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Rock and Soil Mechanics
Supervised by: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Science China Press
Period:Monthly Publication
Editor-in-Chief:KONG LingWei
Sponsored by :Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Journal Tags: EI
Language: Chinese
Release Date: 1979
ISSN 1000-7598 CN 42-1199/O3
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Rock and Soil Mechanics(Monthly) is an academic journal about rock & soil mechanics and geotechnicalengineering, started in 1979. It is sponsored by Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its ISSN is 1000-7598. Rock and Soil Mechanics is edited and published by Editorial Office of Rock and Soil Mechanics. It is indexed by The Engineering Index (EI Compendex) ,Scopus and Emerging Source Citation Index(ESCI), CA, JST, DOAJ. Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD) , and Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database(CSTPCD). Its full texts are included by some databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),etc. In addition, it has been a core mechanics and building sciences journal in A Guide to the Core Journals of China since 2004 year.
Some of its articles have translated into English and published in ytlx.whrsm.ac.cn and rocksoilmech.whrsm.ac.cn(English version online)
The coverage of the journal includes the rock mechanics, soil mechanics , geotechnical engineering , geomaterials, geoenergy, petroleum engineering, engineering geology, mining engineering, hydraulic engineering, petroleum engineering, as well as new testing techniques & methods.
As one of the most prestigious journals in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering field in China, Rock and Soil Mechanics has won a lot of titles such as leading Chinese periodicals of Hubeiprovince (7 times), 100 Outstanding Academic Journals of China ( in 2009, 2011, 2017 and 2020), the Outstanding S&T Journals of China (2011,2017 and 2020).In addition, the journal was also one of 'The Highest International Impact Academic Journals of China'(Science/Technology/Medicine)175 Titles in 2012, 2013, 2014,2015 ,2017,2018, 2019 ,2020 ,2021 and 2022 selected by CNKI.
It had been funded by Science Publication Foundation, Chinese Academy of Sciences(the third class) in 2010,2011,2012 and 2017.
Rock and Soil Mechanics received the first Impact Factor
Clarivate released the Journal Citation Report 2022 in June 28, 2023. Rock and Soil Mechanics received the first Impact Factor (IF). IF of the journal is 1.5 in 2022, ranking in 8/21 among the journals in Engineering, Geological-ESCI. This ranking is equivalent to 36/41 among the journals in Engineering, Geological-SCIE.