Soil Systems

Soil Systems - formerly Soils - is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on soil science, published monthly online by MDPI. The Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS) is affiliated with Soil Systems and its members receive discounts on the article processing charges.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), GEOBASE, AGRIS, PubAg, GeoRef, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Soil Science) / CiteScore - Q1 (Earth-Surface Processes)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 32.7 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 4.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Agricultural Science: Agriculture, Agronomy, Horticulturae, Soil Systems, AgriEngineering, Crops, Seeds, Grasses, Agrochemicals and AI and Precision Agriculture.