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Journal of Geomechanics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), DOAJ. Published by Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Institute of Geomechanics.
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ISSN 1006-6616Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Institute of Geomechanics
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 105 / 333 | 68th | Q2 |
| Geophysics | 62 / 183 | 66th | Q2 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 64 / 164 | 61st | Q2 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 102 / 244 | 58th | 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 3.6.
Journal of Geomechanics is Q2 in Geology (rank 105 of 333), Q2 in Geophysics (rank 62 of 183) and Q2 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 64 of 164), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Geomechanics 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 3.6, quartile Q2, 68th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.578, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 25.
Journal of Geomechanics is published by Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Institute of Geomechanics. Its ISSN is 1006-6616.
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.
Journal of Geomechanics has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #252 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Journal of Geomechanics published 1 papers in 2018; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 43. 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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