Is Yantu Lixue, Rock and Soil Mechanics prestigious? - (YLRSM) Rock and Soil Mechanics(Monthly) is an academic journal about rock & soil mechanics and geotechnicalengineering, started in 1979. It is sponsored by Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its ISSN is 1000-7598. Rock and Soil Mechanics is edited and published by Editorial Office of Rock and Soil Mechanics. It is indexed by The Engineering Index (EI Compendex) ,Scopus and Emerging Source Citation Index(ESCI), CA, JST, DOAJ. Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD) , and Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database(CSTPCD). Its full texts are included by some databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),etc. In addition, it has been a core mechanics and building sciences journal in A Guide to the more...