Journal metric profile

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 40/48 Recorded category rank

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 40 out of 48 journals in its listed category. A Q4 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 3,372 total citations, 40 total articles, 42 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.600, which is 0.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.390.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 16.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE is identified in this record by print ISSN 0008-4271 and electronic ISSN 1918-1841. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
Abbreviated journalCAN J SOIL SCI
PublisherCANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,681
ISSN0008-4271
eISSN1918-1841
Total cites3,372
Total articles40
Citable items42
Cited half-life16.6 years
Citing half-life9.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.500
5-Year Impact Factor1.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.390
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank40/48
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE is 1.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE is listed as being published by CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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