Attending #WCSS2022? Join us on Day 1 for a ‘Meet the Journal Editors’ event with @SoilBiolBiochem @SUMjournal @NatRevEarthEnv @Geoderma_Jrnl on 1 Aug, Gala Room, SEC Armadillo, 1-3 pm. Insight guaranteed!

The 2021 Clarivate Impact Factor for SBB is 8.55 and CiteScore is 13.5 - increases from last year of 0.9 and 2.5, and ranking 2nd and 1st in 'Soils', respectively. Further testament to the quality and engagement of our authors, reviewers and readers. Thanks from all the editors!

Three latest SBB Editors' Choices now announced: recently published articles nominated due to their notable insight into soil biological systems. Free access until May 2022. Congratulations to Yong Li et al., David Blowes et al. and Alex Williams et al.

The Clarivate Impact Factor for the journal has increased from 5.8 to 7.6, and prevails as top-ranked in soil science. This attests to the continued quality of our authors, reviewers and an engaged SBB community. Thanks from the editors to all, for keeping the journal so vibrant

Latest trio of SBB Editors' Choices: recent articles nominated due to their notable insight into soil biological systems. Free access until Feb 2022. Congratulations to Andrew Nottingham et al., Henry Janzen et al., and Iver Jakobsen et al.

An Article Collection now online, listing and discussing the 50 papers that have been most cited for each year of the first half-century of SBB (1969-2019).

SBB Special Issue on the biology of soil health - call for papers now open. See for full details.

Three new SBB Editors' Choices: recent articles nominated due to their notable insight into soil biological systems, available via link below. Free access 'til Aug 2021. Congratulations to Thomas Kaupper et al., Leanne Peixoto et al., and Charles Warren.

World Soil Day 2020!.To celebrate, a collation of five articles published in SBB this year that are exemplary in showing why soil biodiversity matters, plus a superb Perspectives article on methodology. All available free until 2030.

New SBB Editors' Choices: three recent articles nominated due to their notable insight into soil biological systems, now announced and available via link below. Congratulations to Rachael Akinyede et al., Arjun Chakrawal et al., and Jiayu Lu et al.

SBB Special Issue on the soil microbial necromass is now complete, including an associated full-access review paper by our Guest Editors Chao Liang and Matthias Kästner, with Chief Editor Rainer Joergensen. Weblink to introduction and papers below:.

Pleased to see Clarivate Impact Factor for the journal has increased to 5.80, staying as top-ranked in soil science. This is testament to the quality of our authors, reviewers and a very engaged SBB community. Thanks from the editors to all, for keeping the journal so vibrant!.

NEW FEATURE for SBB : “Editors’ Choice”, where a Chief Editor identifies a recent paper in the journal as being of particular quality in terms of the insight it provides to the discipline. First 3 announced in link below; free PDF access until 20 Aug.

SBB Special Issue Open Call: Plant-soil interactions in forests - effects of management, disturbances and climate. We would welcome manuscripts to be submitted to the journal that fit with this topic and meet our scope. More details at:

SBB's first Tweet!. Editors-in-Chief Josh Schimel and Karl Ritz have written an Editorial Perspectives paper that provides guidelines on how to make a manuscript submitted to SBB more likely to be sent out for peer-review.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry is now also active on Twitter! Follow us and watch this space for updates and highlights relating to the journal, editors’ picks, calls for special issues and more.