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Geotechnical Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by ICE Publishing.
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Publisher: ICE Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 47 / 194 | 76th | Q1 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 77 / 244 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.8.
Geotechnical Research is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 47 of 194) and Q2 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 77 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Geotechnical Research 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.408, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,226 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 Research is published by ICE Publishing. Its ISSN is 2052-6156.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geotechnical Research has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 2.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #45 of 179 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).
Geotechnical Research published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 31. 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 74 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (19.1%), Australia (10.7%) and Japan (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.9 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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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