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Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Nihon Koubutsu Gakkai · Japan · Est. 1953

ISSN1349-7979

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.117

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.108

Total Worksi

702

Total Citationsi

1,359

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economic Geology; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications702

Publisher OrgJapan Association of Mineralogical Sciences

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nihon Koubutsu Gakkai

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1349-7979

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

Economic GeologyQ4

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economic GeologyGeochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeochemistry and Geologic MappingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationMineralogy and Gemology StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringCrystal Structures and PropertiesGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Is Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: it is indexed in 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 Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences?

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.117.

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

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences?