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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement

ICE Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1755-0750eISSN1755-0769

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.745

Total Worksi

814

Total Citationsi

12,621

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Geological; Building and Construction; Mechanics of Materials; Soil Science; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications814

Publisher OrgThomas Telford Ltd.

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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?

ICE Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1755-0750 / 1755-0769

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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

492

2019

117

2020

2021

122

2022

2023

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.

Building and ConstructionQ2

Mechanics of MaterialsQ2

Soil ScienceQ2

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Geological

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionMechanics of MaterialsSoil ScienceGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresGeotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsGrouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisLandfill Environmental Impact StudiesGeotechnical and construction materials studiesSoil and Unsaturated FlowConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchMicrobial Applications in Construction Materials

Frequently asked questions about Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement

Is Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement: 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 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement?

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement 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 1.01.

Is Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement?