Deep Underground Science and Engineering

Aims & Scope

We invite original research, reviews, and case studies including but not limited to the following: • Exploration / extraction of geo-resources, including deep mining and aggregate mining, rock bursts, deep underground surveys, induced seismicity. • Energy extraction and storage, including oil and gas exploration, petroleum geomechanics, shale gas, hydrofracking, enhanced geothermal systems, pumped storage hydropower, compressed air energy storage, and underground hydrogen storage. • Underground infrastructures, including deep underground space, hydropower engineering, tunnels, underground storage, oil storage, LNG storage, rock caverns. • Geo-environments and waste geological disposal, including underground carbon storage, geological carbon sequestration, carbon mineralisation, nuclear waste disposal, coupled THMC processes, fluid flow, deep biosolid injection. • Research and testing space in deep underground, including deep underground laboratory, geosciences, biosciences, subsurface imaging, transparent earth; induced fracturing, fault-slip modelling, fracture network engineering, subsurface engineering • Planning, design, and construction technology for underground space and engineering, including for health and safety, resilience, deep drilling, geohazards, geophysical surveys, cost benefit analysis, and underground blasting.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

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This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,500.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Development of urban underground space in coastal cities in China: A review

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Peng, Honghua, Zhongsheng, Jiani, Hui, Jia, Qi

• Mineralogy, microstructures and geomechanics of rock salt for underground gas storage

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Veerle, Yukun, Frank, George

• Grouting theories and technologies for the reinforcement of fractured rocks surrounding deep roadways

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Hongpu, Wenzhou, Fuqiang, Jianwei

• A preliminary site selection system for underground hydrogen storage in salt caverns and its application in Pingdingshan, China

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Liangchao, Yanli, Zhengmeng, Yachen, Lin, Jiashun, Qichen, Yilin, Wei

• Frictional stability of Longmaxi shale gouges and its implication for deep seismic potential in the southeastern Sichuan Basin

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Fengshou, Li, Mengke, Derek, Changrong

• A multiphysical‐geochemical coupling model for caprock sealing efficiency in CO₂ geosequestration

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Jianguo, Huimin, Xiaolin, Shengqi, Hongtao, Chunfai, Jiali

• Influence of cooling speed on the physical and mechanical properties of granite in geothermal‐related engineering

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Longchuan, Xiaozhao, Yun, Fuqing, Zhen, Yukun, Chunjiang, Zuxi

• Fracture distribution in overburden strata induced by underground mining

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Wenli, Enzhi, Xiaoli, Ran

• Advancing deep underground research through integration of engineering and science

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Heping, Chunfai, Jianguo, Xiaozhao

• Visualizing experimental investigation on gas–liquid replacements in a microcleat model using the reconstruction method

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Shaojie, Jicheng, Dawei, Faxin, Jialin, Peiyang