Journal profile · Geochemistry & Geophysics
American Mineralogist
ISSN 0003-004X · eISSN 1945-3027 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1916
American Mineralogist: CAS Zone 3 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.59; subscription journal; APC about USD 100; review 3–6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 166 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Mineralogist is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH and is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Crystal Structures and Properties and High-pressure geophysics and materials, together about 38.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials (Am Min), is the flagship journal of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), continuously published since 1916. Am Min is home to some of the most important advances in the Earth Sciences. Our mission is a continuance of this heritage: to provide readers with reports on original scientific research, both fundamental and applied, with far reaching implications and far ranging appeal. Topics of interest cover all aspects of planetary evolution, and biological and atmospheric processes mediated by solid-state phenomena. These include, but are not limited to, mineralogy and crystallography, high- and low-temperature geochemistry, petrology, geofluids, bio-geochemistry, bio-mineralogy, synthetic materials of relevance to the Earth and planetary sciences, and breakthroughs in analytical methods of any of the aforementioned.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Geochemistry & Geophysics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences18.4%
- Crystal Structures and PropertiesMaterials Science10.2%
- High-pressure geophysics and materialsEarth and Planetary Sciences9.8%
- Mineralogy and Gemology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences9.8%
- Clay minerals and soil interactionsMaterials Science7.6%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science7.1%
- X-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyMaterials Science4.1%
- earthquake and tectonic studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mineralogy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123LetPub ·
- h-index
- 226OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,560OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 166LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,688 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143 | 48 | 23 |
| 2025 | 166 | 71 | 270 |
| 2024 | 169 | 51 | 634 |
| 2023 | 173 | 99 | 992 |
| 2022 | 195 | 52 | 1,437 |
| 2021 | 258 | 58 | 2,878 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 100 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1916
- ISSN
- 0003-004X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-3027
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 111, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Mineralogist
What CAS zone is American Mineralogist in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Mineralogist is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mineralogy / Geochemistry & Geophysics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Mineralogist?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.59; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 226.
How long does peer review take at American Mineralogist?
Authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index American Mineralogist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Mineralogist is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is American Mineralogist open access, and what is the APC?
American Mineralogist is a subscription journal. APC about USD 100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .