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Mineralogy and Petrology

Springer-Verlag Wien · Austria · Est. 1948

ISSN1438-1168

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

0.434

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.62

Total Worksi

2,981

Total Citationsi

56,242

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Mineralogy; Geophysics; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1948

FrequencyEight Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,981

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer-Verlag Wien

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1438-1168

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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

708

2019

382

2020

341

2021

167

2022

168

2023

2024

137

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.

GeophysicsQ2

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & GeophysicsMineralogy

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyGeophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeochemistry and Geologic MappingCrystal Structures and PropertiesMineralogy and Gemology StudiesGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisClay minerals and soil interactionsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological Formations and Processes Exploration

Frequently asked questions about Mineralogy and Petrology

Is Mineralogy and Petrology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mineralogy and Petrology: 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 Mineralogy and Petrology?

Mineralogy and Petrology 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 1.02.

Is Mineralogy and Petrology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mineralogy and Petrology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Mineralogy and Petrology?