Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review publishes both theoretical and practical papers relevant to technical, economic, and environmental issues in the handling, processing, and utilization of minerals. In addition to regular issues, special issues focusing on subjects of regional and topical significance will be published when the Editor feels there is sufficient interest among readers. Two types of papers will be published: 1) Review papers on particular topics in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy including: ore genesis; mineral properties and utilization; extraction, separation, and purification of minerals and metals; and post-treatment of effluents and tailings including solid waste valorization. (2) Research topics relevant to sustainability, circular-economy, and process intensification as well as the processing of advanced materials (critical and strategic) through pyro-, hydro-, and solvo-metallurgical routes. (3) Broadly significant research papers that are of general interest in the field. Research papers that are too narrowly focused or are based on only a small number of experiments will not be accepted. (4) Short Communications on recent trends including new discoveries, climate change, global warming, technical notes to be published quickly, or discussion on a published paper. (5) Contributions that deal with new developments or new directions for future research in plants or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are promoted, including financial and economic analyses, uncertainty and sensitivity analyses, and computer-based studies.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	1999	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2000	Q4
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2001	Q4
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2002	Q4
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2003	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2004	Q4
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2005	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2006	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Economic Geology	1999	Q2
Economic Geology	2000	Q2
Economic Geology	2001	Q3
Economic Geology	2002	Q2
Economic Geology	2003	Q2
Economic Geology	2004	Q3
Economic Geology	2005	Q2
Economic Geology	2006	Q2
Economic Geology	2007	Q2
Economic Geology	2008	Q1
Economic Geology	2009	Q1
Economic Geology	2010	Q1
Economic Geology	2011	Q2
Economic Geology	2012	Q2
Economic Geology	2013	Q2
Economic Geology	2014	Q1
Economic Geology	2015	Q2
Economic Geology	2016	Q2
Economic Geology	2017	Q1
Economic Geology	2018	Q2
Economic Geology	2019	Q2
Economic Geology	2020	Q2
Economic Geology	2021	Q2
Economic Geology	2022	Q2
Economic Geology	2023	Q1
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	1999	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2000	Q3
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2001	Q3
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2002	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2003	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2004	Q3
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2005	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2006	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2007	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2008	Q1
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2009	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2010	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2011	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2012	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2013	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2014	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2015	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2016	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2017	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2018	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2019	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2020	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2021	Q2
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2022	Q1
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	2023	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	1999	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2000	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2001	Q4
Mechanical Engineering	2002	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2003	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2004	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2005	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2006	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2007	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2008	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2009	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2010	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2011	Q3
Mechanical Engineering	2012	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2013	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2014	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2015	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2016	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2017	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2018	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	2019	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2020	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2021	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2022	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.197
2000	0.136
2001	0.105
2002	0.151
2003	0.157
2004	0.145
2005	0.246
2006	0.181
2007	0.202
2008	0.726
2009	0.557
2010	0.335
2011	0.278
2012	0.380
2013	0.486
2014	0.540
2015	0.510
2016	0.610
2017	0.766
2018	0.415
2019	0.731
2020	0.686
2021	0.845
2022	0.915
2023	0.962

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	0
2000	42
2001	30
2002	15
2003	9
2004	15
2005	11
2006	11
2007	9
2008	19
2009	17
2010	19
2011	15
2012	27
2013	28
2014	22
2015	42
2016	35
2017	42
2018	37
2019	39
2020	46
2021	40
2022	95
2023	92

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.464
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.180
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.171
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.161
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.438
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.348
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.380
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.587
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.783
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.980
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.161
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.922
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.957
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.103
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.554
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.437
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.276
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.887
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.686
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	4.280
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	5.932
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.732
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.109
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.167
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.352
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.538
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.486
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.568
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.968
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.897
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.956
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.800
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.941
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.967
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.229
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.532
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.446
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.354
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.689
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.447
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	4.541
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	5.928
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	5.845
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.158
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.119
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.044
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.050
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.821
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.611
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.853
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.786
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.164
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.840
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.391
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.416
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.701
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.241
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.618
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.894
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	6.081
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	6.222

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	7
Self Cites	2010	3
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	3
Self Cites	2013	4
Self Cites	2014	8
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	12
Self Cites	2017	50
Self Cites	2018	9
Self Cites	2019	54
Self Cites	2020	61
Self Cites	2021	88
Self Cites	2022	146
Self Cites	2023	232
Total Cites	1999	8
Total Cites	2000	7
Total Cites	2001	5
Total Cites	2002	12
Total Cites	2003	14
Total Cites	2004	19
Total Cites	2005	21
Total Cites	2006	17
Total Cites	2007	21
Total Cites	2008	30
Total Cites	2009	35
Total Cites	2010	43
Total Cites	2011	44
Total Cites	2012	48
Total Cites	2013	59
Total Cites	2014	86
Total Cites	2015	118
Total Cites	2016	133
Total Cites	2017	233
Total Cites	2018	201
Total Cites	2019	393
Total Cites	2020	400
Total Cites	2021	554
Total Cites	2022	741
Total Cites	2023	1058

