Call for Papers – Buletin Sumber Daya Geologi

2026-10-13

Share Your Research on Indonesia's Geological Resources

Buletin Sumber Daya Geologi invites researchers, explorers, academics, and practitioners to submit original research articles and review articles on minerals, fossil energy, and geothermal energy. Published continuously since 2006 by the Center for Mineral, Coal, and Geothermal Resources, Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, the journal is a trusted reference for geological resource studies in Indonesia.

Important: new submission address

All new manuscripts must now be submitted through our new journal platform:

https://journal.esdm.go.id/BSDG

Website https://buletinsdg.geologi.esdm.go.id/ remains the official archive of all previously published issues. Submissions are no longer accepted here.

Scope

  • Metallic and non-metallic minerals, critical minerals, and rare earth elements
  • Coal, peat, coalbed methane, oil shale, and other fossil energy resources
  • Geothermal systems, exploration, and utilization
  • Exploration geochemistry, geophysics, remote sensing, and GIS
  • Resource estimation, geostatistics, and resource valuation
  • Laboratory studies: mineralogy, petrography, fluid inclusions, XRD, and geochemical analysis
  • Resource conservation, policy, regulation, and geological data management

Why publish with us

  • Rigorous double-blind peer review by three reviewers
  • Immediate open access under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
  • Every article receives a Crossref DOI (prefix 10.47599)
  • Indexed in Google Scholar, SINTA, GARUDA, Dimensions, and ISJD
  • Articles accepted in Indonesian or English, with bilingual abstracts
  • Article processing charge: [IDR 0 / no fee]

Publication schedule

The journal is published three times a year, in May, August, and November.

How to submit

  1. Download the article template from the journal website and prepare your manuscript according to the Author Guidelines.
  2. Register or log in at https://journal.esdm.go.id/BSDG.
  3. Upload your manuscript and complete all metadata, including author affiliations, ORCID iDs, abstract, keywords, and references.

For questions, contact the editorial office at [email: buletinpsdg@gmail.com].

We look forward to your contribution.