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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Geological Society of London · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1470-9236eISSN2041-4803

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.33

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.576

Total Worksi

1,313

Total Citationsi

18,541

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Geological; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geology; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,313

Publisher OrgGeological Society of London

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Geological Society of London

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-9236 / 2041-4803

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

633

2019

690

2020

353

2021

344

2022

223

2023

151

2024

2025

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

GeologyQ3

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, GeologicalGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)GeologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Landslides and related hazardsRock Mechanics and ModelingGroundwater flow and contamination studiesGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisGeological Modeling and AnalysisGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryGeophysical Methods and ApplicationsSoil and Unsaturated FlowGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsKarst Systems and Hydrogeology

Frequently asked questions about Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Is Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology: 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 Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology?

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.06.

Is Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology?