From Earth to Innovation: Modern Trends in Mining, Geoinformation, and Geoscientific Applications

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Dear Colleagues,

This Topic aims to compile scientific contributions presented at the “XXV Conference of PhD Students and Young Scientists: Interdisciplinary topics in Mining, Geology and Geomatics” (CPSYS), taking place from 14 to 16 October 2025 in Wroclaw, Poland.

CPSYS was developed by young geoscientists from the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology for young geoscientists all over the world. For 25 years, the Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology at WroTech has provided a platform for PhD candidates navigating geology, mining, geoengineering, geoinformation, and work safety to share their findings with peers. Topics covered during the previous editions of CPSYS are as follows:

1. Mining:
   1. The digitalization of mining;
   2. The protection and use of post-mining areas;
   3. Underground mining;
   4. Opencast mining;
   5. The processing of minerals and mining waste;
   6. Mining machinery;
   7. Mining transport;
   8. Economics in mining;
   9. Health and safety;
   10. Mining aerology;
   11. Mine ventilation and air conditioning;
   12. Sustainable mining.
2. Geology:
   1. Geology;
   2. Hydrogeology;
   3. Extraterrestrial raw materials;
   4. Groundwater and healing waters;
   5. Geotourism.
3. Geoengineering:
   1. Environmental protection;
   2. Geotechnics;
   3. Geomechanics;
   4. Natural hazards.
4. Geoinformation:
   1. Mining geodesy;
   2. Geographic information systems;
   3. Photogrammetry and remote sensing;
   4. Geodata modelling.

Dr. Justyna Woźniak
Prof. Dr. Przemysław Kowalczuk
Dr. Artur Krawczyk
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Minerals minerals	2.2	4.4	2011	18.2 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Mining mining	-	4.0	2021	19.3 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Geosciences geosciences	2.1	5.1	2011	23.4 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Water water	3.0	6.0	2009	19.1 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Remote Sensing remotesensing	4.1	8.6	2009	24.9 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

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