International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Last updated ISSN 1365-1609
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,110.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rock Mechanics and Modeling
- Landslides and related hazards
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
- Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
- Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1365-1609, 1873-4545 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,110 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,047 |
| Publishing since | 1965 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-r |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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