| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Global Potential of Rare Earth Resources and Rare Earth Demand from Clean Technologies | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2017 | 283 |
| 2 | Lithium Resources and Production: Critical Assessment and Global Projections | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2012 | 255 |
| 3 | Evolution of Acid Mine Drainage Formation in Sulphidic Mine Tailings | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2014 | 205 |
| 4 | Notes on Contributions to the Science of Rare Earth Element Enrichment in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2016 | 195 |
| 5 | Apatite Biominerals | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2016 | 152 |
| 6 | Re-Thinking Mining Waste through an Integrative Approach Led by Circular Economy Aspirations | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 145 |
| 7 | Experimental Study of Montmorillonite Structure and Transformation of Its Properties under Treatment with Inorganic Acid Solutions | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2017 | 143 |
| 8 | Effect of Pretreatment on Leaching Primary Copper Sulfide in Acid-Chloride Media | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 138 |
| 9 | Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Binder: A Future Construction Material | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 137 |
| 10 | Review of Biohydrometallurgical Metals Extraction from Polymetallic Mineral Resources | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 125 |
| 11 | Removal of Heavy Metals and Metalloids from Water Using Drinking Water Treatment Residuals as Adsorbents: A Review | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 125 |
| 12 | Cyanobacteria as Biocatalysts for Carbonate Mineralization | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2012 | 124 |
| 13 | Trace Element Analysis of Minerals in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ores by Laser Ablation Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Approaches and Opportunities | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2016 | 119 |
| 14 | Research on the Adsorption Behavior of Heavy Metal Ions by Porous Material Prepared with Silicate Tailings | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 119 |
| 15 | Role of Fungi in the Biomineralization of Calcite | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2016 | 110 |
| 16 | A Review on Comprehensive Utilization of Red Mud and Prospect Analysis | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 108 |
| 17 | Spodumene: The Lithium Market, Resources and Processes | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 107 |
| 18 | A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 107 |
| 19 | Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 106 |
| 20 | An Alternative Depressant of Chalcopyrite in Cu–Mo Differential Flotation and Its Interaction Mechanism | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 106 |
| 21 | A Density Functional Theory Study of the Adsorption of Benzene on Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Surfaces | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2014 | 105 |
| 22 | Heavy Minerals for Junior Woodchucks | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 103 |
| 23 | A Simple Derivation of the Birch–Murnaghan Equations of State (EOSs) and Comparison with EOSs Derived from Other Definitions of Finite Strain | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 101 |
| 24 | X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Mineral Characterization: A Review for Engineers of the Fundamentals, Applications, and Research Directions | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2022 | 96 |
| 25 | Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2017 | 95 |
| 26 | Measuring Transport Time of Mine Equipment in an Underground Mine Using a Bluetooth Beacon System | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2017 | 93 |
| 27 | Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Mining from Exploration to Reclamation: A Review | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 93 |
| 28 | Sustainability of Rare Earths—An Overview of the State of Knowledge | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2013 | 92 |
| 29 | Distribution and Substitution Mechanism of Ge in a Ge-(Fe)-Bearing Sphalerite | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 90 |
| 30 | Data-Driven Predictive Modelling of Mineral Prospectivity Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods: A Case Study from Southern Jiangxi Province, China | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 87 |
| 31 | Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD)—A Review | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2014 | 84 |
| 32 | Mining Waste and Its Sustainable Management: Advances in Worldwide Research | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 82 |
| 33 | Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Different Shale Lithofacies in the Dalong Formation in the Western Area of the Lower Yangtze Platform | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 82 |
| 34 | Evaluation of Viscosity, Strength and Microstructural Properties of Cemented Tailings Backfill | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 77 |
| 35 | SEM-Based Automated Mineralogy and Its Application in Geo- and Material Sciences | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 77 |
| 36 | The Evolution, Current Status, and Future Prospects of Using Biotechnologies in the Mineral Extraction and Metal Recovery Sectors | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 76 |
| 37 | Review on Beneficiation Techniques and Reagents Used for Phosphate Ores | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 76 |
| 38 | Copper Bioleaching in China: Review and Prospect | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2018 | 75 |
| 39 | Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—An Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 75 |
| 40 | Characterizing Frothers through Critical Coalescence Concentration (CCC)95-Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance (HLB) Relationship | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2012 | 73 |
| 41 | Use of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria to Leach Rare Earth Elements from Monazite-Bearing Ore | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 73 |
| 42 | The Confluence of Heavy Metal Biooxidation and Heavy Metal Resistance: Implications for Bioleaching by Extreme Thermoacidophiles | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 73 |
| 43 | Major and Trace Element Geochemistry of Coals and Intra-Seam Claystones from the Songzao Coalfield, SW China | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 72 |
| 44 | Biomineralization Forming Process and Bio-inspired Nanomaterials for Biomedical Application: A Review | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 70 |
| 45 | Characteristics of Precipitation of Rare Earth Elements with Various Precipitants | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 70 |
| 46 | Application of Slag–Cement and Fly Ash for Strength Development in Cemented Paste Backfills | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 69 |
| 47 | Mapping of Sulfur Isotopes and Trace Elements in Sulfides by LA-(MC)-ICP-MS: Potential Analytical Problems, Improvements and Implications | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2016 | 68 |
| 48 | Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill with Alkali-Activated Slag | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 68 |
| 49 | Influence of Solid Content, Cement/Tailings Ratio, and Curing Time on Rheology and Strength of Cemented Tailings Backfill | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2020 | 67 |
| 50 | Petrology, Palynology, and Geochemistry of Gray Hawk Coal (Early Pennsylvanian, Langsettian) in Eastern Kentucky, USA | Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) | 2015 | 66 |
