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Soils and Foundations is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0038-0806Verify ISSN ↗2524-1788Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 93 / 434 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 57 / 244 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1975–present (also 1960–1972), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
Soils and Foundations is Q1 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 93 of 434) and Q1 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 57 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Soils and Foundations 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.152, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 121.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,200 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.
Soils and Foundations is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0038-0806 and its online ISSN is 2524-1788.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Soils and Foundations has an h-index of 153 and a 2-year mean of 3.62 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #91 of 385 Scopus journals in Civil and Structural Engineering.
Soils and Foundations published 114 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 168. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (45.3%), Japan (30%) and United States (4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 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.
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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