This journal was started in 1985 under the name Soil and Water Sciences (print ISSN: 1735-8310; electronic ISSN: 2228-7124) and in 2008 was divided into two journals, "Iranian Journal of Soil Research" (print ISSN: 2228-7124; electronic ISSN: 2228-7132) and "Iranian Journal of Water Research" (print ISSN: 2228-7140; electronic ISSN: 2225-6646). Finally in 2013, soil biology discussions was separated from these two journals and included in the Iranian Journal of Soil Biology (print ISSN: 2345-2536; electronic ISSN: 2423-6055). Journal of Soil Biology is the first specialized journal of soil science in Iran that publishes research articles related to all aspects of soil biology. The aim of this journal is promotion the knowledge of researchers and students in the field of soil biology, and understanding soil biology as a tool for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of soil. The fields of interests of this journal are the role of soil living organisms in nutrients cycle and biological processes associated with the improvement of physical and chemical properties, enhancement of soil fertility level, plant nutrition and yield increase, modeling of the mechanisms and biological processes related to the activation, mineralization and immobilization of nutrients, the situation of soil living organisms in the storage, alteration and conversion of soil organic matter, biological and functional diversity of the living part of the soil, soil enzymes, relationships of living organisms with each other as well as plant roots and molecular interactions between them, detection, expression and exchange of genes in the soil, the interactions of contaminations types and the living part of the soil, including bioremediation of contaminated soils, soil biological processes and their role in the production and consumption of greenhouse gases, biological technology of soil organisms for the production of various inoculums and biofertilizers, organic matter decomposition activators and biological cleansers of contaminated soils, using of new molecular technologies to detect and trace living organisms in soil and their role in different soil phenomena.