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Mining Science

Wroclaw University of Technology · Poland · Est. 2012

ISSN2353-5423

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.174

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.378

Total Worksi

219

Total Citationsi

717

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mining & Mineral Processing; Geochemistry and Petrology; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications219

Publisher OrgFaculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology of Wrocław University of Technology

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

https://baztech.icm.edu.pl/index.php/en/

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wroclaw University of Technology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2353-5423

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

https://baztech.icm.edu.pl/index.php/en/

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Citations received

139

2019

101

2020

108

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ4

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mining & Mineral Processing

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

Frequently asked questions about Mining Science

Is Mining Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mining Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Mining Science?

Mining Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.42.

Is Mining Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mining Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Mining Science?