Aims & Scope

Next Gen Soil and Environmental Research is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to publishing original research, review articles, short communications, and case-based scholarly contributions in the broad fields of soil and environmental sciences. The journal aims to advance scientific understanding and practical solutions related to soil resources, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, climate change, pollution management, and sustainable use of natural resources.

The journal provides a platform for the dissemination of high-quality research that contributes to improved understanding and management of soil, water, land, and environmental systems. It welcomes interdisciplinary studies connecting soil science, environmental science, agriculture, ecology, hydrology, climate science, geospatial technologies, and environmental management.

Next Gen Soil and Environmental Research seeks submissions that offer clear scientific contribution, methodological rigor, and relevance to contemporary soil and environmental challenges at local, regional, national, and global levels.

The journal publishes work in, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Soil physics, soil chemistry, and soil biology

• Soil fertility and plant nutrition

• Soil microbiology and microbial ecology

• Soil health and soil quality assessment

• Soil organic matter and carbon dynamics

• Soil genesis, classification, survey, and mapping

• Soil mineralogy and biogeochemistry

• Soil–plant–water relationships

• Nutrient cycling and nutrient-use efficiency

• Soil erosion and conservation

• Land degradation, desertification, and land restoration

• Soil salinity, sodicity, acidity, and problem-soil management

• Soil and water pollution

• Heavy metals, pesticides, and emerging contaminants

• Environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology

• Environmental monitoring and assessment

• Water quality, wastewater, and groundwater contamination

• Waste management, resource recovery, and circular economy

• Bioremediation and phytoremediation

• Climate change and soil processes

• Soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse-gas emissions

• Climate-smart soil and land management

• Agroecology and sustainable land-use systems

• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

• Soil–water–atmosphere interactions

• Remote sensing, GIS, and digital soil mapping

• Precision soil and nutrient management

• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven environmental assessment

• Environmental modelling and decision-support systems

• Nature-based solutions and ecosystem restoration

• Environmental impact assessment

• Environmental sustainability, policy, and management

The journal particularly encourages manuscripts that:

• address emerging challenges in soil health, land degradation, environmental pollution, climate change, and ecosystem sustainability;

• demonstrate sound experimental, analytical, modelling, laboratory, or field-based methodology;

• integrate soil and environmental science with practical applications, management strategies, or policy relevance;

• apply emerging technologies such as remote sensing, GIS, artificial intelligence, machine learning, sensors, and digital soil mapping to soil and environmental research;

• contribute interdisciplinary insights across soil, water, climate, agriculture, ecology, and environmental sciences; and

• offer regional evidence with broader scientific, environmental, or sustainability significance.

Manuscripts that are purely descriptive, lack scientific rigor, or fall outside the scholarly scope of soil and environmental sciences will not be considered.