期刊歡迎通過創(chuàng)新的實驗技術(shù)和/或通過在地質(zhì)力學(xué)中發(fā)展新的數(shù)值或混合的實驗/數(shù)值模擬概念，實質(zhì)上有助于理解地質(zhì)材料（土壤、巖石、混凝土、冰、雪和粉末）的復(fù)雜力學(xué)行為的手稿。感興趣的主題包括不穩(wěn)定性和局部化、界面和表面現(xiàn)象、斷裂和失效、多物理和其他隨時間變化的現(xiàn)象、微觀力學(xué)和多尺度方法、逆向分析和隨機方法。特別歡迎有關(guān)能源和環(huán)境問題的論文。鼓勵對工程問題提出的方法和技術(shù)進行說明。然而，處理現(xiàn)有方法的應(yīng)用或?qū)ΜF(xiàn)有方法提出增量改進的手稿——特別是現(xiàn)有分析解或數(shù)值方法的邊際擴展——將不會被考慮審查。期刊出版的論文長度一般不超過20頁，通訊量也很短，最多可出版6頁。兩部分的論文是不鼓勵的。

The journal welcomes manuscripts that substantially contribute to the understanding of the complex mechanical behaviour of geomaterials (soils, rocks, concrete, ice, snow, and powders), through innovative experimental techniques, and/or through the development of novel numerical or hybrid experimental/numerical modelling concepts in geomechanics. Topics of interest include instabilities and localization, interface and surface phenomena, fracture and failure, multi-physics and other time-dependent phenomena, micromechanics and multi-scale methods, and inverse analysis and stochastic methods. Papers related to energy and environmental issues are particularly welcome. The illustration of the proposed methods and techniques to engineering problems is encouraged. However, manuscripts dealing with applications of existing methods, or proposing incremental improvements to existing methods – in particular marginal extensions of existing analytical solutions or numerical methods – will not be considered for review. The journal publishes full-length papers, which normally will be less than 20 journal pages in length, and short communications, which can be at most 6 journal pages. Two-part papers are discouraged.