Vadose Zone Journal welcomes original contributions, reviews, and opinion papers across a wide range of disciplines that involve the vadose zone, including those that address broad scientific and societal issues (e.g., climate change, biofuels, sustainability, nanotechnology). Benefits include:
- Fully electronic manuscript submission, review, and publication of special sections, review articles, original research, book reviews, and more
- ISI Impact Factor: 1.55 (highly ranked in Soil Science and Water Resources Categories)
- ISI Immediacy Index: 0.47 (ranked #1 in Soil Science category)
- Diverse research links academia, government, and industry
- Leading experts comprise the Editorial Board
- International editorial board with 50% international submissions
- Expedited review process with average turnaround time of less than 100 days and timely publication
- Option to make your article open access for an author fee
- Author surveys show nearly 100% would recommend that a colleague submit to VZJ.
- Subscribers can purchase a year-end CD version.
Indexing coverage: ISI Current Contents and SCI Expanded (Soil Science, Water Resources, and Environmental Science categories), SCOPUS, GeoRef, Agricola, Chemical Abstracts Service, and other major indexes.
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The scientific community has an increasing need for effective dissemination of information about the physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in the vadose zone, the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the permanent groundwater table. VZJ provides a forum for vadose zone research and assessment.
The vadose zone has long been the focus of research and assessment by scientists concerned with soil water flow and the fate and transport of chemicals stemming from agricultural practices or waste disposal operations. This focus has broadened considerably in recent years. Many industrial, municipal, and engineering activities are known to have an impact on the vadose zone, and hence indirectly all of the subsurface environment. As a result, many state and federal agencies, such as EPA, DOE, DOD, NASA, and NSF, are increasingly addressing vadose zone issues, including serving as funding agencies for vadose zone investigations. The vadose zone is now the active domain of scientists and professionals in a broad range of disciplines. These disciplines include soil physics, geophysics, hydrogeology, geochemistry, soil chemistry, microbiology, terrestrial ecology, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, and engineering associated with construction, petroleum, and chemical technologies. |
