Rock Mechanics Bulletin

Rock Mechanics Bulletin is an open access, multidisciplinary journal on geomechanics and rock engineering, published by KeAi since 2022 with the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering as its society affiliation, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.0 and a first-quartile rank of 5 of 68 in geological engineering《岩石力学通报》（Rock Mechanics Bulletin）是（KeAi）自 2022 年起出版的开放获取、多学科期刊，聚焦地质力学与岩石工程，以中国岩石力学与工程学会为学会依托，2025 年影响因子为 8.0，在地质工程类 68 种期刊中列第 5 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal covers a broad range of disciplines including civil, mining, hydraulic, petroleum, geothermal and geotechnical engineering, and engineering geology该刊覆盖土木、采矿、水利、石油、地热与岩土工程，以及工程地质等广泛学科。
• Its mission is to publish the most original and state-of-the-art developments in geomechanics and rock engineering and to provide a platform for information and knowledge exchange on the frontier of scientific research其使命是发表地质力学与岩石工程领域最具原创性与最前沿的进展，并搭建科研前沿的信息与知识交流平台。
• Submissions are welcomed on all relevant topics, particularly theoretical developments, analytical and numerical methods, laboratory and field observations, case studies and timely reviews on selected subjects该刊欢迎所有相关主题投稿，尤其重视理论进展、解析与数值方法、实验室与现场观测、案例研究以及及时的主题综述。
• The journal is multidisciplinary in character, linking rock mechanics to energy, resource extraction, infrastructure and geological disposal problems该刊具有多学科属性，把岩石力学与能源、资源开采、基础设施以及地质处置等问题相联结。
• It organises special issues on frontier themes, such as a call for papers on AI-enabled CCUS and new energy integration for carbon-neutral geo-energy systems该刊围绕前沿主题组织专刊，例如面向碳中和地质能源系统的智能 CCUS 与新能源融合专题征稿。
• The journal is published open access, and for at least one 2022 special issue the editorial office stated that accepted articles would be published open access with no fee payable by the author该刊以开放获取方式出版；至少在 2022 年的一个专题中，编辑部明确录用文章将以开放获取发表且不由作者付费。

History

• Rock Mechanics Bulletin was launched in 2022, and its first papers appeared online on 21 November 2022该刊于 2022 年创办，首批论文于 2022 年 11 月 21 日上线。
• It is published by KeAi Publishing, an international joint-venture publisher, and is distributed through ScienceDirect alongside the publisher's other titles该刊由国际合作出版机构（KeAi Publishing）出版，与其其他期刊一并通过（ScienceDirect）发行。
• The journal's society affiliation is the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, founded on 5 March 1985, which has branches, local societies and more than a hundred thousand individual members across water conservancy, coal and oil, geology and mining, environmental protection and defence engineering该刊的学会依托为中国岩石力学与工程学会，成立于 1985 年 3 月 5 日，下设分支机构与地方学会，拥有十万余名个人会员，涵盖水利水电、煤炭与石油、地质与采矿、环境保护与国防工程等领域。
• The electronic international standard serial number is 2773-2304, with a print number 2097-4671 and the Chinese serial number CN 10-1987/O3其电子刊号为（2773-2304），印刷刊号为（2097-4671），国内统一刊号为（CN 10-1987/O3）。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 7.0 in 2024 and 8.0 in 2025, and the journal records a Scopus CiteScore of 10.9其影响因子 2024 年版为 7.0、2025 年版为 8.0，官方并载明其（Scopus）CiteScore 为 10.9。

Editors

• The journal has two Editors-in-Chief, Manchao He of the State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering at China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, and Derek Elsworth in the United States该刊设有两位主编：中国矿业大学（北京）深部岩土力学与地下工程国家重点实验室的何满潮，以及美国的 Derek Elsworth。
• The editorial board is organised around the journal's disciplinary span, with members drawn from civil, mining, hydraulic, petroleum, geothermal and geotechnical engineering as well as engineering geology编委会围绕该刊的学科跨度组建，成员来自土木、采矿、水利、石油、地热与岩土工程以及工程地质等领域。
• Guest editors lead thematic special issues, for example the Data science for geotechnics special issue edited by Limin Zhang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Lulu Zhang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University特邀客座编辑负责组织主题专刊，例如由香港科技大学的 Limin Zhang 与上海交通大学的 Lulu Zhang 主持的地工数据科学专题。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's Editorial Manager system, which also handles peer review administration for the journal稿件经出版方的（Editorial Manager）系统提交，该系统同时承担该刊的同行评审事务。
• Through its society affiliation the journal works with the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering on thematic collections and academic activities, and it continues to issue calls for papers on emerging areas该刊依托学会与中国岩石力学与工程学会合作开展专题合辑与学术活动，并持续就新兴方向发布征稿通知。