
issn = {0361-5995},
doi = {10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050002x}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Soil Science Society of America Journal records 21,434 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Soil Science Society of America Journal carries an h-index of 316, which is above 37% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,005,586 citations across 21,434 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.78.
53 of the journals covered here are published by Wiley. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Soil Science Society of America Journal
What is the ISSN of Soil Science Society of America Journal?
The linking ISSN is 0361-5995. The journal also carries 1435-0661, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Soil Science Society of America Journal?
Wiley publishes it. 53 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Soil Science Society of America Journal open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Soil Science Society of America Journal in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key genuchten1980 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Soil Science Society of America Journal use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 892 to 898, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Soil Science Society of America Journal?
Its h-index is 316, above 37% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,005,586 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 2.78. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Soil Science Society of America Journal have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 316 and a two-year mean citedness of 2.78 across 21,434 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.