Underground Space
Last updated ISSN 2096-2754
Underground Space is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is open access. There is no article processing charge.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Underground Space concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
- Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
- Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
- Rock Mechanics and Modeling
- Geomechanics and Mining Engineering
- Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
- Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
- Underground infrastructure and sustainability
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
- Geoscience and Mining Technology
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2096-2754, 2467-9674 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | None |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 1,182 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/underground-space |
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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