The journal “Acta Geotechnica“ was included into SCI Expanded in 2009, 5 years after its inauguration. The Impact Factor of 1.66 in 2010 means the 4th rank in the SCI category “Engineering, Geology”.

The international journal for geo-engineering "Acta Geotechnica" (Springer) was founded by Prof. W. Wu together with Prof. R. Borja (Stanford), Prof. C. Viggiani (Grenoble) and Prof. H.S. Yu (Nottingham) in 2006. According the recently released Impact Factors for 2010, Acta Geotechnica reached the 4th rank among the thirty SCI-listed journals in the category 'Engineering, Geological'. With an Impact Factor of 1.66 Acta Geotechnica has surpassed many well established journals in this field. The Impact Factor is determined by the ratio between the citations in this year to the number of published articles in the last two years, which provides some information on the impact of journals.

Acta Geotechnica is an international journal devoted to the publication and dissemination of basic and applied research in geoengineering – an interdisciplinary field dealing with geomaterials such as soils and rocks. Coverage emphasizes the interplay between geomechanical models and their engineering applications. The journal presents original research papers on fundamental concepts in geomechanics and their novel applications in geoengineering based on experimental, analytical and/or numerical approaches. The main purpose of the journal is to foster understanding of the fundamental mechanisms behind the phenomena and processes in geomaterials, from kilometer-scale problems as they occur in geoscience, and down to the nano-scale, with their potential impact on geoengineering.

Rank

Abbreviated Journal Title

ISSN

Total Cites

Impact Factor

Articles

Cited Half-life

1

EARTHQ SPECTRA

8755-2930

1421

3.744

53

6.6

2

GEOTEXT GEOMEMBRANES

0266-1144

895

2.59

57

5

3

B EARTHQ ENG

1570-761X

295

1.701

76

3

4

ACTA GEOTECH

1861-1125

173

1.66

22

3

5

LANDSLIDES

1612-510X

461

1.625

41

4.4

6

ENG GEOL

0013-7952

2995

1.442

132

7.8

7

EARTHQ ENG STRUCT D

0098-8847

3163

1.403

83

>10.0

8

INT J ROCK MECH MIN

1365-1609

3603

1.39

142

>10.0

9

ROCK MECH ROCK ENG

0723-2632

688

1.192

65

>10.0

10

INT J NUMER ANAL MET

0363-9061

1710

1.167

84

9.3

11

GEOSYNTH INT

1072-6349

425

1.065

36

6.3

12

SOIL DYN EARTHQ ENG

0267-7261

1369

1.01

129

6.9

13

COMPUT GEOTECH

0266-352X

929

0.965

103

6.5

14

GEOTECHNIQUE

0016-8505

3993

0.92

74

>10.0

15

EARTHQ ENG ENG VIB

1671-3664

234

0.88

55

4.6

16

Q J ENG GEOL HYDROGE

1470-9236

497

0.859

36

>10.0

17

J EARTHQ ENG

1363-2469

605

0.843

59

5.6

18

J ENVIRON ENG GEOPH

1083-1363

263

0.837

18

5.9

19

J GEOPHYS ENG

1742-2132

212

0.805

42

3.8

20

J GEOTECH GEOENVIRON

1090-0241

2484

0.687

167

7.4

Drop in and have a look: www.springer.com/materials/mechanics/journal/11440 Contact:
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Wei Wu (Editor-in-Chief)
Institut für Geotechnik, Department für Bautechnik und Naturgefahren
Tel. +43 1 47654-5551
Email: wei.wu(at)boku.ac.at

09.11.2011