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Clay Minerals

Mineralogical Society · United Kingdom

ISSN0009-8558eISSN1471-8030

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.413

H-Indexi

117

SNIPi

0.459

Total Worksi

3,281

Total Citationsi

88,190

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Clay Minerals is the journal of the European Clay Groups Association and the Clay Minerals Society. It publishes original research papers, reviews and short communications on all aspects of clay science and technology. The journal covers a wide range of topics including mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, soil science, environmental science, industrial applications and analytical techniques. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press and is indexed in Current Contents, Science Citation Index, GeoRef, Chemical Abstracts and Scopus.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,281

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mineralogical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0009-8558 / 1471-8030

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

448

2019

522

2020

171

2021

205

2022

210

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, PhysicalGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryMineralogy

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Clay minerals and soil interactionsIron oxide chemistry and applicationsSoil and Unsaturated FlowGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Clay Minerals

Is Clay Minerals a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clay Minerals: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Clay Minerals?

Clay Minerals is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.65.

Is Clay Minerals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clay Minerals is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.