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14 December 2022
"Thanks a Million!" – One Million Articles Published in MDPI Journals

MDPI has just become the first open access (OA) publisher to reach the milestone of one million articles published. That is one million articles freely available to all, to circulate and build upon! We are proud to share this special moment with the global scientific community.

This landmark has been reached thanks to the immeasurable support of more than 600,000 expert reviewers, 66,000 editorial board members and 6700 hard-working colleagues across MDPI’s global offices.

Within more than 25 years of publishing, our journals received 2.1 million manuscripts and generated 4.6 million peer review reports to get to one million papers published.

1 Million Infographic

Reaching the milestone of one million articles published reinforces our mission to remove any existing barriers and to make scientific research accessible to all. Since its inception, MDPI’s goal has been to create reliable processes to make science open. This is a path towards facilitating the dissemination of novel insights in scientific communities.

Regular feedback from authors and reviewers shows that our service is greatly appreciated and needed. At the same time, the feedback helps us identify areas for further improvement.

As it stands, a significant share of published research findings remain closed access. More than half of the content published with the most well-known legacy publishers stays behind a paywall, and that is not including articles published in hybrid OA journals, or made available months or years after publication.

A new policy announced by the US administration in August 2022 requires that, as of January 2026, all US federally funded research be made freely and immediately available after publication. While the new policy does not mandate articles be published under an open access license, it is aligned with the open access movement in removing all barriers to research. Similarly, some of the most advanced research institutions in the world intend to have all funded research articles published in open access by 2025.

MDPI is proud to be the leading agent of the transition to open access.

"Thanks a Million" to all the contributors!

12 December 2022
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Biomineralization and Biominerals” in Minerals

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) is now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for the Section “Biomineralization and Biominerals”. We would like to invite active scientific researchers to become involved in our Section as Editorial Board Members. You can find out more about the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/minerals/sectioneditors/Biomineralization_Biominerals.

Minerals is indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) with an Impact Factor of 2.818 (2021). The “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of the structure and the composition of mineral and organic components of plants, fungi, algae, vertebrates and invertebrates. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of papers.

If you are interested or would like to recommend potential candidates or request further information, please send your resume to our Editorial Office (minerals@mdpi.com).

12 December 2022
Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Section “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” in Minerals

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) is now recruiting Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for the Section “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications”. We would like to invite active scientific researchers to become involved in our Section as Editorial Board Members. You can find out more about the existing Editorial Board Members by visiting the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/minerals/sectioneditors/Mineral_Exploration_Methods_Applications.

Minerals is indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) with an Impact Factor of 2.818 (2021). The “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” Section provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of mineral resources, including geological, geophysical, geochemical methods, and satellite imagery. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of papers.

If you are interested or would like to recommend potential candidates or request further information, please send your resume to our Editorial Office (minerals@mdpi.com).

8 December 2022
MDPI Sustainability Foundation: New Look and Nominations for the 2023 Sustainability Awards Now Open

We are pleased to announce that the website of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation has been revamped! For the past couple of months, our UX UI team and front-end developers have been working hard to launch the website in time for the opening of the Sustainability Awards nominations.

The website is not the only thing that has had a remodeling. Indeed, the format of the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award (ESLA) has been updated. ESLA is now a competition open to individual researchers or start-ups founded by researchers under the age of 35. Nominee applications will go through 2 rounds of selection until the final 3 are decided. The finalists will then be invited to give pitch presentations during the Award Ceremony to win either first place (10,000 USD) or runner-up (2 x 5000 USD).

The World Sustainability Award, on the other hand, remains the same: a total prize money of 100,000 USD is up for grabs by senior individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community.

Nominations for both the World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader award are now open! Check out our new website for more information on how to nominate.

24 November 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Biomineralization and Biominerals”

Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section. Biominerals are natural organo-mineral biocomposites. There are unresolved questions about the factors that control their formation and growth in tests, shells, and skeletons, in addition to how some diseases modify their properties. The field covered by the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section extends from the structure to the composition of mineral and organic components of plants, fungi, algae, vertebrates, and invertebrates. Methods for characterization at the macro, micro, nano, and atomic levels of biominerals are included. Contributions from a broad community working on fundamental research and/or applications in biology, medicine, inspired biomaterials, evolution, diagenesis, etc., based on modern and ancient (fossil) biominerals, are expected.

