Coal Geology & Exploration
About This Journal
Coal Geology & Exploration was founded in 1973, and is a monthly publication(from January 2022), which is supervised by China Coal Technology and Engineering Group(CCTEG) and sponsored by Xi’an Research Institute of CCTEG. It is the longest established and most influential comprehensive scientific and technical journal in the field of coal geology, opening to domestic and foreign public circulation with equal emphasis on academic and practical technology in coal geology industry.
Main columns
coal geology; mining geology; coalbed methane; coal associated minerals; hydrogeology and engineering geology; environmental geology; coalfield geophysical prospecting; mining geophysical prospecting; drilling engineering; intelligent detection of transparent mines, etc.
Coal Geology & Exploration is included in Ei Compendex, the Netherlands Abstracts and Citations Database(Scopus), Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD), Chinese Core Journals, Chinese Science and Technology Core Journals, and is a source journal for statistics and analysis of Chinese scientific and technical papers. It has been compiled into China Journal Network, Chinese Academic Journals(CD-ROM version), Wanfang Data-Digital Journal Group, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database, Chinese Electronic Journal Service, and is a full-text online journal.
Aims of the Journal
To inherit human civilization, gather scientific discoveries, promote scientific and technological progress, promote scientific and technological achievements, serve brand construction and cultivate scientific and technological talents; to promote the progress of geological security technology for safe and efficient green coal mining and to realize the sustainable development of coal industry.
Journal policy
letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.
Contact Us
Add: No.82, Jinye 1st Rd, High-Tech Zone, Xi’an City, Shaanxi, China, 710077
Postal code: 710077
E-mail:
Tel: 029-81778075 81778078
Web: http://mtdzykt.com
Basic Information of the Journal
Title: Coal Geology & Exploration
Establishment Year：1973
Periodicity：Monthly(change from January 2022), published on 25th of each month
Publisher and Place of Publication: Coal Geology & Exploration, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
Competent Authorities：China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp.
Sponsor: Xi’an Research Institute of China Coal Technology and Engineering Group.
Editor-in-chief: DONG Shuning
Associate Editor-in-Chief: LIU Cheng, James W. LaMoreaux
Executive Editor-in-chief: JIN Xianglan
Director of the Editorial Department: FAN Zhangqun
Responsible Editor: FAN Zhangqun(coal geology; mining geology; coalbed methane; coal associated minerals), ZHOU Jianjun(hydrogeology and engineering geology; environmental geology), NIE Ailan(coalfield geophysical prospecting; mining geophysical prospecting), GUO Dongqiong(drilling engineering)
Editorial Assistants and New Media Operator: JIN Mao( Tel: 81778073)
ISSN：1001-1986
CN： 61-1155/P
Journal Inclusion
Ei Compendex
Abstracts and Citations Database, Netherlands (Scopus)
Chinese Science Citation Database, CSCD
Chinese core journal database
The key magazine of China technology
Research Center for Chinese Science Evaluation, RCCSE
Journal Honors
Outstanding S&T Journals of China(2020)
The First National Coal Excellent Science and Technology Journal Second Prize
The Second National Excellent Science and Technology Journal Third Prize
The Sixth Shaanxi Province Outstanding Science and Technology Journal Award