Overview
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering publishes original research on the experimental and theoretical aspects of rock mechanics.
- Covers laboratory and field testing, methods of computation and field observation of structural behavior.
- Maintains a strong link between engineering geology and rock engineering.
- Provides a bridge between fundamental developments and practical applications.
- Topics include energy related rock mechanics, petroleum engineering, geothermal systems, geothermal systems, energy storage, greenhouse gas sequestration, and waste disposal.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Jean Sulem
- Impact factor
- 6.2 (2022)
- 5 year impact factor
- 6.9 (2022)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 18 days
- Downloads
- 938,796 (2023)
Latest articles
Journal updates
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Giovanni Barla Best Paper Award
In 2022, the Editors of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering decided to award the Giovanni Barla Best Paper Award annually. This award is named in honor of the late Giovanni Barla, Editor-in-Chief from 2001 to 2019, in recognition of his invaluable contribution to the journal.
The selection panel is composed of the Editor-in-Chief, the Co-Editor and Associate Editors. Among the 424 papers published in the journal in 2022 (Volume 55), three contributions have been selected for the Best Paper Award and we are pleased to announce the winners for 2022.
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Special Issues
Here you will find information about all special issues published in the last years
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1434-453X
- Print ISSN
- 0723-2632
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- BFI List
- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- EI Compendex
- Engineering Village – GEOBASE
- GeoRef
- Google Scholar
- INSPEC
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- Semantic Scholar
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
- Copyright information