About This Journal
Journal of Sustainable Mining (ISSN 2300-3960) is an international, scholarly, peer-reviewed and open access journal. This journal casts a new light on the wide range of issues surrounding mining that are impacting its sustainability. It brings together wide-ranging approaches, globally, in order to develop a forum for discussion of mining practices, always with an eye towards their impact on sustainability and efficiency. Journal of Sustainable Mining is published quarterly online by Central Mining Institute – National Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, GIG-PIB) and Elsevier, Digital Commons who is responsible for the production and hosting.
The content of Journal of Sustainable Mining is free for readers. Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute acts in accordance with the guidelines of Plan S and publish articles under the licence CC BY 4.0. Accepted articles are subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publication and editorial services. The ongoing operation of the journal is financed by the Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute.
Journal of Sustainable Mining is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and other databases. Articles published in Journal of Sustainable Mining are internationally recognized and cited. Citation metrics: Impact Factor (JCR 2024): 1.7; CiteScore 2024: 2.4; SJR 2024: 0.437; SNIP 2024: 0.752.
Editors collaborate with an international pool of Reviewers, who provide timely and reliable peer-review reports.