Journal profile · Mineralogy
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management
ISSN 0860-0953 · eISSN 2299-2324 · Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Mineral Resources and Energy · POLAND · Quarterly
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.92; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management is published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Mineral Resources and Energy and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geology and Environmental Impact Studies, Mining and Industrial Processes and Renewable energy and sustainable power systems, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Important Note to Authors The Editorial Board would like to inform that the fees for publishing articles in the journal Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management are increasing from issue 1(2025). Due to the large number of submitted articles, the publishing process may take the Editorial Board from six months to even a year. Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management is a journal of the MEERI PAS and the Division IV Engineering Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The journal has been published continuously since 1985. It is one of the leading journals in the Polish market, publishing original scientific papers by Polish and foreign authors in the field broadly understood as the management of mineral resources. Articles are published in English. All articles are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers (the Editorial Board selects articles according to the “double-blind review” principle). Subject Indexing bases College and Council Contact Principles followed by the Editor Statement of the Editor Funding
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mineralogy
Editor-in-chief Krzysztof GalosPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 2, Slovakia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geology and Environmental Impact StudiesSocial Sciences17.5%
- Mining and Industrial ProcessesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12%
- Renewable energy and sustainable power systemsEnergy10.4%
- Waste Management and Environmental ImpactEngineering9.4%
- Geotechnical and Mining EngineeringEngineering6.4%
- Geological Formations and Processes ExplorationEarth and Planetary Sciences5.2%
- Coal and Coke Industries ResearchEnergy4.5%
- Mineral Processing and GrindingEngineering3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mining & Mineral Processing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mining & Mineral Processing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mining & Mineral Processing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MNiSW 2023, CiteScore 2025, SNIP 2025, SJR 2024, eISSN: 2299-2324, ISSN: 0860-0953Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.94Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.31Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,170 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 28 | 26 | 5 |
| 2024 | 42 | 38 | 39 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 74 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 236 |
| 2021 | 29 | 28 | 166 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | EUR 350 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 350
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- originaland its type (original or review article)Length not stated
- original paperORIGINAL PAPER Coupling geological exploration with anthropogenic cycles: a systematic approach to assess the dynamics of China’s long-term copper supply struct…Length not stated
- reviewand its type (original or review article)Length not stated
- review paperREVIEW PAPER Overview of Indonesians sustainable nickel mining and processingLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Preprints
- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All papers submitted for publication are assessed in the double-blind process - with the mutual anonymity rule as to the names of reviewers and authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Original articles only, not under review elsewhere Model summary
The Editorial Board accepts unpublished and original articles within the scope of the journal that are NOT under review in any other journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Mineral Resources and Energy
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- Polish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0860-0953
- Electronic ISSN
- 2299-2324
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management
What CAS zone is Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mineralogy / Mining & Mineral Processing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.92; CiteScore 2, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Harvard; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (2) and Slovakia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management open access, and what is the APC?
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi-Mineral Resources Management is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .