Journal of Mine Automation, whose former name was Coal Mine Automation, was founded in 1973 and published publicly since 1978. It is a monthly publication supervised by China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (CCTEG) and sponsored by CCTEG Changzhou Research Institute. It is the only professional scientific and technical journal that focuses on the automation, informatization and intelligent technology of coal mines in China.
The journal has been selected as Chinese Core Journal, Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD), Key Magazine of China Technology, RCCSE Chinese Core Academic Journal (A), High-quality Scientific Journal of Geology (Tier 2), and High-quality Scientific Journal of Coal Science (Tier 2). According to the citation reports published by Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of China (ISTIC), the journal’s 2021 Core Impact Factor is 1.468, ranking 6th among journals of the same field.