Géotechnique

Géotechnique is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering geotechnical engineering, including soil mechanics, rock mechanics, environmental geotechnics, and engineering geology. It was established in 1948 and is published by Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Géotechnique

Discipline	Geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, engineering geology
Language	English
Edited by	Lidija Zdravkovic
Publication details
History	1948–present
Publisher	Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	4.2 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Géotechnique
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	0016-8505 (print) 1751-7656 (web)
LCCN	gs49000042
OCLC no.	66719380
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive Journal page at publisher's website

History

The idea for the journal was first mooted in 1946 during an international effort to foster post-war collaboration in geotechnical research. The journal's creation was inextricably linked to preparations for the Second International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, held in Rotterdam in 1948.^[1]

The discussions that led to the founding of Géotechnique involved a group of British soil mechanics pioneers during and shortly after their tour of European laboratories starting in late 1946, and included Rudolph Glossop, Hugh Golder, Bill Ward, and D.J. Maclean.^[2]

The journal's founders were prominent engineers and researchers whose work had already contributed significantly to the development of geotechnical science.^[3] Their diverse backgrounds and achievements reflected the interdisciplinary approach that the journal sought to promote, combining engineering, geology, and experimental methods.^[3] The founders were the following engineers:

• Leonard Cooling
• Jean-Pierre Daxelhofer
• Edward E. De Beer
• Jacques Florentin
• Emmericus Geuze
• Rudolph Glossop
• Hugh Golder
• Robert Haefeli
• Alec Skempton
• Armin von Moos
• William Hallam Ward

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology^[4]
• EBSCO databases^[5]
• Ei Compendex^[6]
• GEOBASE^[7]
• Inspec^[8]
• ProQuest databases^[5]
• Science Citation Index Expanded^[4]
• Scopus^[9]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.2.^[10]

Géotechnique Letters

Discipline	Geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, engineering geology
Language	English
Edited by	G. Buscarnera
Publication details
History	2011–present
Publisher	Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Frequency	Quarterly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	1.5 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Géotech. Lett.
Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	2045-2543
OCLC no.	777995089
Links
Journal homepage Online access

Awards

Each year, the authors of the paper rated best by the editorial board are awarded the Geotechnical Research Medal. In addition, the Rankine Lecture, hosted in March of each year by the British Geotechnical Association, is published in the journal.^[11]

Géotechnique Letters

A companion journal, Géotechnique Letters, was established in 2011. It is an exclusively online peer-reviewed journal, specialising in the rapid dissemination of research and developments in geotechnical engineering using an expedited publication process, with papers limited to 2,000 words of main text.^[12] It is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded,^[4] Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology^[4] Scopus,^[13] Ei Compendex,^[6] Inspec,^[8] and Geobase.^[7] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.5.^[14]