American Mineralogist

Aims & Scope

American Mineralogist (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 and Planetary Sciences with a mineralogical focus in the broadest sense.

Our mission is a continuance of this heritage: to provide readers with reports on exciting, 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 related biological and atmospheric processes.

These include but are not limited to mineralogy & crystallography, high-pressure mineral physics, high- and low-temperature geochemistry, petrology, geofluids, bio-geochemistry, bio-mineralogy, synthetic materials of relevance to the Earth and planetary processes, and breakthroughs in analytical and computational methods of any of the aforementioned.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4972

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1545

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.982

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Abbreviations for names of rock-forming minerals

  Citation: 5025

  Authors: D. L., B. W.

• The absolute energy positions of conduction and valence bands of selected semiconducting minerals

  Citation: 3494

  Authors: Yong, Martin A.A.

• Interpretation of XPS Mn(2p) spectra of Mn oxyhydroxides and constraints on the mechanism of MnO₂precipitation

  Citation: 1073

  Authors: H. W., D.

• Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup

  Citation: 1033

  Authors: F. C., R., G. E., W. V., R. F., J. C., M. D.

• The effects of temperature and f_O2on the Al-in-hornblende barometer

  Citation: 949

  Authors: J. Lawson, Diane R.

• Oxidation state and coordination of Fe in minerals: An Fe<i>K-</i>XANES spectroscopic study

  Citation: 941

  Authors: Max, François, Pierre-Emmanuel, Gordon E., François

• Improved modeling of fission-track annealing in apatite

  Citation: 804

  Authors: R. A., A., R. A., J., A. J.

• The Ti-saturation surface for low-to-medium pressure metapelitic biotites: Implications for geothermometry and Ti-substitution mechanisms

  Citation: 791

  Authors: D. J.

• Some Precambrian banded iron-formations (BIFs) from around the world: Their age, geologic setting, mineralogy, metamorphism, geochemistry, and origins

  Citation: 757

  Authors: C.

• The computation of equilibrium assemblage diagrams with Theriak/Domino software

  Citation: 680

  Authors: C., K.

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