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Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Tohoku University · Japan · Est. 1980

ISSN1345-6296eISSN1349-3825

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.425

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.543

Total Worksi

1,016

Total Citationsi

10,257

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mineralogy; Geology; Geophysics.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,016

Publisher OrgJapan Association of Mineralogical Sciences

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tohoku University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1345-6296 / 1349-3825

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

253

2019

277

2020

197

2021

2022

153

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.

GeologyQ2

GeophysicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mineralogy

Scopus Categories

GeophysicsGeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingCrystal Structures and PropertiesMineralogy and Gemology StudiesClay minerals and soil interactionsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisRadioactive element chemistry and processing

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Is Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: 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 Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences?

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 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 0.67.

Is Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences?