Academic Journal
Q1Plant and Soil
About Plant and Soil
Plant and Soil is a scholarly journal published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.327 and an H-index of 250.
Its listed coverage is 1948-2026 and its research categories include Plant Science (Q1); Soil Science (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 1300 documents and 8516 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.
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When soil heterogeneity meets seedling emergence: the interdisciplinary challenge of adaptive sowing strategies
Alicia Veiga, Michel-Pierre Faucon, David Houben, Arnaud Dujany et al.
2026-09-19 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09102-5Nano-micro materials and plant growth-promoting bacteria: synergy for sustainable agriculture
Yiping Ren, Xianghe Kou, Xue Shen, Xin Liu et al.
2026-09-19 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09112-3Comparative effects of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on greenhouse gas emissions from Loess Plateau orchard soils
Xin Tong, Xuanye Meng, Weixin Wang, Liuxin Zhang et al.
2026-09-19 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09110-5Long-term nitrogen addition alters the uptake, transport, and fate of ammonium- and nitrate-derived nitrogen in a boreal forest
Enyue Zou, Miao Wang, Guancheng Liu, Binbin Huang et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09077-3Soil sodium differentially affects tree species richness depending on mycorrhizal type and size class in a subtropical forest
Yunyi Gu, Yonglin Zhong, Jocelyn Behm, Hairong Tan et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09074-6Effects of liming and local sediment amendment on millet production and soil N2O emission in western Kenya
Eric Scherwietes, Elizabeth Gachibu Wangari, Ricky Mwangada Mwanake, Gretchen Gettel et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08856-2Synergistic straw incorporation and reduced nitrogen application enhance soil carbon sequestration in saline soils
Zhichang Jing, Lening Zhang, Jinkai Han, Chuanming Ma et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09056-8Community-level AM fungal interactions lead to unexpected growth and disease outcomes in tomato
Natascha V. Weinberger, Ximena Cibils-Stewart, Chris Brien, Nathaniel Jewell et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08655-9Optimizing water-saving pre-sowing irrigation for root-zone water-salt regulation, bacterial communities, and sunflower yield in mildly to moderately saline farmland
Lixia Cao, Jiapeng Zhang, Xueqin Fan, Yixuan Wu et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09094-2Inorganic and organic nitrogen addition consistently reduces soil microbial necromass carbon in association with altered microbial community composition and intensified phosphorus limitation in a subtropical plantation
Panpan Wu, Wenqing Li, Yang Zhang, Zhenyang Liu et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09106-1A dual strategy of Bacillus subtilis SL-44 and Klebsiella oxytoca RS-5 promotes rapeseed growth: direct stimulation and rhizosphere microbiome remodeling
Ji Chen, Yazhuo Wang, Zhongdi Fan, Conghu Wang et al.
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09071-9Endophytic Phomopsis liquidambaris recruits nitrogen-fixing taxa by altering the rhizosphere metabolites of Oryza sativa L.
Jun-Feng Ouyang, Yang Zhang, Yan-Jun Fei, Lu Jiang et al.
2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09087-1Rock moisture access contributes to hydrologic niche segregation among co-dominant woody plants
Pedro A. M. Leite, Jason B. West, Magali F. Nehemy, Daniella M. Rempe et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09081-7Effects of short-term active restoration on soil organic carbon fractions and CAZyme family genes: a comparison between degraded and restored alpine grasslands
Yanlong Wang, Ruizhen Dong, Lele Xie, Yushou Ma et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-08995-6Intrinsic coordination trade-offs between functional traits and rhizosphere metabolites underpin plant adaptation to chronic grazing in an arid grassland
Jian-Guo Ma, Sheng-Hua Chang, Jian-Fei Yu, Fu-Jiang Hou et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09100-7Biocrust mediates microbial residue carbon accumulation by augmenting soil organic carbon fractions under reduced tillage in the Northeast black soil region of China
Zihan Wu, Tian Li, Jinshi Zhan, Chengshi Yu et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09073-7Foliar Epichloë endophyte infection reshapes soil microbial communities across aggregate size fractions in ryegrass soils
Chao Wang, Jie Jin, Ronggui Liu, Dingguo Zhang et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09092-4From photosynthesis to grain formation: a comprehensive evaluation of phosphorus - lanthanum combined effects on mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) cultivation
Huida Lian, Xiaxin Zhang, Caiting Shi, Jie Shen et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09088-0The interactive effect of silicon and calcium in inhibiting Na+ uptake and mitigating salt stress in wheat
Tianqiao Hu, Yaofeng Wang
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09006-4Effects of quicklime application rate on carbon mineralization in strongly acidic soil of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations
Zhang Jiayi, Tong Jiacheng, Fang Fang, Zhang Yanting et al.
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1007/s11104-026-09067-5Reviews
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