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DFI Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Deep Foundations Institute.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1937-5247Verify ISSN ↗1937-5255Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Deep Foundations Institute
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building and Construction | 221 / 258 | 14th | Q4 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 215 / 244 | 12th | Q4 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 386 / 434 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
DFI Journal is Q4 in Building and Construction (rank 221 of 258), Q4 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 215 of 244) and Q4 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 386 of 434), by CiteScore 2025.
DFI Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4, 14th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.171, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 12.
DFI Journal is published by Deep Foundations Institute. Its print ISSN is 1937-5247 and its online ISSN is 1937-5255.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
DFI Journal has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #179 of 219 Scopus journals in Building and Construction.
DFI Journal published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 22. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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