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Indian Geotechnical Journal

Springer India · India · Est. 1970

ISSN0971-9555eISSN2277-3347

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.42

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.975

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Indian Geotechnical Journal is a distinguished publication that covers a wide range of topics in Geotechnical Engineering. Encompasses research articles, reviews, technical notes and discussions on various geotechnical topics. Topics include site characterization, engineering behaviour of soils and rocks, foundations, and earth retaining structures. Offers coverage on dams, soil dynamics, excavations and tunneling, and earthquake geotechnical engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 252 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications0

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewsingle blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer India

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0971-9555 / 2277-3347

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

774

2019

659

2020

112

947

2021

120

826

2022

131

656

2023

308

1.1k

2024

317

424

2025

158

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Geological

Scopus Categories

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Frequently asked questions about Indian Geotechnical Journal

Is Indian Geotechnical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Geotechnical Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Geotechnical Journal?

Indian Geotechnical Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Indian Geotechnical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Geotechnical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.