We are pleased to invite you to read papers from the Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021. We have carefully curated a list of high-quality articles from the “Biomineralization and Biominerals” Section below:

“A Study of Thermal Stability of Hydroxyapatite”
by Natalia V. Bulina, Svetlana V. Makarova, Sergey G. Baev, Alexander A. Matvienko, Konstantin B. Gerasimov, Olga A. Logutenko and Vladimir S. Bystrov
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1310; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121310
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/12/1310

“Complex Biomineralization Pathways of the Belemnite Rostrum Cause Biased Paleotemperature Estimates”
by René Hoffmann, Benjamin J. Linzmeier, Kouki Kitajima, Gernot Nehrke, Martin Dietzel, Niels Jöns, Kevin Stevens and Adrian Immenhauser
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1406; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121406
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/12/1406

“First Report of Small Shelly Fossils from the Cambrian Miaolingian Limestones (Zhangxia and Hsuzhuang Formations) in Yiyang County, Henan Province of North China”
by Yazhou Hu, Lars E. Holmer, Yue Liang, Xiaolin Duan and Zhifei Zhang
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1104; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101104
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1104

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted these exceptional papers for their contributions to Minerals. We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues or through your network. Additionally, we look forward to our collaboration through the following means:

Submitting a manuscript:
You can submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You can propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with a couple of outstanding experts via the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of clays and engineered mineral materials, and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

8 November 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications”


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” Section. The Section aims at publishing high-quality original research papers and critical reviews featuring the fundamental aspects and industrial applications in the field of mineral resources, including geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods, as well as satellite imagery. We invite contributions on historical, technical, and practical aspects of the exploration for mineral deposits. The papers should either focus on a novel methodology of mineral exploration or present case studies where established or innovative techniques were successfully used. In addition, we welcome contributions providing new insights into the foundations of geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods. The publications can be dedicated to field procedures and analytical techniques of geochemical exploration methods. Novel methods of gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic, radiometric, and seismic prospecting, in addition to their integration, including mathematical aspects of data processing and interpretation, as well as studies on remote sensing and geographic information systems in mineral exploration, are welcome. Airborne, ground, and borehole methods could be presented. We also encourage the submission of papers that report rock sample studies required for mineral exploration and propose new physical, chemical, and mineralogical techniques for identifying mineral targets.

We are pleased to present the 2021 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” listed below:

  • “Evolution of Pyrite Compositions at the Sizhuang Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China: Implications for the Genesis of Jiaodong-Type Orogenic Gold Mineralization”
    by Zhankun Liu, Xiancheng Mao, Andrew Jedemann, Richard C. Bayless, Hao Deng, Jin Chen and Keyan Xiao
    Minerals 2021, 11(4), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11040344
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/4/344
  • “Lithium Potential Mapping Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study from Central Portugal”
    by Martin Köhler, Delira Hanelli, Stefan Schaefer, Andreas Barth, Andreas Knobloch, Peggy Hielscher, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Alexandre Lima and Ana C. Teodoro
    Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1046; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101046
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1046
  • “X-ray Fluorescence and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis of Li-Rich Minerals in Veins from Argemela Tin Mine, Central Portugal”
    by Ricardo Ribeiro, Diana Capela, Miguel Ferreira, Rui Martins, Pedro Jorge, Diana Guimarães and Alexandre Lima
    Minerals 2021, 11(11), 1169; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111169
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/11/1169

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

13 October 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry”


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry” Section. This Section covers various interactions of minerals with their environments and ecosystems. These include the contact of minerals with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere in natural and engineered systems, leading to mineral formation, alteration, and solubilization. Examples of relevant application areas are natural processes such as weathering, the biogeochemical cycling of elements and sedimentation, as well as contamination and related risk analysis. Moreover, engineering applications, such as CO2 sequestration, bioleaching, geoengineering, remediation, and waste management, are also considered.

