Overview
Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration is SME’s journal covering topics related to mining, mineral and metallurgical processing, and geology and exploration.
- Flagship journal of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).
- Started in 1984 as Minerals & Metallurgical Processing.
- Publishes original research papers, review articles and other communications on matters pertinent to the mining and minerals community.
- Executive Editor
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- Ronel Kappes
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.5 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.8 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 28 days
- Downloads
- 168,663 (2023)
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Latest issue
Volume 41, Issue 5Special Focus Sections – Special Focus Section: Collection on Ground Control II (continued). Guest Editor: Deniz Tuncay; Special Focus Section: Collection on Extraction of Critical Minerals and Battery Metals (continued). Editor: Fangyu Liu; Special Focus Section: Collection on Energy Metal Systems of the Colorado Plateau (continued). Editors: Isabel F. Barton, Mark D. Barton and Virginia T. McLemore; Special Focus Section: Collection on Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Mining (continued). Guest Editors: Javad Sattarvand and Rushikesh Battulwar; Special Focus Section: Collection on Underground Ventilation (continued). Editor: Purushotham Tukkaraja; Special Focus Section: Collection on Intelligent Mining (continued). Editor: Andrea J. Brickey
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- Electronic ISSN
- 2524-3470
- Print ISSN
- 2524-3462
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- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
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