Mining Techniques and Economics
Mining Techniques and Economics is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 5.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of operations research, optimization algorithms, and stochastic modeling to address various challenges in mine planning, particularly in the context of open pit mining. The topics covered include production scheduling, truck dispatching, equipment selection, and strategic planning, with a strong emphasis on addressing uncertainty and geological variability.
- Open Pit Mining
- Production Scheduling
- Optimization
- Uncertainty
- Algorithm
- Truck Dispatching
- Geological Uncertainty
- Stochastic Optimization
- Equipment Selection
- Strategic Planning
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 665 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +75% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mining Techniques and Economics research?
By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (901 and 379 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 901 works
- 2 China 379 works
- 3 United States 192 works
- 4 Russia 163 works
- 5 India 111 works
- 6 Australia 99 works
- 7 Canada 95 works
- 8 South Africa 89 works
- 9 Brazil 76 works
- 10 Nigeria 57 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Mining Techniques and Economics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Bandung Institute of Technology publishes the most Mining Techniques and Economics research, followed by Bandung Islamic University and Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 63 works
- 2 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 44 works
- 3 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia 40 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of EngineeringChina 36 works
- 5 Central South UniversityChina 31 works
- 6 Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia 27 works
- 7 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 26 works
- 8 Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia 24 works
- 9 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 24 works
- 10 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mining Techniques and Economics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mining Techniques and Economics include M. L. Williams.
- 1 M. L. Williams United States 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mining Techniques and Economics research done?
The largest centres of Mining Techniques and Economics research in 2022–2025 are Bandung (Indonesia), Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sleman.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SlemanID · 52.4 works47×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mining Techniques and Economics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Mining Techniques and Economics?
Among universities, judged by research, Curtin University, Saint Petersburg Mining University and AGH University of Krakow score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtin UniversityAustralia | 75.8 | 19.9% | 13.1× | 12 | +69.3% |
| 2 | Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia | 67.4 | 20.1% | 80.1× | 13 | — |
| 3 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 64.2 | 10.8% | 9.8× | 11 | +254.5% |
| 4 | University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa | 59.2 | 9.7% | 12.1× | 15 | +64.1% |
| 5 | Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 57.4 | 0.8% | 32.2× | 63 | +101.8% |
| 6 | McGill UniversityCanada | 55.0 | 6.7% | 8.0× | 17 | +155.6% |
| 7 | University of Mines and TechnologyGhana | 53.3 | 4.0% | 149.3× | 8 | +788.3% |
| 8 | Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia | 52.6 | 1.0% | 14.3× | 24 | +332.0% |
| 9 | Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 52.3 | 0.4% | 17.6× | 22 | +844.4% |
| 10 | Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia | 52.1 | 0.0% | 22.1× | 27 | +1752.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Mining Techniques and Economics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 75% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mining Techniques and Economics.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.