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International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 13), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1365-1609Verify ISSN ↗1873-4545Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,110 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 12 / 244 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1993, 1987–1988, 1984–1985, 1981, 1977–1979, 1973–1974, 1969–1971), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 13.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is Q1 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 12 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 13, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.048, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 227.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,110 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.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1365-1609 and its online ISSN is 1873-4545.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences has an h-index of 233 and a 2-year mean of 8.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 13, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 211 Scopus journals in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences published 304 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 348. 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 90 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (70%), United Kingdom (3.1%) and United States (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 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.
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