Journal profile · MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING
Journal of Mining Institute
ISSN 2411-3336 · eISSN 2541-9404 · Saint-Petersburg Mining University · Russian Federation
Journal of Mining Institute: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 90 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mining Institute is published by Saint-Petersburg Mining University and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 30.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main mission of the journal is: to support the development of innovative, fundamental and applied research in the field of mining geology, engineering and economic sciences and to promote achieved research findings to the national and global scientific, educational and economic environment; to improve quality of training specialists for mining sector and for the development of mineral resources complex in agreement with the Russian state strategy and worldwide science and higher professional education development trends. Journal objectives: publication of articles containing results of original open research (theoretical and experimental) works, research-and-practical and innovative activities of faculty members and research scientists of universities and scientific organizations of Russia, near and far-abroad countries of mining-and-geological, technical, economic profiles; development of open scientific dispute that promotes further improvement of quality and efficiency of scientific research, streamlining of scientific works evaluation; ensuring publicity of the process and work results of various research groups, schools of sciences and providing Russian and foreign scientists with maximum access to them; promotion of scientific achievements of mining-and-geological, technical and economic profiles in Russia and abroad; identification of intellecutual asstes of Russian and foreign universities academia, research centers and top companies of mineral resources sector for implementation of advanced research into educational process; reproduction and development of scientific traditions, research schools and ensuring their integration into research in mining-and-geological, ecological, economic, engineering fields; assistance in modernization of specialized education for training specialists for a mineral raw materials sector in line with the main trends and challenges of our times.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING
Editor-in-chief Sergei G. SkublovPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Australia 1, Sweden 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geotechnical and Geomechanical EngineeringEngineering10.4%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences10.1%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering9.7%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences9.6%
- Mining and Gasification TechnologiesEngineering9.4%
- Industrial Engineering and TechnologiesEngineering7.3%
- Hermeneutics and Narrative IdentityArts and Humanities4.9%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mining & Mineral Processing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mining & Mineral Processing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING · 2024
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceGeoRefPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, CNKI, Crossref, ISC, Elibrary, Antiplagiat, MINE, CITE
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 (publisher) 2024
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 88Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 214OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 112LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| 2025 | 90 | 90 | 0 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | 0 |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | 404 |
| 2022 | 103 | 103 | 1,105 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | 1,127 |
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)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- articleArticleLength not stated
- case studyarticles on the implementation of research results into production facilities (case study)Length not stated
- original articlesoriginal articles containing original information on a particular scientific problemLength not stated
- review articlesreview articles,reflecting global experience in the research of a specific scientific problemLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
The Journal of Mining Institute works exclusively with the authors of articles. Articles provided through intermediaries are not accepted. Discussion of the editorial and publishing process with persons who are not part of the authors’ collective is not allowed. Changes in the composition of authors’ team are possible only at the stages of primary revision and review, when a radical revision of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics
The Editorial Board of «Zapiski Gornogo Instituta / Journal of Mining Institute» follows the conventional ethical principles for scientific periodicals and guidelines of the Publication Ethics Code developed and approved by the Committee on Publication Ethics (Committee on Publication Ethics – COPE), and demands that all those involved in publishing operation should observe these rules. General pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
The journal «Zapiski Gornogo Instituta / Journal of Mining Institute» provides public access to its content and to full-text articles following the principle:free public access to research findings contributes to the increase of global exchange of knowledge. The Journal publishes the materials on the basis of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This means that it is…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two leading experts in the area of research. All reviewers are acknowledged experts in the areas of reviewed materials and have 3 recent publications in the subject area of refereed article. Please read the Submission Guidelines and Publication Ethics. Please register and check the box indicating your potential consent to be a reviewer. If you are already re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Borrowing and Plagiarism
Minimum originality 85% Model summary
he Editorial Board of the Journal checks the articles for uniqueness using the service "Antiplagiat.VUZ". Before sending it to the Journal, the author must evaluate the uniqueness of the article using the specified or another service and make sure that the data presented in the work are original, all cited materials from other authors are accompanied by links to the original sources and are includ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Max self-citation 10% Model summary
The maximum share of self-citation is no more than 10 %.
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
- Saint-Petersburg Mining University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2411-3336
- Electronic ISSN
- 2541-9404
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mining Institute
What CAS zone is Journal of Mining Institute in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Mining Institute is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Mining & Mineral Processing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Mining Institute?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8 (2024); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mining Institute?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Mining Institute in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING Q2. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Engineering.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Mining Institute?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Keywords: 5–10; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Journal of Mining Institute based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Mining Institute?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mining Institute is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and GeoRef; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Mining Institute open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mining Institute is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .