Elements

Mineralogical Society of America · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN1811-5209eISSN1811-5217

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.921

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

0.823

Total Worksi

2,254

Total Citationsi

58,081

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Mineralogy; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyBimonthly, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,254

Publisher OrgMineralogical Society of America

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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?

Mineralogical Society of America

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1811-5209 / 1811-5217

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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

157

2019

163

2.1k

2020

170

1.4k

2021

167

367

2022

146

546

2023

158

418

2024

170

152

2025

107

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & GeophysicsMineralogy

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingMineralogy and Gemology StudiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsAstro and Planetary ScienceHuman auditory perception and evaluationRadioactive element chemistry and processingearthquake and tectonic studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPlanetary Science and Exploration

Frequently asked questions about Elements

Is Elements a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Elements: 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 Elements?

Elements 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 1.29.

Is Elements indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Elements is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Elements?