Changes in the Structures and Directions of Rock Excavation Research from 1999 to 2020: A Bibliometric Study

Table 2

Analysis of the top 20 journal sources.

Rank	Periodical	Documents	Citations	Citations per paper
1	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	457	10416	22.79212
2	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	368	13735	37.32337
3	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	321	6855	21.35514
4	Engineering Geology	186	4840	26.02151
5	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	154	1516	9.844156
6	Advances in Civil Engineering	124	284	2.290323
7	Arabian Journal of Geosciences	92	682	7.413043
8	Computers and Geotechnics	82	1668	20.34146
9	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	68	742	10.91176
10	International Journal of Geomechanics	62	630	10.16129
11	Quaternary International	56	628	11.21429
12	Environmental Earth Sciences	56	483	8.625
13	Geomechanics and Engineering	55	352	6.4
14	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	54	449	8.314815
15	Shock and Vibration	49	127	2.591837
16	Journal of Mining Science	49	278	5.673469
17	KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering	45	294	6.533333
18	Journal of Central South University	37	272	7.351351
19	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	35	889	25.4
20	Archives of Mining Sciences	33	116	3.515152