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.286
External Cites per document	2000	0.368
External Cites per document	2001	0.109
External Cites per document	2002	0.167
External Cites per document	2003	0.161
External Cites per document	2004	0.352
External Cites per document	2005	0.538
External Cites per document	2006	0.457
External Cites per document	2007	0.568
External Cites per document	2008	0.968
External Cites per document	2009	0.718
External Cites per document	2010	0.889
External Cites per document	2011	0.745
External Cites per document	2012	0.882
External Cites per document	2013	0.902
External Cites per document	2014	1.114
External Cites per document	2015	1.416
External Cites per document	2016	1.315
External Cites per document	2017	1.848
External Cites per document	2018	1.613
External Cites per document	2019	2.974
External Cites per document	2020	2.873
External Cites per document	2021	3.820
External Cites per document	2022	4.760
External Cites per document	2023	4.564
Cites per document	1999	0.286
Cites per document	2000	0.368
Cites per document	2001	0.109
Cites per document	2002	0.167
Cites per document	2003	0.161
Cites per document	2004	0.352
Cites per document	2005	0.538
Cites per document	2006	0.486
Cites per document	2007	0.568
Cites per document	2008	0.968
Cites per document	2009	0.897
Cites per document	2010	0.956
Cites per document	2011	0.800
Cites per document	2012	0.941
Cites per document	2013	0.967
Cites per document	2014	1.229
Cites per document	2015	1.532
Cites per document	2016	1.446
Cites per document	2017	2.354
Cites per document	2018	1.689
Cites per document	2019	3.447
Cites per document	2020	3.390
Cites per document	2021	4.541
Cites per document	2022	5.928
Cites per document	2023	5.845

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0
2000	11.90
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	20.00
2005	27.27
2006	9.09
2007	22.22
2008	0.00
2009	5.88
2010	10.53
2011	40.00
2012	37.04
2013	21.43
2014	22.73
2015	26.19
2016	11.43
2017	9.52
2018	18.92
2019	33.33
2020	28.26
2021	20.00
2022	21.05
2023	22.83

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	28
Citable documents	2000	19
Citable documents	2001	46
Citable documents	2002	71
Citable documents	2003	86
Citable documents	2004	53
Citable documents	2005	39
Citable documents	2006	35
Citable documents	2007	37
Citable documents	2008	31
Citable documents	2009	39
Citable documents	2010	45
Citable documents	2011	55
Citable documents	2012	51
Citable documents	2013	61
Citable documents	2014	70
Citable documents	2015	77
Citable documents	2016	92
Citable documents	2017	99
Citable documents	2018	119
Citable documents	2019	114
Citable documents	2020	117
Citable documents	2021	120
Citable documents	2022	123
Citable documents	2023	180

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	23
Uncited documents	2000	14
Uncited documents	2001	41
Uncited documents	2002	61
Uncited documents	2003	77
Uncited documents	2004	38
Uncited documents	2005	23
Uncited documents	2006	23
Uncited documents	2007	24
Uncited documents	2008	15
Uncited documents	2009	24
Uncited documents	2010	27
Uncited documents	2011	36
Uncited documents	2012	24
Uncited documents	2013	28
Uncited documents	2014	37
Uncited documents	2015	32
Uncited documents	2016	36
Uncited documents	2017	30
Uncited documents	2018	49
Uncited documents	2019	21
Uncited documents	2020	25
Uncited documents	2021	15
Uncited documents	2022	8
Uncited documents	2023	14
Cited documents	1999	5
Cited documents	2000	5
Cited documents	2001	5
Cited documents	2002	11
Cited documents	2003	10
Cited documents	2004	16
Cited documents	2005	16
Cited documents	2006	12
Cited documents	2007	13
Cited documents	2008	16
Cited documents	2009	15
Cited documents	2010	18
Cited documents	2011	19
Cited documents	2012	27
Cited documents	2013	33
Cited documents	2014	33
Cited documents	2015	45
Cited documents	2016	56
Cited documents	2017	69
Cited documents	2018	70
Cited documents	2019	93
Cited documents	2020	93
Cited documents	2021	107
Cited documents	2022	117
Cited documents	2023	167