Vadose Zone Journal

Journal Title：Vadose Zone Journal

Vadose Zone Journal is a unique publication outlet for interdisciplinary research and assessment of the vadose zone, the portion of the Critical Zone that comprises the Earth’s critical living surface down to groundwater. It is a peer-reviewed, international journal publishing reviews, original research, and special sections across a wide range of disciplines. Vadose Zone Journal reports fundamental and applied research from disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment and policy analyses, of the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the groundwater table. The goal is to disseminate information to facilitate science-based decision-making and sustainable management of the vadose zone. Examples of topic areas suitable for VZJ are variably saturated fluid flow, heat and solute transport in granular and fractured media, flow processes in the capillary fringe at or near the water table, water table management, regional and global climate change impacts on the vadose zone, carbon sequestration, design and performance of waste disposal facilities, long-term stewardship of contaminated sites in the vadose zone, biogeochemical transformation processes, microbial processes in shallow and deep formations, bioremediation, and the fate and transport of radionuclides, inorganic and organic chemicals, colloids, viruses, and microorganisms. Articles in VZJ also address yet-to-be-resolved issues, such as how to quantify heterogeneity of subsurface processes and properties, and how to couple physical, chemical, and biological processes across a range of spatial scales from the molecular to the global.

Vadose Zone Journal 是一本独特的刊物，专门刊登跨学科研究和评估包气带，包气带是关键带的一部分，包括地球关键的生物表面直至地下水。它是一本同行评议的国际期刊，发表评论、原创研究和跨学科的专题。Vadose Zone Journal 报道了学科和多学科调查的基础和应用研究，包括评估和政策分析，这些研究针对的是土壤表面和地下水位之间的大部分不饱和区域。其目标是传播信息，以促进基于科学的决策和对包气带的可持续管理。适合 VZJ 的主题领域包括可变饱和流体流动、颗粒和裂隙介质中的热量和溶质输送、地下水位或附近的毛细管边缘的流动过程、地下水位管理、区域和全球气候变化对包气带的影响、碳封存、废物处理设施的设计和性能、包气带受污染场地的长期管理、生物地球化学转化过程、浅层和深层地层中的微生物过程、生物修复以及放射性核素、无机和有机化学物质、胶体、病毒和微生物的命运和运输。VZJ 中的文章还讨论了尚未解决的问题，例如如何量化地下过程和特性的异质性，以及如何在从分子到全球的一系列空间尺度上耦合物理、化学和生物过程。

Vadose Zone Journal创刊于2002年，由Soil Science Society of America出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖环境科学 - 环境科学全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 约2.0个月 ，影响因子指数2.5，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。