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China Mining Magazine is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), DOAJ. Published by China Mining Magazine Co., Ltd.
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ISSN 1004-4051Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: China Mining Magazine Co., Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 168 / 244 | 31st | Q3 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 210 / 300 | 30th | Q3 |
| Waste Management and Disposal | 117 / 151 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
China Mining Magazine is Q3 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 168 of 244), Q3 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 210 of 300) and Q4 in Waste Management and Disposal (rank 117 of 151), by CiteScore 2025.
China Mining Magazine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3, 31st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.272, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
China Mining Magazine is published by China Mining Magazine Co., Ltd. Its ISSN is 1004-4051.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
China Mining Magazine has an h-index of 6 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #172 of 211 Scopus journals in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology.
China Mining Magazine published 4 papers in 2016; its busiest recent year was 2010 with 371. 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.
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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