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Best Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology journals

234 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 61 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 24.5 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology 18.6 99th Q1 – – No
3 Biogeotechnics 18.1 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
4 Petroleum Exploration and Development 16.2 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Underground Space (new) 15.8 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 International Journal of Coal Science and Technology 15.3 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 14.3 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Engineering Geology 14 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Geotechnique 14 96th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 13.4 96th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Gas Science and Engineering 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
12 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 13 95th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Landslides 12.5 94th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Geoenergy Science and Engineering 12.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
15 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review 12 94th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Acta Geotechnica 11.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 11.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Petroleum Science 11.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Georisk 11.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
20 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 11.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
21 Natural Gas Industry B 11 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Computers and Geotechnics 10.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
23 Rock Mechanics Bulletin 10.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Advances in Geo-Energy Research 10.6 90th Q1 ESCI – No
25 Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development 10.1 89th Q1 – – Yes
26 Geotextiles and Geomembranes 9.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Petroleum 9.6 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Minerals Engineering 9.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
29 International Journal of Geo-Engineering 9.5 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Transportation Geotechnics 9.3 87th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Elementa 9.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 9.1 87th Q1 SCIE A No
33 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 9 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Journal of Mining Institute 9 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Structure and Infrastructure Engineering 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition) 8.5 84th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Natural Gas Industry 8.2 84th Q1 – – Yes
40 Geothermics 8.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
41 Cold Regions Science and Technology 8 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
42 Meitan Xuebao/Journal of the China Coal Society 7.9 82nd Q1 – – Yes
43 Earthquake Spectra 7.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
44 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - ASCE 7.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
45 Journal of Earthquake Engineering 7.5 81st Q1 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 7.4 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Civil Engineering Journal (Iran) 7.3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
48 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 7.2 80th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Geoenvironmental Disasters 7.2 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
50 China Geology 7.1 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
51 China Petroleum Exploration 7.1 79th Q1 – – No
52 Geohazard Mechanics 6.9 78th Q1 – – Yes
53 Geosynthetics International 6.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Mining of Mineral Deposits 6.9 78th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 6.6 77th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Geothermal Energy 6.5 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Soils and Foundations 6.5 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
58 Environmental Geotechnics 6.4 76th Q1 SCIE – No
59 International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment 6.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
60 International Journal of Geomechanics 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
61 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Infrastructures 5.7 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering 5.7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 5.6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
65 Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience 5.6 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
66 International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization 5.5 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
67 Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering 5.4 72nd Q2 – – No
68 Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 5.4 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
69 Meitiandizhi Yu Kantan/Coal Geology and Exploration 5.3 71st Q2 – – Yes
70 SPE Journal 5.3 71st Q2 SCIE – No
71 Zhongguo Kuangye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of China University of Mining and Technology 5.3 71st Q2 – – No
72 Lithologic Reservoirs 5.2 70th Q2 – – No
73 Ocean Modelling 5.2 70th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Journal of Hydroinformatics 5 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Earthquake Science 4.9 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Minerals 4.9 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
77 Geotechnical Research 4.8 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
78 Marine Georesources and Geotechnology 4.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Mine Water and the Environment 4.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 4.7 67th Q2 ESCI – No
81 World Journal of Engineering 4.7 67th Q2 ESCI – No
82 Geomechanics and Geoengineering 4.7 66th Q2 ESCI – No
83 Iranian Journal of Science and Technology - Transactions of Civil Engineering 4.6 66th Q2 – – No
84 Jinshu Xuebao/Acta Metallurgica Sinica 4.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Meitan Kexue Jishu/Coal Science and Technology (Peking) 4.5 65th Q2 – – Yes
86 Mining Science and Technology (Russian Federation) 4.4 64th Q2 – – Yes
87 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement 4.4 64th Q2 ESCI – No
88 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 4.3 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
89 Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 4.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
90 Journal of Mining and Strata Control Engineering 4.2 63rd Q2 – – Yes
91 Yantu Lixue/Rock and Soil Mechanics 4.2 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
92 Geomechanics and Engineering 4.1 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
93 International Journal of Civil Engineering 4 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
94 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
95 China Offshore Oil and Gas 3.8 61st Q2 – – No
96 Geotechnics 3.8 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
97 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D 3.8 60th Q2 – – No
98 Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 3.7 59th Q2 ESCI – No
99 Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration 3.7 59th Q2 SCIE – No
100 Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering 3.7 59th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology 3.7 58th Q2 – – Yes
102 Journal of Geomechanics 3.6 58th Q2 – – Yes
103 Geotechnique Letters 3.6 57th Q2 SCIE – No
104 Research in Cold and Arid Regions 3.6 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 3.5 57th Q2 ESCI – No
106 International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 3.5 56th Q2 ESCI – No
107 Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin 3.5 56th Q2 – – No
108 Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy 3.5 55th Q2 ESCI – No
109 Petroleum Science and Technology 3.5 55th Q2 SCIE – No
110 Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology 3.4 55th Q2 ESCI – No
111 International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 3.3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Shock and Vibration 3.3 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Zhongguo Shiyou Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of China University of Petroleum (Edition of Natural Science) 3.3 53rd Q2 – – No
