Top 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Journals In The World 2026

1. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE) is concerned with the latest research achievements in rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering. It provides an opportunity for colleagues from all over the world to understand the current developments in the fields of rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, civil engineering, mining engineering, hydraulic engineering, petroleum engineering, engineering geology, etc. The JRMGE aims at promoting the international academic exchange and functions as a bridge between fundamental developments and practical applications. The topics more...

2. Underground Space

Underground Space is an open access international journal without article processing charges (APC) committed to serving as a scientific forum for researchers and practitioners in the field of underground engineering. The journal welcomes manuscripts that deal with original theories, methods, technologies, and important applications throughout the life-cycle of underground projects, including planning, design, operation and maintenance, disaster prevention, and demolition. The journal is particularly interested in manuscripts related to the latest development of smart underground engineering from the perspectives of more...

3. Petroleum Science

Petroleum Science is a peer-reviewed English journal owned by China University of Petroleum-Beijing. It was founded in 2004 and switched into open access since 2015, now it is published in collaboration with KeAi. Petroleum Science publishes the latest and most significant advances in fundamental theoretical and applied research of the petroleum and petrochemical fields. more...

4. China Petroleum Exploration

“China Petroleum Exploration” namely the previously-called “Explorer” was founded in August 1996. It is managed by China National Petroleum Corporation, published by Petroleum Industrial Press and technologically guided by PetroChina Exploration and Production Company. “China Petroleum Exploration” gives an insight into a panorama of China’s oil and gas exploration strategic policies, exploration principles, new theories, new technologies, new methods and managerial experiences to meet the demand for oil and gas exploration development both inside and outsideChina. Focusing on the key issues in oil and gas exploration, more...

5. China Geology

China Geology is co-sponsored by the China Geological Survey (CGS) and the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS). The journal is published quarterly by China Geology Editorial Office. China Geology aims to be an innovative, high-impact and authoritative academic journal for researchers across the geoscience community. It primarily publishes new research results in multidisciplinary geosciences, together with traditional topics in geology. The journal seeks to promote research from all aspects of geoscience, including basic, applied and engineering research and applications, such as mineralogy, igneous and more...

6. Petroleum

Examples of appropriate topical areas that will be considered include the following: comprehensive research on oil and gas reservoir (reservoir geology) geological basis of oil and gas reservoirs reservoir geochemistry reservoir formation mechanism reservoir identification methods and techniques kinetics of oil and gas basins and analyses of potential oil and gas resources fine description factors of hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism analysis on recovery and dynamic accumulation process relationship between accumulation more...

7. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Founded in 2002 and publishing quarterly as of 2007, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration is an international journal sponsored by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), China Earthquake Administration, co-sponsored by the Huixian Earthquake Engineering Foundation (China), the US-China Earthquake Engineering Foundation (USA) and the Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering. It promotes scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers, to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation, preparedness, and recovery. more...

8. Yantu Lixue, Rock and Soil Mechanics

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 more...

9. Solid Earth Sciences

SESCI is a peer-reviewed journal; it publishes research papers on a wide range of subjects in the Earth sciences, including Chemical geodynamics, covering the physical and chemical evolution of the Earth Petrologic processes, ranging from igneous rocks to sedimentary and metamorphic rocks Present and the past Environments Tectonic processes that affect the crust and upper mantle, ranging from structural geology, to plate tectonics Geochemical behavior of different elements and mineralization processes High pressure experiments that address chemical and/or physical properties of more...

10. Indian Geotechnical Journal

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. more...