Minerals

Minerals is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of natural mineral systems, mineral resources, mining, and mineral processing. Minerals is published monthly online by MDPI.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), GeoRef, CaPlus / SciFinder, Inspec, Astrophysics Data SystemAGRIS, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Mining and Mineral Processing) / CiteScore - Q1 (Geology)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 18.2 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
  • Companion journal: Mining
Impact Factor: 2.2 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.5 (2024)
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Topic in Molecules, Separations, Sustainability, Water, Minerals, Processes
Analysis and Separations of Trace Elements in the Environment Topic Editors: Gene Hall, Begoña González
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Topic in Energies, Geosciences, JMSE, Minerals, Water
Basin Analysis and Modelling Topic Editors: Jingshou Liu, Wenlong Ding, Ruyue Wang, Lei Gong, Ke Xu, Ang Li
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Topic in Geosciences, Minerals, Geomatics
Future Trends in Mapping Potential Zones of Critical Minerals Using Advanced Imagery Techniques Topic Editors: Amin Beiranvand Pour, Mazlan Hashim, Shojaeddin Niroomand, Basem Zoheir, Jong Kuk Hong, Hojjatollah Ranjbar
Deadline: 31 October 2025
Topic in Materials, Mining, Recycling, Resources, Sustainability, Minerals, Geosciences, Environments
Sustainable Recycling and Reuse of Industrial By-Products or Waste from Geo-Resource Exploitation Topic Editors: Sossio Fabio Graziano, Rossana Bellopede, Giovanna Antonella Dino, Nicola Careddu
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Special Issue in Minerals
Metallogenic Regularity and Metallographic Prediction of Strategic Deposits Guest Editors: Shanbao Liu, Chenghui Wang, Zheng Zhao
Deadline: 4 July 2025
Special Issue in Minerals
Advanced Techniques in Mining Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Guest Editors: Alseno Kagiso Mosai, Izak Kotze, Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
Deadline: 16 July 2025
Special Issue in Minerals
Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration, Volume III Guest Editor: Paul Alexandre
Deadline: 25 July 2025
Special Issue in Minerals
Surface and Interface Chemistry of Minerals Guest Editor: Gonzalo Atenas
Deadline: 25 July 2025
Topical Collection in Minerals
New Minerals Collection Editors: Irina O. Galuskina, Igor V. Pekov, Zhenyu Chen
Topical Collection in Minerals
Clays and Other Industrial Mineral Materials Collection Editors: Manuel Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco Franco, Michael Stamatakis
Topical Collection in Minerals
Engineered Artificial Minerals (EnAMs): A Geo-Metallurgical Tool to Recycle Critical Elements from Waste Streams: Synthesis, Characterization, Metallurgical and Mechanical Processing (SPP 2315) Collection Editors: Urs Alexander Peuker, Bernd Friedrich, Ursula Elisabeth Adriane Fittschen, Sandra Breitung-Faes
Topical Collection in Minerals
Flotation Theory and Technology Collection Editors: Jianhua Chen, Xiong Tong
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