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Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA).
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ISSN 0026-4563Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 198 / 333 | 40th | Q3 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 156 / 244 | 36th | Q3 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present (also 1996–1997, 1988–1990, 1979–1986), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration is Q3 in Geology (rank 198 of 333) and Q3 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 156 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.337, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration is published by General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA). Its ISSN is 0026-4563.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #165 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 88. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Türkiye (53.4%), India (14.4%) and Algeria (3.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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