Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Journal of Elementology
ISSN 1644-2296 · Polish Society Magnesium Research · POLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2002
Journal of Elementology: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.85; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 48 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Elementology is published by Polish Society Magnesium Research and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management, Integrated Water Resources Management and Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, together about 35.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Jorunal of Elementology contains original, experimental and review papers pertaining to the transformations of organic and mineral compounds. The research problems encompass organic and mineral compounds discussed from the angle of physiology, biochemistry and genetics; complex analyses and assessment of the conditions underlying biogeochemical cycles, symptoms of deficiencies and excess of chemical elements as well as their antagonistic and synergistic interactions. The papers published in the journal discusses problems from the fields of medical and health sciences, forestry, veterinary medicine, natural sciences and chemical sciences.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.4%
- Integrated Water Resources ManagementEnvironmental Science10.6%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Nutrition and Health StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Potato Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.85LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 345OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,055 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 2 | 14 |
| 2025 | 48 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 49 | 1 | 26 |
| 2023 | 102 | 2 | 153 |
| 2022 | 70 | 8 | 204 |
| 2021 | 77 | 5 | 210 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Authorship rights recognized under Creative Commons licence 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-SA). Model summary
The recognition of the authorship rights – compliant with the same conditions according to licence 4.0 (also known as CC-BY-NC-SA), accessible at licenses or in any other language version of this licence or any subsequent version of this licence issued by Creative Commons.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Gold open access; papers on the journal website are free of cost, identical with the Creative Commons licence. Model summary
All papers which appear on the journal’s website http://jsite.uwm.edu.pl are accessible free of cost according to the ‘gold’ open access model, identical with the Creative Commons licence.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Polish Society Magnesium Research
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1644-2296
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Elementology
What CAS zone is Journal of Elementology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Elementology is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Elementology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.85; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Elementology?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 Journal of Elementology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Elementology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Elementology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Elementology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .