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Geotechnical and Geological Engineering is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.3), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 0960-3182Verify ISSN ↗1573-1529Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$2,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 33 / 210 | 84th | Q1 |
| Geology | 92 / 333 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Soil Science | 60 / 167 | 64th | Q2 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 88 / 244 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.3.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering is Q1 in Architecture (rank 33 of 210), Q2 in Geology (rank 92 of 333) and Q2 in Soil Science (rank 60 of 167), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.579, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 90.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 0960-3182 and its online ISSN is 1573-1529.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering has an h-index of 96 and a 2-year mean of 3.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 185 Scopus journals in Architecture.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering published 556 papers in 2025. 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.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (38.7%), India (10.1%) and Canada (8.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 16 retracted papers are recorded (2.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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