General Information

The Journal edited by the OeGG since 25 years under the title
FELSBAU - Rock and Soil Enginnering will be available from 2008 with the title

Geomechanics and Tunnelling

The journal Geomechanics and Tunnelling is published with Verlag Ernst und Sohn, Berlin, a Wiley-Blackwell company.

The publisher Ernst und Sohn with its mother company publishes and distributes journals in the field of engineering world wide and has an up to date Internet portal (Wiley-Interscience). From February 2008 the journal Geomechanics and Tunnelling will be available online.

The OeGG, together with the publisher intends to significantly increase the world wide distribution of the journal. Connected with the change in the name and the publisher is also a new layout and an upgraded contents.

The six yearly issues are published in English and German language. Papers from all over the world deal with practical and theoretical aspects of Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Tunnelling, and Construction Management.

The contributions in the single issues generally are focussed on a topic of interest or a specific construction project.
An international editorial board selects topics and papers, and guarantees a high quality of the journal