Clays and Clay Minerals

Aims & Scope

Clays and Clay Minerals aims to present the latest advances in research and technology concerning clays and other fine-grained minerals, including but not limited to areas in agronomy, ceramics, colloid chemistry, crystallography, environmental science, foundry engineering, geochemistry, geology, medicinal chemistry, mineralogy, nanoscience, petroleum engineering, physical chemistry, sedimentology, soil mechanics, and soil science.

Clays and Clay Minerals exists to disseminate to its worldwide readership the most recent developments in all of these aspects of clay materials.

Manuscripts are welcome from all countries.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.436

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	101

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12953

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	360

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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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• Anion-Exchange Properties of Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds

  Citation: 1503

  Authors: Shigeo

• Baseline Studies of the Clay Minerals Society Source Clays: Infrared Methods

  Citation: 999

  Authors: Jana, Peter

• The Syntheses of Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds and Their Structures and Physico-Chemical Properties—I: the Systems Mg²⁺-Al³⁺-NO₃^−, Mg²⁺-Al³⁺-Cl^−, Mg²⁺-Al³⁺-ClO₄^−, Ni²⁺-Al³⁺-Cl^− and Zn²⁺-Al³⁺-Cl^−

  Citation: 882

  Authors: Shigeo

• Physico-Chemical Properties of Synthetic Hydrotalcites in Relation to Composition

  Citation: 730

  Authors: Shigeo

• Selective Sorption and Fixation of Cations by Clay Minerals: A Review

  Citation: 602

  Authors: B. L.

• Effect of pH on the Formation of Goethite and Hematite from Ferrihydrite

  Citation: 600

  Authors: U., E.

• Methylene Blue Absorption by Clay Minerals. Determination of Surface Areas and Cation Exchange Capacities (Clay-Organic Studies XVIII)

  Citation: 492

  Authors: Pham Till, G. W.

• Determination of the Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of Clay Minerals Using the Complexes of Copper(II) Ion with Triethylenetetramine and Tetraethylenepentamine

  Citation: 475

  Authors: Lorenz P., Guenter

• Rietveld Refinement of the Kaolinite Structure at 1.5 K

  Citation: 471

  Authors: David L.

• Burial Diagenesis in Gulf Coast Pelitic Sediments

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Ed, John

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