114 Journal of Mining Science and Technology 3.2 53rd Q2 – – Yes
115 Geotechnical Testing Journal 3.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
116 Journal of Mining and Environment 3.1 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
117 Earthquake Engineering and Resilience 3.1 51st Q2 ESCI – No
118 Indian Geotechnical Journal 3 51st Q2 ESCI – No
119 Petroleum Geology and Oilfield Development in Daqing 3 51st Q2 – – No
120 Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 3 50th Q2 – – Yes
121 Yantu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 3 50th Q2 – – Yes
122 Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater 2.9 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
123 Progress in Landslide Research and Technology 2.9 49th Q3 – – No
124 Jilin Daxue Xuebao (Diqiu Kexue Ban)/Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition) 2.9 48th Q3 – – No
125 Journal of Cold Regions Engineering - ASCE 2.9 48th Q3 SCIE – No
126 Journal of Sustainable Mining 2.9 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
127 Rudarsko Geolosko Naftni Zbornik 2.8 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Shiyou Diqiu Wuli Kantan/Oil Geophysical Prospecting 2.8 47th Q3 – – No
129 Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2.7 46th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Acta Montanistica Slovaca 2.5 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
131 Oil Shale 2.5 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
132 Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 2.4 45th Q3 SCIE – No
133 SOCAR Proceedings 2.4 45th Q3 ESCI – No
134 Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) 2.4 44th Q3 – – No
135 Bulletin of Geophysics and Oceanography 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
136 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2.3 44th Q3 ESCI – No
137 International Journal of GEOMATE 2.3 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
138 Zhongnan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology) 2.3 43rd Q3 – – No
139 Archives of Mining Sciences 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
140 News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences 2.2 42nd Q3 – – No
141 Green and Smart Mining Engineering 2.1 41st Q3 ESCI – No
142 International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering 2.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
143 Geologiya i Geofizika Yuga Rossii 2.1 40th Q3 – – Yes
144 Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 2.1 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
145 Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 2 39th Q3 ESCI – No
146 HBRC Journal 2 39th Q3 – – Yes
147 Journal of Natural Disasters 2 39th Q3 – – No
148 Soils and Rocks 2 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
149 Tunnel Construction 2 38th Q3 – – No
150 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2 37th Q3 SCIE – Yes
151 Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 1.9 37th Q3 – – No
152 Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica 1.9 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
153 Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 1.8 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
154 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 36th Q3 – – Yes
155 Geo-Marine Letters 1.8 35th Q3 SCIE – No
156 Journal of Safety and Sustainability 1.8 35th Q3 – – Yes
157 Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu 1.8 35th Q3 – – No
158 Journal of GeoEngineering 1.7 34th Q3 – – No
159 Eurasian Mining 1.7 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
160 Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 1.6 33rd Q3 – – No
161 International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering 1.6 32nd Q3 – – No
162 Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica 1.6 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
163 Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences 1.5 32nd Q3 – – Yes
164 China Mining Magazine 1.5 31st Q3 – – Yes
165 Gornaya Promyshlennost 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
166 Energetika 1.4 30th Q3 – – No
167 Journal of Catastrophology 1.4 30th Q3 – – No
168 Journal of Mining Science 1.4 30th Q3 SCIE – No
169 Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University, Geo Assets Engineering 1.4 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
170 Geological Survey of China 1.4 29th Q3 – – Yes
171 Gornyi Zhurnal 1.4 28th Q3 – – No
172 Ugol 1.4 28th Q3 – – No
173 Hydro-Science and Engineering 1.3 28th Q3 – – Yes
174 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Dynamics 1.3 27th Q3 – – No
175 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1.3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
176 Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia 1.3 26th Q3 SCIE – No
177 Geomechanik und Tunnelbau 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
178 Rock and Mineral Analysis 1.3 26th Q3 – – Yes
179 Acta Hydrotechnica 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
180 Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment 1.2 25th Q3 ESCI – No
181 Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 1.2 24th Q4 SCIE – No
182 Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering 1.2 24th Q4 – – No
183 ASEAN Engineering Journal 1.2 23rd Q4 – – No
184 Revista Politecnica 1.2 23rd Q4 – – Yes
185 Earthquake 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
186 Geologica Balcanica 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
187 Turk Deprem Arastirma Dergisi 1 22nd Q4 – – No
188 Mining Science 1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
189 Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas 1 21st Q4 – – No
190 World Earthquake Engineering 1 21st Q4 – – No
191 Geotechnical Engineering 1 20th Q4 ESCI – No
192 Paliva 1 20th Q4 – – No
193 Nafta - Gaz 1 19th Q4 ESCI – No
194 Scientific Mining Journal 1 19th Q4 – – No
195 Dams and Reservoirs 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
196 Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
197 Earth's Cryosphere 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
198 Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
199 Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
200 Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
201 Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
202 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
203 Mineralia Slovaca 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
204 Geotechnik 0.7 14th Q4 ESCI – No
205 Perm Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
206 SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
207 DFI Journal 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
208 Intelligent Geoengineering 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
209 Serie Correlacion Geologica 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
210 Aguas Subterraneas 0.6 11th Q4 – – Yes
211 Journal of Engineering Geology 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
212 Geotecnia 0.5 10th Q4 – – Yes
213 Australian Geomechanics Journal 0.4 10th Q4 ESCI – No
214 Inzynieria Mineralna 0.4 10th Q4 ESCI – No
215 Geoingegneria Ambientale e Mineraria 0.4 8th Q4 ESCI – No
216 Mining Engineering 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
217 Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
218 Sustainable Civil Infrastructures 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
219 Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
220 International Journal of Exploration Geophysics, Remote Sensing and Environment 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
221 Mining Report 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
222 Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
223 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering proceedings 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
224 Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures 0.2 4th Q4 ESCI – Yes
225 Mercian Geologist 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
226 World of Metallurgy - ERZMETALL 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
227 Man-Made Textiles in India 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
228 World of Mining - Surface and Underground 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
229 Coal International 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
230 Civil Engineering 0 2nd Q4 SCIE – No
231 AusIMM Bulletin 0 1st Q4 – – No
232 Canadian Mining Journal 0 1st Q4 – – No
233 CIM Magazine 0 0th Q4 – – No
234 Geodrilling International 0 0th Q4 – – No

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