About This Journal

The primary focus of Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (BMRE) is to publish valuable research for the contribution of earth science studies. The Bulletin aims to highlight research and development leading to all research fields of earth sciences.

This journal follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Journal History

BMRE accepted manuscripts in Turkish, English, French, and German between 1936 and 1985, and was published only in English and Turkish between 1985 and 2021. The Bulletin, which has recently changed its scope, has decided to continue its publication life only in English as of January 2022. In addition, the Turkish translation of the accepted papers is published electronically on the website (https://bulletin.mta.gov.tr/).

Publishing schedule

The Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (BMRE) is published three times a year which are April, August, and December.

Publisher/Editorial Office

Publisher: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration
Address: Çukurambar Avenue, Dumlupınar Boulevard, No:11 06530 Çankaya/ANKARA
Editorial Office: Executive Publication Editorial
Address: Çukurambar Avenue, Dumlupınar Boulevard, No:11 06530 Çankaya/ANKARA

Open Access Policy

Copyright: The publisher of the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration is the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration. Once published in the Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, the authors transfer the copyrights of their work and it is mandatory to fill in the “Copyright Release Form” and send it to the journal. The corresponding author must ensure that the submitted article has not been published elsewhere in a similar form, that the article is original, and will not be sent elsewhere for publication. It reserves all rights other than copyright, such as patent rights, except for commercial purposes. The Bulletin of Mineral Research and Exploration keeps the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works No: 5846.
The Bulletin of Mineral Research and Exploration publishes the articles under the terms of the “Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0)” license which allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.

Language

The publication language of articles is English. When an article is accepted for publishing, it is translated into Turkish and only available in pdf format on the website. It is preferred that Turkish authors do the translation of their articles into Turkish. Otherwise, we will offer a translated version. For foreign authors, the translation will be done by our translator's office.

Digital Archiving

The journal is preserved in CLOCKSS and Portico, the two leading preservation archives that guarantee persistent access for the very long term.
Articles also receive Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from the CrossRef organization to ensure they can always be found.

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