Gary Campbell, Professor of Natural Resource Economics in the College of Business, was recently a guest on the podcast “Journals 101,” which hosts discussions about the world of academic publishing.
The podcast was hosted by Dr. Brian Lucey, professor of international finance and commodities, at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
In the podcast, Campbell discussed his work as reviewer and editor of Resources Policy, an international journal devoted to the economics and policy issues related to mineral and fossil fuel extraction, production, and use.
Campbell has been reviewing papers for the journal for close to 40 years, and for the past 12 years he has been editor in chief. Campbell will step down from the editor role this December.
In 1974 the Resources Policy journal published its first two issues with 11 research articles, book reviews, and conference information. In 2012, 52 articles were published. And, with significant growth in the number of submissions from around the world, a record 1,087 articles were published in 2023.
Campbell says the journal has led to many opportunities to present online and in-person talks around the world and to meet many interesting people.
In the 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) of the Web of Science (WoS), the Resource Policy journal had an impact factor of 10.2, and was ranked in the eighth position out of 128 journals in the WoS category of Environmental Studies (Social Sciences Citation Index edition).
The podcast also touched on Campbell’s love of nature photography, and the host, was especially interested in Campbell’s photos of dragonflies, as well as birds and butterflies.
Gary Campbell began teaching in the College of Business at Michigan Tech in 1982. He helped establish the MS in Mineral Economics Program (currently named Applied Natural Resource Economics), which admitted its first students in 1983.
Research Focus: Minerals are a necessity for society, but they come with a number of concerns and problems. Dr. Campbell’s research looks at the economic behavior of mineral markets and the social issues of mineral extraction. Recent research has focused on the markets for rare earths and copper and at the social conflicts over opening and operating mines.
Campbell’s specialties include metal markets, sustainability of mining, and social decision-making about resource use.
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