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Mineralogical Magazine

Mineralogical Society · United Kingdom

ISSN1471-8022

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.524

H-Indexi

118

SNIPi

1.718

Total Worksi

8,428

Total Citationsi

125,059

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Mineralogical Magazine publishes original research papers on all aspects of mineralogy and petrology. It covers mineral physics, mineral chemistry, crystallography, mineral occurrence, mineral synthesis, petrology, petrogenesis, and the application of mineralogical and petrological knowledge to other earth science disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,428

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

1471-8022

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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?

Yes

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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

867

2019

104

744

2020

1.9k

2021

126

618

2022

274

2023

104

189

2024

132

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 PetrologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mineralogy

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisCrystal Structures and PropertiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingMineralogy and Gemology StudiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studiesClay minerals and soil interactionsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchRadioactive element chemistry and processingX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Frequently asked questions about Mineralogical Magazine

Is Mineralogical Magazine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mineralogical Magazine: 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 Mineralogical Magazine?

Mineralogical Magazine 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 0.75.

Is Mineralogical Magazine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mineralogical Magazine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.