Korman, T.; Malvić, T.; Lozynskyi, V.; Briševac, Z.; Kovač, Z.; Hrnčević, L.; Pavlić, K. 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. Publications2024, 12, 3.
Korman, T.; Malvić, T.; Lozynskyi, V.; Briševac, Z.; Kovač, Z.; Hrnčević, L.; Pavlić, K. 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. Publications 2024, 12, 3.
Korman, T.; Malvić, T.; Lozynskyi, V.; Briševac, Z.; Kovač, Z.; Hrnčević, L.; Pavlić, K. 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. Publications2024, 12, 3.
Korman, T.; Malvić, T.; Lozynskyi, V.; Briševac, Z.; Kovač, Z.; Hrnčević, L.; Pavlić, K. 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. Publications 2024, 12, 3.
Abstract
The JCR 2022, for the first time, included the ESCI journals, increasing the number of publication titles by approximately 60%. In this paper, the subcategory Mining and Mineral Processing (as part of the Engineering and Geosciences category), where 12 of the ESCI journals were merged with the 20 SCIEx ones, is presented and analysed. Only three of the ESCI journals, that JCR 2022 included in the database, would be ranked in the Q1/Q2. The inclusion of the entire ESCI added new content for readers and authors relying on the JCR sources, and will help the journals in the database to attract more papers and citations in the future. Consequently, part of the journals (probably more than 25% marked in this analysis) will have a bigger chance to reach the Q1/Q2 ranking in the forthcoming years. This paper gives the 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 the in-depth, systematic analyses for potential future authors to have the opportunity to select the most suitable journal for submitting their papers.
Keywords
Mining and Mineral Processing journals; WoS; SCIEx; ESCI; ranking
Subject
Engineering, Mining and Mineral Processing
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