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Journal of Engineering Geology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Korean Society of Engineering Geology.
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ISSN 1226-5268Verify ISSN ↗2287-7169Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Society of Engineering Geology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 171 / 194 | 12th | Q4 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 217 / 244 | 11th | Q4 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 270 / 300 | 10th | Q4 |
| Environmental Engineering | 219 / 241 | 9th | 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 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of Engineering Geology is Q4 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 171 of 194), Q4 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 217 of 244) and Q4 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 270 of 300), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of 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 0.6, quartile Q4, 12th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.163, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
Journal of Engineering Geology is published by Korean Society of Engineering Geology. Its print ISSN is 1226-5268 and its online ISSN is 2287-7169.
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.
Journal of Engineering Geology has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #166 of 179 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).
Journal of Engineering Geology published 12 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 54. 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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