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MSD International Journal of Rock Mechanics, Mining Sciences and Civil Applications, Original Research, New Developments and Case Studies in MSD International Journal of Rock Mechanics, Mining Sciences and Civil Applications This journal is concerned with original research, new developments, site measurements and case studies in rock mechanics and rock engineering. It provides an international forum for the publication of high-quality papers on the subject of rock mechanics and the application of rock mechanics principles and techniques to mining and civil engineering projects built on or in rock masses. These projects include slopes, open-pit mines, quarries, shafts, tunnels, caverns, underground mines, metro systems, dams and hydroelectric stations, geothermal energy, petroleum engineering, and radioactive waste disposal. Papers are welcomed on all relevant topics, especially on theoretical developments, analytical methods, numerical methods, rock testing, site investigation, and case studies.

The journal maintains a strong link between engineering geology and rock engineering. It provides a bridge between fundamental developments and practical applications such as underground openings, large dam foundations, and rock slopes. Specific topics also include but are not restricted to energy-related rock mechanics, petroleum engineering, geothermal systems, energy storage, greenhouse gas sequestration, and waste disposal.

Civil Engineering stands out as a vital field globally. Some of the major challenges faced by the world today include high building energy consumption, uncertain sea level estimation, rising soil and coastal erosion, inadequate water quality, dwindling groundwater resources, increasing traffic congestion, poor infrastructure resilience to disasters, deteriorating infrastructure, the necessity for improved mining and coal ash waste disposal methods, and low construction site safety. Civil engineers are often tasked with finding solutions to these challenges. Their work frequently involves creating intricate numerical or mathematical models to handle vast amounts of data and conducting repeated experimental studies. This makes civil engineering an ideal field for the application of computer-aided design and simulation technology.

peer-reviewed journal that reflects the current trends in fundamental and applied mining sciences. It publishes original articles on geomechanics and geoinformation science, investigation of relationships between global geodynamic processes and man-induced disasters, physical and mathematical modeling of rheological and wave and failure processes in multiphase structural geological media and rock mass, analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, automatic machines, and robots, the science of mining machines, creation of resource-saving and ecologically safe technologies of mineral mining, mine aerology and mine thermal physics, coal seam degassing, mechanisms for the origination of spontaneous fires and methods for their extinction, mineral dressing, and bowel exploitation. Previously focused on translation, the journal now has the aim to become an international publication and accepts manuscripts originally submitted in English from all countries, along with translated works. The peer review policy of the journal is independent of the manuscript source, ensuring a fair and unbiased evaluation process for all submissions.

Reasons to Publish:

• Global readership

• MSD Publications journal boasts an expert Editorial Board that helps with quality decision-making, choosing referees, and reviewing manuscripts playing a key role in providing quality knowledge to the world.
• Fast publication: Processing in between 12 to 21 working days.
• Promoting published articles on social media.
• Copyright retainment is provided to authors licensing the article under a Creative Commons license.
• Accepted articles will be published online as PDF versions, HTML, video files, Infographics, Audio files, and curated web content.
• MSD Publications journals follow the highest standard of double-blinded peer review, thereby subjecting the articles to the quality peer-review process.
• Content is published without any space constraints.

All published articles are assigned to the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) – Crossref. All published articles of this journal are included in the indexing and abstracting coverage of *Google Scholar.  All published articles are permanently archived and available on the MSD Publications website in HTML and PDF formats.