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Underground Space (new)

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 1976

ISSN2096-2754eISSN2467-9674

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.095

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.594

Total Worksi

1,146

Total Citationsi

14,868

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction. Topics: mechanics, underground engineering

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 117 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,146

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2096-2754 / 2467-9674

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.5k

2019

2.5k

2020

1.6k

2021

2.6k

2022

130

3.5k

2023

1.7k

2024

121

607

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 ConstructionQ1

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Civil

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresGeotechnical Engineering and AnalysisCivil and Geotechnical Engineering ResearchGeomechanics and Mining EngineeringRock Mechanics and ModelingGrouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsTunneling and Rock MechanicsUnderground infrastructure and sustainabilityGeotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationGeoscience and Mining Technology

Frequently asked questions about Underground Space (new)

Is Underground Space (new) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Underground Space (new): it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Underground Space (new)?

Underground Space (new) 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 6.24.

Is Underground Space (new) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Underground Space (new) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Underground Space (new)?