About Journal

Rock and Soil Mechanics (RSM, found in 1979, is a peer-reviewed monthly journal (print), and its English version (OA online, DOAJ) launched in 2020. The RSM is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), sponsored by the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, CAS. The scope of RSM covers the rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geomaterials, geotechnical engineering, mining engineering, hydraulic engineering, petroleum engineering, geoEnergy, as well as new testing techniques, numerical methods.  RSM hopes to provide an opportunity for colleagues from all over the world to understand the current developments in rock mechanics, soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, and to publish high-quality original and innovative papers.

RSM is indexed or abstracted by EI, ESCI, SCOPUS, DOAJ, CSCD(Chinese Science Citation Database), CNKI(National Knowledge Infrastructure), Wanfangdata.


Starting from 2025, this website will no longer serve as a platform for presenting papers, but will solely function as a submission website, with a limited display of English articles. To browse, download, and read all articles published by RSM since 2025, please visit https://www.sciengine.com. For Chinese articles, authors can utilize the iFLYTEK Translation software within the website to experience the excellent language conversion capabilities of iFLYTEK Translation.

Impact Factor(2024) =1.6, Q3  from Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics
CiteScore(2024)=3.8  from Scopus
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