Mining and Mineral Processing Journals in the WoS and Their Rankings When Merging SCIEx and ESCI Databases—Case Study Based on the JCR 2022 Data

Tomislav Korman; Tomislav Malvić; Vasyl Lozynskyi; Zlatko Briševac; Zoran Kovač; Lidia Hrnčević; Krešimir Pavlić

doi:10.3390/publications12010003

Publications (Jan 2024)

Mining and Mineral Processing Journals in the WoS and Their Rankings When Merging SCIEx and ESCI Databases—Case Study Based on the JCR 2022 Data

Tomislav Korman,
Tomislav Malvić,
Vasyl Lozynskyi,
Zlatko Briševac,
Zoran Kovač,
Lidia Hrnčević,
Krešimir Pavlić

Affiliations

Tomislav Korman: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Malvić: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vasyl Lozynskyi: Department of Mining Engineering and Education, Dnipro University of Technology, UA-49000 Dnipro, Ukraine
Zlatko Briševac: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Kovač: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Lidia Hrnčević: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Pavlić: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/publications12010003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
p. 3

Abstract

Read online

The 2022 JCR included ESCI journals for the first time, increasing the number of publication titles by approximately 60%. In this paper, the subcategory Mining and Mineral Processing (part of the Engineering and Geosciences category, where 12 of the ESCI journals were merged with the 20 SCIEx ones) is presented and analyzed. Only three of the ESCI journals included in the database were ranked Q1/Q2. The inclusion of the entire ESCI added new content for readers and authors relying on JCR sources. This paper offers authors, researchers, and publishers in the Mining and Mineral Processing field practical insights into the potential benefits and challenges associated with the changing landscape of indexed journals, as well as in-depth, systematic analyses that provide potential authors with the opportunity to select the most suitable journal for submitting their papers.

Published in Publications

ISSN: 2304-6775 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media; Bibliography. Library science. Information resources: Information resources (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords