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Computers and Geotechnics

Elsevier B.V. · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1873-7633

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.957

H-Indexi

153

SNIPi

2.106

Total Worksi

7,404

Total Citationsi

219,327

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Computers and Geotechnics disseminates advanced computer applications across geotechnical topics. It encourages contributions on numerical algorithms, computer implementation of constitutive models, and probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyEight No. A Year, <1997->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,404

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-7633

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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

393

16k

2019

453

16k

2020

527

15k

2021

475

13k

2022

734

15k

2023

878

13k

2024

759

4.7k

2025

647

391

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsEngineering, GeologicalGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresGeotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisGeotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationLandslides and related hazardsRock Mechanics and ModelingSoil and Unsaturated FlowDam Engineering and SafetyNumerical methods in engineeringFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Computers and Geotechnics

Is Computers and Geotechnics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Computers and Geotechnics: 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 Computers and Geotechnics?

Computers and Geotechnics 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 6.61.

Is Computers and Geotechnics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computers and Geotechnics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.