Aims & Scope

Aims

Journal of Soil Biology (JSB) is an international journal. JSB firstly takes soil and biological organisms as one united target and reports related original research. Soil is the first protective barrier for humanbeings, which is also the sustainable survival stone. Biological organisms make nature re-cycle and presents diverse and colorful world, in which we enjoy life. So, JSB will contribute to global scientific community and in time report all type of responding study in soil-biological system, promoting global sustainable soil health. Journal of Soil Biology is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope

The scope of Journal of Soil Biology (JSB) mainly pays to the mutual interaction among soils, microorganisms and plants and rapidly publishes scientific research articles with international and regional significance, which describe and explain all biological-associated processes occurring in all types of soil systems. The journal emphasizes on all the original research which directs our understanding of the mechanistic basis of how soil system functions. JSB also focus on rapidly reporting all applications of multi-omics, molecular, and analytical techniques and modelling approaches to understand soil system functioning. Technique-focused papers must involve a particularly high degree of novelty or significance. In addition, the journal publishes state-of-the-art reviews that consider contemporary research and synthesize updated knowledge. Articles may be involved in all kinds of applications by using basic knowledge to applied issues if they provide distinct insight into the role of soil biology in regulating soil system functions. Main sections are listed below, but not limited to the below:

  1. All aspects of research in soil systems.
  2. Perspectives, reviews, rapid reports, research article, and commentary.
  3. Communication and exchange of ideas among soil scientists worldwide.
  4. Soil-plant interactions, and biogeochemical cycling.
  5. Soil reclamation and sustainable utilization.
  6. Wetland biodiversity and control.
  7. All soil organisms (including viruses): How soil biology interacts with soil physical and chemical properties and processes to regulate above-and below-ground functions.
  8. Relationships and functional interactions between soil biota and plants.
  9. The effects of soil organisms on ecosystem dynamics across spatial and temporal scales to provide enhanced understanding of biotic roles in soil system functioning.