VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Journal Title

VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

VADOSE ZONE J

ISSN / eISSN

1539-1663

Aims and Scope

Vadose Zone Journal is a unique publication outlet for interdisciplinary research and assessment of the vadose zone, the portion of the Critical Zone that comprises the Earth’s critical living surface down to groundwater. It is a peer-reviewed, international journal publishing reviews, original research, and special sections across a wide range of disciplines. Vadose Zone Journal reports fundamental and applied research from disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment and policy analyses, of the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the groundwater table. The goal is to disseminate information to facilitate science-based decision-making and sustainable management of the vadose zone. Examples of topic areas suitable for VZJ are variably saturated fluid flow, heat and solute transport in granular and fractured media, flow processes in the capillary fringe at or near the water table, water table management, regional and global climate change impacts on the vadose zone, carbon sequestration, design and performance of waste disposal facilities, long-term stewardship of contaminated sites in the vadose zone, biogeochemical transformation processes, microbial processes in shallow and deep formations, bioremediation, and the fate and transport of radionuclides, inorganic and organic chemicals, colloids, viruses, and microorganisms. Articles in VZJ also address yet-to-be-resolved issues, such as how to quantify heterogeneity of subsurface processes and properties, and how to couple physical, chemical, and biological processes across a range of spatial scales from the molecular to the global.

Subject Area

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

SOIL SCIENCE

WATER RESOURCES

CiteScore

6.00 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Soil Science	Q1	#32/147

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	-

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - SCIE	Q3
SOIL SCIENCE - SCIE	Q3
WATER RESOURCES - SCIE	Q2

H-index

70

Country/Area of Publication

UNITED STATES

Publisher

Soil Science Society of America

Publication Frequency

Monthly

Year Publication Started

2002

Annual Article Volume

50

Open Access

NO

Contact

SOIL SCI SOC AMER, 677 SOUTH SEGOE ROAD, MADISON, USA, WI, 53711