Journal profile · ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL
Indian Geotechnical Journal
ISSN 0971-9555 · eISSN 2277-3347 · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
Indian Geotechnical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 2,190; median 120 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 317 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Geotechnical Journal is published by Springer Nature 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 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, together about 44.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Original articles are welcomed on topics such as engineering behaviour of soils and rocks, foundations, slope stability, retaining structures, soil dynamics, geotechnical investigations, rock engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering, geo-environmental engineering, geosynthetics, constitutive modeling of geomaterials, numerical modeling, and reliability analysis in geotechnical engineering, . Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on new and emerging topics like railway geotechnical engineering and forensic geotechnical engineering. Papers are welcomed on theoretical developments, analytical methods, numerical methods, testing, site investigations and case studies. Practice-oriented papers are particularly encouraged.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL
Editor-in-chief Deepankar ChoudhuryPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named India 47, United Kingdom 4, Australia 4, United States 3, Mainland China 2 (70 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering17.6%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering15%
- Geotechnical Engineering and AnalysisEngineering11.8%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsEngineering10.4%
- Grouting, Rheology, and Soil MechanicsEngineering5.7%
- Landslides and related hazardsEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering4.6%
- Rock Mechanics and ModelingEngineering4.3%
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
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, EBSCO Discovery Service, JST, SCImago
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) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 372OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 310LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 183,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,687 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 171 | 21 | 29 |
| 2025 | 317 | 17 | 468 |
| 2024 | 308 | 20 | 1,183 |
| 2023 | 131 | 6 | 684 |
| 2022 | 120 | 6 | 852 |
| 2021 | 112 | 7 | 961 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (550 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
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,190 / EUR 3,090 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted7
- full length articlesFull Length Articles The articles discussing complete investigation on a research problem will be published under this category.Length not stated
- original paperFull Length Articles The articles discussing complete investigation on a research problem will be published under this category. The publication of a research p…Length not stated
- reviewFull Length Articles The articles discussing complete investigation on a research problem will be published under this category. The publication of a research p…Length not stated
- state of the art/practice papersState of the Art/Practice Papers These articles should be a critical review on any relevant subject of topical interest and should bring the status of the resea…Length not stated
- surveyFull Length Articles The articles discussing complete investigation on a research problem will be published under this category. The publication of a research p…Length not stated
- technical noteFull Length Articles The articles discussing complete investigation on a research problem will be published under this category. The publication of a research p…Length not stated
- technical notesTechnical Notes The articles on a topic of research with sufficient details on experimental or theoretical part will be published under this category.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All benefits in any form from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript or any of the authors must be acknowledged. For each source of funds, both the research funder and the grant number should be given. This note should be added in a separate section before the reference list. If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they hav…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data transparency Model summary
All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field standards.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
Member of COPE Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Indian Geotechnical Journal, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process. Back to top
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0971-9555
- Electronic ISSN
- 2277-3347
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Geotechnical Journal
What CAS zone is Indian Geotechnical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Indian Geotechnical Journal 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 Indian Geotechnical Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Indian Geotechnical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 86–171 days). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Indian Geotechnical Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Indian Geotechnical Journal based?
Of the 70 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (47), United Kingdom (4) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Indian Geotechnical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Geotechnical Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Indian Geotechnical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Geotechnical Journal is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .