Minerals
Last updated ISSN 2075-163X
Minerals is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute in earth and planetary sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,896.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Minerals concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Mineral Processing and Grinding
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2075-163X |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,896 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 11,437 |
| Publishing since | 1953 |
| Journal website | www.mdpi.com/journal/minerals |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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