About this journal

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (SSPN) is a peer-reviewed international journal and an official journal of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN) that publishes outstanding original research findings and reviews in soil physics, soil chemistry and soil mineralogy; soil biology; plant nutrition; soil genesis, classification and survey; soil fertility; fertilizers and soil amendments; environment; socio-cultural soil science. The journal publishes full length papers, short papers, and reviews. It is also one of the cooperating journals of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS).

1.   Soil physics
2.   Soil chemistry and soil mineralogy
3.   Soil biology
4.   Plant nutrition
5.   Soil genesis, classification and survey
6.   Soil fertility
7.   Fertilizers and soil amendments
8.   Environment
9.   Socio cultural soil science

Members and non-members of JSSSPN are encouraged to submit manuscripts for publication. However, non-members will be charged an additional US$100 per accepted article.

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Peer Review Policy

All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Editor-in-Chief for 2024:

Junta Yanai - Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan

Associate Editors-in-Chief for 2024:

Hiroyuki Koyama - Gifu University, Japan

Hideo Kubotera - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Katsuharu Saito -  Shinshu University, Japan

Toshihiro Watanabe  -  Hokkaido University, Japan

Directors for 2024:

Tomoyasu Nishizawa - Ibaraki University, Japan

Norikuni Ohtake - Niigata University, Japan

Editorial Board for 2024: 

Kaori Ando - Aichi Agricultural Research Center, Japan

Yusuke Arakawa - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Naomi Asagi - Ibaraki University

Zucong Cai - Nanjing Normal University, China

Weiguo Cheng - Yamagata University, Japan

Nobuhiko Fueki - Hokkaido Research Organization, Japan

Jun Furukawa - University of Tsukuba, Japan

Georg Guggenberger - Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Shintaro Hara - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Atsushi Hayakawa - Akita Prefectural University, Japan

Ping He - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Yasuo Iimura - The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Hideomi Itoh - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Yukiyoshi Iwata - Kyushu University, Japan

Natsuko Kobayashi - The University of Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Maejima - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Shamim Mia - Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh

Miftahudin - Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

Takafumi Mizuno - Mie University, Japan

Akinori Mori - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Yasushi Mori - Okayama University, Japan

Naoki Moritsuka - Kochi University, Japan

Hirotatsu Murano - Meijo University, Japan

Ken Nakamura - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Atsushi Nakao - Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan

Sho Nishida - Saga University, Japan

Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Shigeto Otsuka - The University of Tokyo, Japan

Sanjib Kumar Panda - Assam University, India

Bentio Heru Purwanto - Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Asiloglu Muhammet Rasit - Niigata University, Japan

Takayuki Sasaki - Okayama University, Japan

Aomi Suda - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Soh Sugihara - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Yoshihito Sunaga - Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Japan

Kanako Tago - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Tomoki Takahashi - National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan

Fumiaki Takakai - Akita Prefectural University, Japan

Masayuki Tani - Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan

Mitsuru Toma - Yamaguchi University, Japan

Hideto Ueno - Ehime University, Japan

Jun Wasaki - Hiroshima University, Japan

Reiner Wassmann - International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

Audthasit Wongmaneeroj - Kasetsart University, Thailand

Masatsugu Yamazaki - Japan

Xiaoyuan Yan - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jae E. Yang - Kangwon National University, Korea

Shuichiro Yoshida - The Univeristy of Tokyo, Japan

Yong-Guan Zhu - Chinese Academy of Science, China

Editorial Office:

Masanori Saito - Japan

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Watch Introduction to Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

The Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition ( JSSSPN) is an academic organization and aims to establish modern theory and systematized techniques linking deeply with food production and environmental protection in the fields of Soil Science, Fertilizer Science and Plant Nutrition. Since the society was founded in 1927, it has enrolled over 3,000 members and has also enlarged the field of research activities and technical development.

Today, sustainable food production has been received global attention due to explosive population growth, soil deterioration and other environmental issues such as acid rain, global warming etc. The Society is dedicated to solving the above issues, and wishes to play a central role in the stable development of human society in the 21st century.

The Society concentrates its activities on academic researches currently including 9 divisions as follows:

1. Soil physics
2. Soil chemistry and soil mineralogy
3. Soil biology
4. Plant nutrition
5. Soil genesis, classification and survey
6. Soil fertility
7. Fertilizers and soil amendments
8. Environment
9. Socio cultural soil science

Membership

For further information on the benefits of becoming a member of the JSSSPN, or to download the application form, please visit the website at https://jssspn.jp/.