Editor: ÖGG - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Geomechanik
Editorial Office: Esther Schleidweiler,
Giulia Fumagalli
The contributions published in Geomechanics and Tunnelling, edited by the Austrian Society for Geomechanics (ÖGG, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Geomechanik), deal with tunnelling, rock engineering and applications of rock and soil mechanics as well as engineering geology in practice.
Each issue focuses on a current topic or specific project. Brief news, reports from construction sites and news on conferences round off the content. An internationally renowned Editorial Board assures a highly interesting selection of topics and guarantees the high standard of the contributions.
Journal Metrics
- 1.1CiteScore
- 78%Acceptance rate
- 34 days Submission to first decision
Articles
The Brenner Base Tunnel: Innovative approaches for longevity, safety, and operational efficiency
-  16 July 2025
Geotechnical challenges and monitoring in urban tunnelling: The Florence high‐speed railway project
-  3 July 2025
Terzo Valico Project: Geological challenges and solutions in high‐speed railway tunnel construction
-  30 June 2025
The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.
TBM performance and disc cutter wear prediction based on ten years experience of TBM tunnelling in Iran
-  239-247
-  1 June 2015
Factors Influencing Disc Cutter Wear
-  55-60
-  14 February 2008
Yielding elements – requirements, overview and comparison / Stauchelemente – Anforderungen, Überblick und Vergleich
-  221-236
-  1 June 2011
Soil conditioning in EPB shield tunnelling – An overview of laboratory tests
-  491-498
-  1 October 2019
Hard Rock TBM Cutterhead Modeling for Design and Performance Prediction
-  18-28
-  14 February 2008