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Landslides

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 2004

ISSN1612-5118

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.778

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

2.144

Total Worksi

2,789

Total Citationsi

125,754

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Landslides is the common platform for publication of integrated research on all aspects of landslides, publishing research papers, news of recent landslide events and information on ICL activities. Landslides is the official journal of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). 100% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,789

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1612-5118

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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

209

11k

2019

250

12k

2020

209

6.7k

2021

220

6.4k

2022

184

3.9k

2023

252

3.4k

2024

232

1.3k

2025

161

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 GeologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, GeologicalGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Landslides and related hazardsCryospheric studies and observationsGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementDam Engineering and SafetyTree Root and Stability StudiesRock Mechanics and ModelingFire effects on ecosystemsSoil and Unsaturated FlowHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Frequently asked questions about Landslides

Is Landslides a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Landslides: 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 Landslides?

Landslides 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 5.89.

Is Landslides indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Landslides is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.