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Open Access

Rock and Mineral Analysisis an open access journal. All articles published byRock and Mineral Analysis are immediately available for open access at the website (http://www.ykcs.ac.cn/) under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and further does not permit distribution of the paper if it is changed or edited in any way.For more information, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

 

Peer Review

Rock and Mineral Analysisoperates a single anonymized review process under responsibility of Editorial Committee of Rock and Mineral Analysis. All papers will be initially assessed by the Editorial Department for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess theorientation, scientific, innovative and practicality of the papers.The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of papers.

 

Author Rights

For open access publishing, this journal uses a Copyright Transfer Agreement. Authors will transfer copyright toRock and Mineral Analysis, but will have the right to share their article in the same ways permitted to third parties under the relevant user license (e.g. stored in institutional repository), as well as certain scholarly usage rights.

 

Article Processing Charge

To provide open access, Rock and Mineral Analysishas an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge, APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or by their research funder or institution.For accepted manuscripts should pay RMB 1,000 for each printed page. The upper limitof charge is RMB 3,500per article. Authors who require more information (e.g., about waivers or discounts as provided by the journal), please contact the editorial office (e-mail: ykcs_zazhi@163.com).