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Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Office of Hydrogeology and Engineering.
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ISSN 1000-3665Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Hydrogeology and Engineering
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 137 / 333 | 59th | Q2 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 80 / 184 | 56th | Q2 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 122 / 244 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology is Q2 in Geology (rank 137 of 333), Q2 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 80 of 184) and Q2 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 122 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 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 3, quartile Q2, 59th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.412, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,307 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.
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology is published by Editorial Office of Hydrogeology and Engineering. Its ISSN is 1000-3665.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #252 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology published 7 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2011 with 118. 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.
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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