Underground Space

Underground Space is a gold open-access international journal of underground engineering published by KeAi on behalf of Tongji University, founded in 2016 and published online on ScienceDirect, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.5《地下空间》（Underground Space）是（KeAi）代表（Tongji University）出版的黄金开放获取国际地下工程刊物，2016 年创刊，在（ScienceDirect）在线出版，2025 年影响因子为 9.5。

Scope

• It is an open-access international journal committed to serving as a scientific forum for researchers and practitioners in the field of underground engineering该刊是开放获取国际期刊，致力于为地下工程领域的研究者与工程技术人员提供科学论坛。
• It welcomes manuscripts dealing with original theories, methods, technologies and important applications throughout the life cycle of underground projects, including planning, design, operation and maintenance, disaster prevention and demolition该刊欢迎关于地下项目全生命周期中原创理论、方法、技术与重要应用的稿件，涵盖规划、设计、运营维护、防灾与拆除。^[1]
• It is particularly interested in manuscripts on the latest development of smart underground engineering from the perspectives of resilience, resource saving, environmental friendliness, humanity and artificial intelligence该刊尤其关注从韧性、资源节约、环境友好、人文与人工智能视角探讨智能地下工程最新进展的稿件。
• Manuscripts are expected to have significant innovation and potential impact in the field of underground engineering and a clear association with or application in underground projects稿件须在地下工程领域具有显著创新性与潜在影响，并与地下项目有明确关联或应用。
• Article types include research papers, review articles, case studies, technical notes and discussions刊载体裁包括研究论文、综述文章、案例研究、技术札记与讨论。
• As an open-access journal with no subscription charges, it charges authors no article processing charge because the fee is paid by Tongji University and Tongji University Press作为无订阅费的开放获取期刊，其文章处理费由（Tongji University）与（Tongji University Press）支付，作者无需付费。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and holds the first quartile in the Engineering, Civil category with a rank of 5 out of 193 titles该刊被（SCIE）收录，在土木工程类别位居第一四分位、于 193 种刊中排名第 5 位。

History

• Underground Space was founded by Tongji University in 2016, and the first volume appeared that year《地下空间》由（Tongji University）于 2016 年创办，第 1 卷于当年面世。
• The journal is supervised by the Ministry of Education of China and sponsored by Tongji University该刊由中国教育部主管、（Tongji University）主办。
• It is edited by the Underground Space editorial office and published online on ScienceDirect by KeAi, an open-access publishing venture of Elsevier and China Science Publishing & Media该刊由（Underground Space）编辑部编辑，委托（KeAi）在（ScienceDirect）在线出版；（KeAi）是（Elsevier）与（China Science Publishing & Media）合办的开放获取出版机构。
• It is published bimonthly and reached its tenth anniversary in 2026该刊按双月刊出版，2026 年迎来创刊十周年。
• The journal uses a CC BY-NC-ND licence by default, and a CC BY licence can be applied for after acceptance to comply with funder mandates该刊默认采用（CC BY-NC-ND）许可，作者可在录用后申请（CC BY）许可以满足资助机构要求。
• Its impact factor rose from 2.824 in 2021 and 5.327 in 2022 to 8.3 in 2024 and 9.5 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 2.824 与 2022 年的 5.327 升至 2024 年的 8.3 与 2025 年的 9.5。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Hehua Zhu, Antonio Bobet and Teruo Nakai现任主编为（Hehua Zhu）、（Antonio Bobet）与（Teruo Nakai）。
• Hehua Zhu is based in the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China, and works on underground and geotechnical engineering（Hehua Zhu）任职于中国（Tongji University）土木工程学院岩土工程系，从事地下工程与岩土工程研究。
• Antonio Bobet is based at the School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, in West Lafayette, USA（Antonio Bobet）任职于美国西拉法叶（Purdue University）土木工程学院。
• Teruo Nakai is based at the Geo-Research Institute in Japan（Teruo Nakai）任职于日本（Geo-Research Institute）。
• The honorary editors-in-chief are Martin Knights of CH2M in the United Kingdom, Qihu Qian of the Institute of Engineering Corps at PLA University of Science and Technology in China, and Raymond Sterling of Louisiana Tech University in the USA荣誉主编为英国（CH2M）的（Martin Knights）、中国（PLA University of Science and Technology）工程兵学院的（Qihu Qian）与美国（Louisiana Tech University）的（Raymond Sterling）。
• The journal follows a double anonymized review process, with submissions first assessed by the editors and then typically sent to at least two independent reviewers该刊采用双向匿名评审流程，稿件先经编辑初评，再通常送至少两位独立评审人评审。