Journal profile · Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
GEOTECHNIQUE
ISSN 0016-8505 · eISSN 1751-7656 · ICE Publishing Ltd. · ENGLAND · Bimonthly
GEOTECHNIQUE: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.42; hybrid open access; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 64 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
GEOTECHNIQUE is published by ICE Publishing Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, together about 48.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Established in 1948, Géotechnique is the world's premier geotechnics journal, publishing research of the highest quality on all aspects of geotechnical engineering. Géotechnique provides access to rigorously refereed, current, innovative and authoritative research and practical papers, across the fields of soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology and environmental geotechnics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsEngineering19.3%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering14.7%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering14.2%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering9.4%
- Geotechnical Engineering and AnalysisEngineering8.5%
- Landslides and related hazardsEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Grouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsEngineering4.4%
- Geotechnical and construction materials studiesEngineering3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Geological | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Geological | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Geological | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 5.42LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.05LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114LetPub ·
- h-index
- 251OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,466OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,762 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 9 | 38 |
| 2025 | 64 | 25 | 232 |
| 2024 | 99 | 33 | 913 |
| 2023 | 79 | 24 | 1,242 |
| 2022 | 115 | 46 | 2,448 |
| 2021 | 104 | 44 | 2,480 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0016-8505
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-7656
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about GEOTECHNIQUE
What CAS zone is GEOTECHNIQUE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, GEOTECHNIQUE is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Geological. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of GEOTECHNIQUE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.42; CiteScore 14, h-index 251.
How long does peer review take at GEOTECHNIQUE?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. 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 GEOTECHNIQUE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, GEOTECHNIQUE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is GEOTECHNIQUE open access, and what is the APC?
GEOTECHNIQUE is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .