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Journal of Sustainable Mining

Central Mining Institute · Poland · Est. 2013

ISSN2300-3960
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
43
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS ESCI+10
Scopus Q2+18
DOAJ Verified+15
Total43
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.437
H-Index
39
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.752
Total Works
639
Total Citations
6,040
2yr Mean Citedness
1.26
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on various aspects of mining, including predicting and monitoring ground deformation using AI, the role of institutional quality in sustainable mining development, optimizing combustion processes for solid fuels, detecting underground cavities with GPR, optimizing blast designs, enhancing soundless chemical demolition agents in cold climates, separating valuable minerals like barite from mine water sediments, improving oil recovery techniques, enhancing coalbed methane extraction through acidification, integrating solar power plants into electrical grids, developing catalysts for methane oxidation, utilizing blockchain for mining supply chain management, analyzing occupational injuries in mines, optimizing underground mine ventilation systems, evaluating heavy metal contamination from tailings dams, 3D geological modeling for orebody delineation, extracting rare earth elements from coal fly ash, planning mine operations for grade control, simulating and optimizing ore release processes, managing paste tailings in varying environmental conditions, addressing legislation and compensation for natural underground cavities, using pneumatic seismic sources for hazard detection, analyzing the phase-out of hard coal mining, predicting rock fragmentation in blasting, and classifying fragile rock masses for underground excavations.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
16
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2013
Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications639
OA Since2012
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~16 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Central Mining Institute
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2300-3960
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Environmental EngineeringQ2
GeologyQ2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ2
PollutionQ3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Green & Sustainable Science & TechnologyMining & Mineral Processing

Scopus Categories

GeologyEnvironmental EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mining and Gasification TechnologiesRock Mechanics and ModelingMining Techniques and EconomicsMineral Processing and GrindingGeotechnical and Geomechanical EngineeringCoal Properties and UtilizationMining and Resource ManagementGeotechnical and Mining EngineeringIndustrial and Mining SafetyMining and Industrial Processes
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref