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Biochar

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

GermanyBiomaterials (Q1); Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pollution (Q1); Soil Science (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q1Ranking
15.1Impact Factor (2025)
64H-index (SCImago 2025)
3.031SJR (2025)
2019-2026Coverage

About Biochar

Biochar is a scholarly journal published by Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 3.031 and H-index of 64.

Coverage: 2019-2026. Research categories: Biomaterials (Q1); Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pollution (Q1); Soil Science (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 15.1 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Wenfu Chen PhD (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2290 EUR; 2790 USD; 2060 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationCLOCKSS
Reported submission-to-publication time10 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2022 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2524-7867, 2524-7972
ISSN-L2524-7867
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Nature
Publisher country codeSG
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex755
Citations recorded in OpenAlex29,687
OpenAlex H-index80
Years represented in OpenAlex2015–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics; Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal; Clay minerals and soil interactions; Heavy metals in environment; Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes; Phosphorus and nutrient management.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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