We are pleased to present the 2021 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from the “Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry” Section:

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of environmental mineralogy and biogeochemistry, and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

13 October 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy”


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the Section “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy”. This Section aims to publish high-quality original research papers and critical reviews featuring the fundamental aspects and industrial applications in the field of processing and extractive metallurgy of primary and secondary resources. This includes but is not limited to physical (i.e., comminution; classification; sorting; gravity, magnetic and electric concentration; froth flotation, coagulation, flocculation, oil agglomeration) and chemical (i.e., hydro-, pyro-, bio-metallurgy; solvent extraction; electro-winning) separation methods as well as advanced analytical techniques, applied mineralogy, process design, and modeling. Environmental aspects of mineral processing are also covered.

We are pleased to present the 2021 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from the “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy” Section:

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

13 October 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2022 in the Section “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy”


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the Section “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy”. This Section aims at publishing high-quality original research papers and critical reviews featuring the fundamental aspects and industrial applications in the field of processing and extractive metallurgy of primary and secondary resources. This includes, but is not limited to, physical (i.e., comminution; classification; sorting; gravity, magnetic and electric concentration; froth flotation, coagulation, flocculation, oil agglomeration) and chemical (i.e., hydro-, pyro-, bio-metallurgy; solvent extraction; electro-winning) separation methods as well as advanced analytical techniques, applied mineralogy, process design and modelling. Environmental aspects of mineral processing are also covered.

We are pleased to present the 2022 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from the “Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy” Section:

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you could circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office

12 October 2022
Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology”


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the Section “Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology”. This Section invites contributions that focus on all areas relating to the investigation of the chemical composition of minerals, radiometric age dating of minerals, and characterization of geologic, environmental, and anthropogenic samples. We seek studies that will provide new insights into the conditions of mineral formation/paragenesis at various temperature and pressure regimes, including interactions of minerals with the geosphere (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere). Studies may use novel or standard analytical, imaging, diffraction, microscopic, spectroscopic, synchrotron, and computer modeling techniques. Geochronological investigations reporting novel age determinations for various minerals and bulk samples or breakthroughs in analytical methods are welcome; these may employ various analytical methods and instrumentation (HR-ICP−MS, MC-ICP−MS, quadrupole ICP−MS, SIMS, and TIMS). We also encourage the submission of studies reporting multi-laboratory, round robin investigations, and those that propose new standard reference materials that improve the accuracy and precision of trace element data and age determinations.

We are pleased to present the 2021 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from “Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology”:

“Low-Temperature Chlorite Geothermometry and Related Recent Analytical Advances: A Review”
by Franck Bourdelle
Minerals 2021, 11(2), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11020130
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/2/130

“Soil Biochemical Indicators and Biological Fertility in Agricultural Soils: A Case Study from Northern Italy”
by Livia Vittori Antisari et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(2), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11020219
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/2/219

“Theoretical Study on Thermal Release of Helium-3 in Lunar Ilmenite”
by Hongqing Song et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(3), 319; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11030319
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/3/319

“Thermodynamic Constraints on Smectite and Iron Oxide Formation at Gale Crater, Mars: Insights into Potential Free Energy from Aerobic Fe Oxidation in Lake Water–Groundwater Mixing Zone”
by Sakiko Kikuchi et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(4), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11040341
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/4/341

“Numerical Modelling of Radiogenic Ingrowth and Diffusion of Pb in Apatite Inclusions with Variable Shape and U-Th Zonation”
by Daniil V. Popov et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(4), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11040364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/4/364

“Geochemical Occurrence of Rare Earth Elements in Mining Waste and Mine Water: A Review”
by Konstantina Pyrgaki et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(8), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080860
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/8/860

“Merging Perspectives on Secondary Minerals on Mars: A Review of Ancient Water-Rock Interactions in Gale Crater Inferred from Orbital and In-Situ Observations”
by Rachel Y. Sheppard et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(9), 986; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090986
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/9/986

“Wildfires as a Weathering Agent of Carbonate Rocks”
by Nurit Shtober-Zisu et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1091; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101091
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1091

“A Crystal Mush Perspective Explains Magma Variability at La Fossa Volcano (Vulcano, Italy)”
by Simone Costa et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1094; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101094
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1094

“Apatite U-Pb Thermochronology: A Review”
by David M. Chew et al.
Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1095; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1095

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals;

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals;

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of clays and engineered mineral materials and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

Minerals Editorial Office


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