This ISTRO-affiliated journal examines the physical, chemical and biological changesin the soil caused by tillage and field traffic. Manuscripts will be considered on aspects of soil science, physics, technology, mechanization and applied engineering for a sustainable balance among productivity, environmental quality and profitability. The following are examples of suitable topics within the scope of the journal of Soil and Tillage Research: 
The agricultural and biosystems engineering associated with tillage (including no-tillage, reduced-tillage and direct drilling), irrigation and drainage, crops and crop rotations, fertilization, rehabilitation of mine spoils and processes used to modify soils. Soil change effects on establishment and yield of crops, growth of plants and roots, structure and erosion of soil, cycling of carbon and nutrients, greenhouse gas emissions, leaching, runoff and other processes that affect environmental quality. Characterization or modeling of tillage and field traffic responses, soil, climate, or topographic effects, soil deformation processes, tillage tools, traction devices, energy requirements, economics, surface and subsurface water quality effects, tillage effects on weed, pest and disease control, and their interactions. 

1. Original research papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review articles
3. Short Communications
4. Book reviews

Editors-in-Chief
R. Horn
University of Kiel Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel, Germany Email R. Horn
B. Jansen
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email B. Jansen
B.M. McKenzie
The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom Email B.M. McKenzie
E. Noellemeyer
National University of La Pampa, Santa Rosa, Argentina Email E. Noellemeyer
X. Peng, PhD
Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China Email X. Peng, PhD
O. Wendroth
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States Email O. Wendroth
Editorial Advisory Board
L. Alakukku
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
R.A. Armindo
Federal University of Lavras, LAVRAS, Brazil
K. Auerswald
Technical University of Munich Center for Food Land Use and Environment Department of Soil Science, Freising, Germany
T. Baumgartl
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
R.L. Baumhardt
USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas, United States
B. Bölter
Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
G.F. Botta
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
P. Défossez
Soil Plant Atmosphere Interaction, Villenave d'Ornon, France
J.L. Díaz-Hernández
Government of Andalusia, Sevilla, Spain
J. Dörner
University of Southern Chile, Valdivia, Chile
D. Endale
USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory, Tifton, Georgia, United States
J.F. Gallardo
Institute for Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
D.L. Karlen
USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa, United States
T. Knappenberger
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States
M.M. Mikha
USDA Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
J.M. Mirás-Avalos
Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of the Segura River, Murcia, Spain
T. Miyazaki
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
A.M. Mouazen
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
R. Mrabet
Regional Agricultural Research Center in Meknes, Meknes, Morocco
L.J. Munkholm
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
J. Paz-Ferreiro
RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
S. Pellegrini
Research Centre for Soil Science and Agrobiology, Firenze, Italy
S. Peth
University of Kassel Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Witzenhausen, Germany
S.A. Prior
USDA Agricultural Research Service National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama, United States
D. Reynolds
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P. Schjønning
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
S. Schrader
Johann Heinrich von Thunen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig, Germany
P. Schulze Lammers
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
A. Schwen
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
L.C. Timm
Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
H.A. Torbert
USDA Agricultural Research Service National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama, United States
A. Westphal
University of California Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, California, United States
W.R. Whalley
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
S.B. Wuest
USDA-ARS Soil and Water Conservation Research, Adams, Oregon, United States
Y. Yang
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Z. Zhang
Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China