Impact factors for some common journals
obtained from the Journal Citation Reports
We usually don't care about the IF when submitting papers to the journals. But it may be a surprise to find out that the IF for some of our favorite journals are in fact low

Journals
2004
2005
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
0.553
0.697
Geotextiles and Geomembranes
0.837
0.340
Geotechnical Testing Journal
0.36
0.38
Geosynthetics International
0.641
0.34
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
0.567
0.63
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 0.238
0.204
Soils and Foundations
0.478
0.493
Geotechnique
0.849
1.203
International Journal of Rock Mechnaics and Mining Engineering
0.799
0.338
Earthquake Engineering and Structures Dynamics
0.724

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
0.666
0.673
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
0.743
0.832
Computers and Geotechnics
0.397
0.562
Engineering Geology
0.731
1.04
Mechanics Research Communication
0.522
0.586
International Journal of Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
0.758
0.59

see also (but I am not sure what it is about!)

Feb 17, 2007