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SOIL ORGANISMS constitutes a forum for soil biodiversity researchers worldwide for the exchange of new information, discussion of concepts and discoveries in soil biology. Articles are made available per PDF File (Open Access) shortly after acceptance.
The journal is published by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SNG) and is the successor of the Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz, which was founded in 1827.
Publication Frequency: Three issues per year (April, August, December)
Current Issue: August2025
Next Issue: Decemeber 2025
ISSN: 1864-6417
eISSN: 1864-6417
Soil Organisms presents high-level research results, review papers, and a number of other formats in English covering the complete field of soil biology, including taxonomy and systematics, soil ecology (including interactions), biogeography, morphology, conservation, evolution and ecosystem functions. Unique among soil-biological journals, Soil Organisms especially considers the organismic aspects of soil biology. Three issues per volume are published as one volume per year (issued in April, August and December). Soil Organisms is committed to fair open-access publishing, which is why we offer online open access publishing of all papers without any publication fees.
Soil Organisms is committed to fair open-access publishing. All articles are available online without any publication fees. Articles published from December 2024 onward are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Articles published before December 2024 are available under previous terms, allowing non-commercial, private, and scientific use.
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Editors-in-Chief
Anton Potapov (Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany)
Nico Eisenhauer (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany)
Communication Editor
Monica Farfan (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany)
Technical Editor
Jacqueline Gitschmann
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ISSN 0373-7586
Prof. Dr. Willi Xylander
EditorsProf. Dr. Wolfram Dunger
Dr. Ulrich Burkhardt
supported by the German Research Foundation
The “Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola” are scheduled to be published in 8 volumes and are available for sale (Order Form).
Already published:
Volume 2012
Issue 7 / 1
Capbryinae & Entomobryini
Rafael Jordana, Navarra, Spain
Volume 2011
Issue 6 / 1
Onychiuroidea: Tullbergiidae
(updated English edition of Issue 1, Volume 1994)
Wolfram Dunger, Görlitz
Bettina Schlitt, Görlitz
Volume 2004
Issue 4
Hypogastruridae
Jean-Marc Thibaud, Paris;
Hans-Jürgen Schulz, Görlitz;
M.M. da Gama Assalino, Coimbra
Volume 2001
Issue 3
lsotomidae
Mikhail Potapov, Moscow
Volume 1999
Issue 2
Symphypleona
Gerhard Bretfeld, Kiel
Volume 1994
Issue 1
Introduction; Tullbergiinae
Bettina Schlitt (formerly Zimdars), Görlitz
Wolfram Dunger, Görlitz
Issue 5
Neanuroidea
Issue 6 / 2
Onychiuroidea: Onychiuridae
Issue 7 / 2 – 3
Entomobryoidea (except of Entomobryini; Capbryinae)
Issue 8
Tomoceroidea
Collembola varia et incertae sedis
General key to the Palaearctic genera
Molecular methods in Collembola taxonomy
General index of Issues 1 – 8
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