Journal profile · ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL
Geotechnik
ISSN 0172-6145 · eISSN 2190-6653 · Wiley-Blackwell
Geotechnik: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); subscription journal; median 86 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 59% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Geotechnik is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization and Tunneling and Rock Mechanics, together about 47.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Seit 1978 erscheint die technisch-wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift geotechnik als Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geotechnik e.V. (DGGT). geotechnik behandelt das ganze Fachgebiet der Geotechnik und gibt einen Einblick in die vielfältigen Ziele und Aufgaben der DGGT. Ein erfahrenes Redaktionsteam der DGGT gewährleistet nicht nur eine interessante Themenauswahl, sondern sichert auch die Qualität der Inhalte auf hohem technischen bzw. wissenschaftlichen Niveau. Alle Beiträge werden standardmäßig in einem Peer-review Prozess begutachtet.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering29.6%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering10.3%
- Tunneling and Rock MechanicsEngineering7.2%
- Grouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsEngineering7.1%
- Geotechnical Engineering and AnalysisEngineering6.5%
- Corporate Social Responsibility and SustainabilityBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering3.7%
- Structural Engineering and Materials AnalysisEngineering3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Geological | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Geological | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECGeoRefPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Astrophysics Data System, Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing), Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing), GEOBASE (Elsevier), Materials Science & Engineering Database (ProQuest), SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest), Technology Collection (ProQuest)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 26Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 18,389Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,356 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 50 | 19 | 8 |
| 2024 | 50 | 19 | 22 |
| 2023 | 47 | 30 | 17 |
| 2022 | 43 | 12 | 24 |
| 2021 | 66 | 14 | 95 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
86 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 43 days – 158 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 135 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (92 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 59%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 59%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Alle Beiträge werden standardmäßig in einem Peer-Review-Prozess begutachtet.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0172-6145
- Electronic ISSN
- 2190-6653
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Geotechnik
What CAS zone is Geotechnik in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Geotechnik is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Geological. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Geotechnik?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Geotechnik?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 86 days (interquartile range 43–158 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 59% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Geotechnik?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Geotechnik is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and GeoRef; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Geotechnik open access, and what is the APC?
Geotechnik is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .