Rocks and Minerals

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SCImago
Q4
SJR
0.205
CiteScore
0.3
Categories
Economic Geology
Stratigraphy
Geology
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
1981-1997, 2007-2025
journal names
Rocks and Minerals
Publications
10 062
Citations
3 199
h-index
12
Publications
593
Citations
1 082
Top-3 citing journals
Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals (1557 citations)
Minerals
Minerals (114 citations)
Ore Geology Reviews
Ore Geology Reviews (49 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Auburn University
Auburn University (104 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (75 publications)
Miami University
Miami University (30 publications)
University of Johannesburg
University of Johannesburg (39 publications)
Auburn University
Auburn University (35 publications)
University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong (18 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (604 publications)
South Africa (76 publications)
Canada (41 publications)
USA (168 publications)
South Africa (37 publications)
Australia (20 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Rocks and Minerals
1557 citations, 48.67%
Minerals
114 citations, 3.56%
Ore Geology Reviews
49 citations, 1.53%
SSRN Electronic Journal
47 citations, 1.47%
Mineralogical Magazine
44 citations, 1.38%
Lithos
38 citations, 1.19%
Canadian Mineralogist
29 citations, 0.91%
American Mineralogist
27 citations, 0.84%
Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu
26 citations, 0.81%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
20 citations, 0.63%
Earth-Science Reviews
17 citations, 0.53%
Chemical Geology
15 citations, 0.47%
Scientific Reports
14 citations, 0.44%
Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
12 citations, 0.38%
Crystals
12 citations, 0.38%
Chagyo Kenkyu Hokoku (Tea Research Journal)
12 citations, 0.38%
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
11 citations, 0.34%
The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
10 citations, 0.31%
Journal of African Earth Sciences
9 citations, 0.28%
Applied Geochemistry
9 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Paleontology
9 citations, 0.28%
Carbon
8 citations, 0.25%
Japanese Journal of Crop Science
8 citations, 0.25%
Gems and Gemology
8 citations, 0.25%
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
8 citations, 0.25%
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
8 citations, 0.25%
Pulmonologiya
8 citations, 0.25%
Evolving Earth
8 citations, 0.25%
Horticultural Research (Japan)
8 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
7 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Petrology
7 citations, 0.22%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.22%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
7 citations, 0.22%
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
7 citations, 0.22%
Acta Petrologica Sinica
7 citations, 0.22%
Sedimentary Geology
6 citations, 0.19%
Science of the Total Environment
6 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
6 citations, 0.19%
Mineralogy and Petrology
6 citations, 0.19%
Geological Magazine
6 citations, 0.19%
Economic Geology
6 citations, 0.19%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
5 citations, 0.16%
Materials Transactions
5 citations, 0.16%
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
5 citations, 0.16%
Geology of Ore Deposits
5 citations, 0.16%
Minerals Engineering
5 citations, 0.16%
Precambrian Research
5 citations, 0.16%
Geology Today
5 citations, 0.16%
Lethaia
4 citations, 0.13%
International Geology Review
4 citations, 0.13%
Chemie der Erde
4 citations, 0.13%
Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi
4 citations, 0.13%
Keikinzoku/Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals
4 citations, 0.13%
Geological Society Special Publication
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
4 citations, 0.13%
Geoheritage
4 citations, 0.13%
Gondwana Research
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
4 citations, 0.13%
AIP Conference Proceedings
4 citations, 0.13%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
4 citations, 0.13%
Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
4 citations, 0.13%
Advances in Geophysics
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
3 citations, 0.09%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
3 citations, 0.09%
Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik
3 citations, 0.09%
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
3 citations, 0.09%
Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals
3 citations, 0.09%
Environmental Earth Sciences
3 citations, 0.09%
Frontiers in Chemistry
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Environmental Engineering (Japan)
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Materials Science
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
3 citations, 0.09%
Starch/Staerke
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
3 citations, 0.09%
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
3 citations, 0.09%
Catalysis Today
3 citations, 0.09%
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Crystal Growth
3 citations, 0.09%
ChemTexts
3 citations, 0.09%
International Journal of Coal Geology
3 citations, 0.09%
European Journal of Mineralogy
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
3 citations, 0.09%
Mineralium Deposita
3 citations, 0.09%
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
3 citations, 0.09%
Geomorphology
3 citations, 0.09%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Earth System Science
3 citations, 0.09%
Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Structural Geology
3 citations, 0.09%
Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
3 citations, 0.09%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences
3 citations, 0.09%
Review of Progress in Coloration and Related Topics
3 citations, 0.09%
Science Activities
3 citations, 0.09%
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
3 citations, 0.09%
Open Journal of Acoustics and Vibration
3 citations, 0.09%
Isotopes in Economic Geology, Metallogenesis and Exploration
3 citations, 0.09%
Landscape Research Japan Online
3 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Research in Science Education
3 citations, 0.09%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2 citations, 0.06%
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2 citations, 0.06%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
1610 citations, 50.33%
Elsevier
377 citations, 11.78%
Springer Nature
164 citations, 5.13%
MDPI
156 citations, 4.88%
Wiley
98 citations, 3.06%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
47 citations, 1.47%
Mineralogical Society
45 citations, 1.41%
Mineralogical Association of Canada
39 citations, 1.22%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
35 citations, 1.09%
Cambridge University Press
29 citations, 0.91%
Walter de Gruyter
23 citations, 0.72%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
22 citations, 0.69%
Oxford University Press
19 citations, 0.59%
Pleiades Publishing
13 citations, 0.41%
Japanese Society of Tea Science and Technology
12 citations, 0.38%
Kyushu University
11 citations, 0.34%
Geological Society of London
11 citations, 0.34%
SAGE
10 citations, 0.31%
Mineralogical Society of America
10 citations, 0.31%
The Royal Society
9 citations, 0.28%
Japan Institute of Metals
9 citations, 0.28%
AIP Publishing
8 citations, 0.25%
Crop Science Society of Japan
8 citations, 0.25%
Gemological Institute of America
8 citations, 0.25%
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
8 citations, 0.25%
Scientific and Practical Reviewed Journal Pulmonology
8 citations, 0.25%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
7 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.22%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
7 citations, 0.22%
Architectural Institute of Japan
7 citations, 0.22%
Hans Publishers
7 citations, 0.22%
Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry
7 citations, 0.22%
Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
7 citations, 0.22%
Copernicus
6 citations, 0.19%
Society of Economic Geologists
6 citations, 0.19%
Geological Society of America
5 citations, 0.16%
IOP Publishing
5 citations, 0.16%
Japan Institute of Light Metals
4 citations, 0.13%
American Geophysical Union
4 citations, 0.13%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.13%
Magnolia Press
3 citations, 0.09%
Science in China Press
3 citations, 0.09%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.09%
Society of Japan Science Teaching
3 citations, 0.09%
Trans Tech Publications
2 citations, 0.06%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
2 citations, 0.06%
Mary Ann Liebert
2 citations, 0.06%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.06%
Optica Publishing Group
2 citations, 0.06%
Pensoft Publishers
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
2 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists (JASBEES)
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Japan Society on Water Environment
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2 citations, 0.06%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
2 citations, 0.06%
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
2 citations, 0.06%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
2 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology
2 citations, 0.06%
Japan Society of Colour Material
2 citations, 0.06%
Publishing House Finance and Credit
2 citations, 0.06%
American Astronomical Society
2 citations, 0.06%
Komi SC UB RAS
2 citations, 0.06%
IGI Global
2 citations, 0.06%
Japan Society of Geoinformatics
2 citations, 0.06%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Society of Farm Work Research
2 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Leprosy Association
2 citations, 0.06%
The Japan Society for Technology and Plasticity
2 citations, 0.06%
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency
2 citations, 0.06%
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.06%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.03%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Brill
1 citation, 0.03%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
1 citation, 0.03%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1 citation, 0.03%
American Scientific Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
Human Geographical Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
Geologists' Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
1 citation, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Entomological Society of Washington
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
1 citation, 0.03%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
1 citation, 0.03%
Brigham Young University
1 citation, 0.03%
Ceramic Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
Unisa Press
1 citation, 0.03%
PE Polunina Elizareta Gennadievna
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Sociedad Espanola de Ceramica y Vidrio
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Malacology
1 citation, 0.03%
Japan Association for Wind Engineering
1 citation, 0.03%
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
1 citation, 0.03%
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Auburn University
104 publications, 1.03%
University of Johannesburg
75 publications, 0.75%
Miami University
30 publications, 0.3%
University of Wollongong
23 publications, 0.23%
Michigan Technological University
18 publications, 0.18%
Smithsonian Institution
17 publications, 0.17%
Colorado School of Mines
9 publications, 0.09%
McGill University
8 publications, 0.08%
University of Arizona
6 publications, 0.06%
University of Oklahoma
5 publications, 0.05%
Harvard University
4 publications, 0.04%
Central Michigan University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.04%
University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 0.03%
University of the Free State
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.03%
American Museum of Natural History
3 publications, 0.03%
University of New Mexico
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.03%
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2 publications, 0.02%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.02%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.02%
Université de Sherbrooke
2 publications, 0.02%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Maine
2 publications, 0.02%
Shahid Beheshti University
1 publication, 0.01%
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.01%
Central South University
1 publication, 0.01%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.01%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.01%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.01%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.01%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.01%
Rhodes University
1 publication, 0.01%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.01%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.01%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.01%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.01%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.01%
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
1 publication, 0.01%
Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
1 publication, 0.01%
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Wisconsin–River Falls
1 publication, 0.01%
Lock Haven University
1 publication, 0.01%
Universidad de Alcalá
1 publication, 0.01%
Laurentian University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.01%
Spanish National Museum of Natural Sciences
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Delaware
1 publication, 0.01%
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.01%
United States Geological Survey
1 publication, 0.01%
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Idaho
1 publication, 0.01%
James Madison University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Wyoming
1 publication, 0.01%
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University of Johannesburg
39 publications, 6.58%
Auburn University
35 publications, 5.9%
University of Wollongong
18 publications, 3.04%
Miami University
5 publications, 0.84%
Colorado School of Mines
4 publications, 0.67%
Smithsonian Institution
4 publications, 0.67%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.51%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.51%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.34%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.34%
University of the Free State
2 publications, 0.34%
Université de Sherbrooke
2 publications, 0.34%
University of Oklahoma
2 publications, 0.34%
University of Maine
2 publications, 0.34%
Shahid Beheshti University
1 publication, 0.17%
Islamic Azad University, Isfahan
1 publication, 0.17%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.17%
Central South University
1 publication, 0.17%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.17%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.17%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.17%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.17%
Michigan Technological University
1 publication, 0.17%
American Museum of Natural History
1 publication, 0.17%
Universidad de Alcalá
1 publication, 0.17%
Laurentian University
1 publication, 0.17%
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.17%
University of New Mexico
1 publication, 0.17%
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USA, 604, 6%
USA
604 publications, 6%
South Africa, 76, 0.76%
South Africa
76 publications, 0.76%
Canada, 41, 0.41%
Canada
41 publications, 0.41%
Australia, 29, 0.29%
Australia
29 publications, 0.29%
Austria, 17, 0.17%
Austria
17 publications, 0.17%
Mexico, 14, 0.14%
Mexico
14 publications, 0.14%
United Kingdom, 7, 0.07%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 0.07%
Germany, 6, 0.06%
Germany
6 publications, 0.06%
Belgium, 4, 0.04%
Belgium
4 publications, 0.04%
Iran, 3, 0.03%
Iran
3 publications, 0.03%
Russia, 2, 0.02%
Russia
2 publications, 0.02%
France, 2, 0.02%
France
2 publications, 0.02%
Spain, 2, 0.02%
Spain
2 publications, 0.02%
Italy, 2, 0.02%
Italy
2 publications, 0.02%
Slovenia, 2, 0.02%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.02%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.02%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.02%
China, 1, 0.01%
China
1 publication, 0.01%
Bolivia, 1, 0.01%
Bolivia
1 publication, 0.01%
Denmark, 1, 0.01%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.01%
Cambodia, 1, 0.01%
Cambodia
1 publication, 0.01%
Morocco, 1, 0.01%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.01%
Namibia, 1, 0.01%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.01%
Poland, 1, 0.01%
Poland
1 publication, 0.01%
Switzerland, 1, 0.01%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.01%
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USA, 168, 28.33%
USA
168 publications, 28.33%
South Africa, 37, 6.24%
South Africa
37 publications, 6.24%
Australia, 20, 3.37%
Australia
20 publications, 3.37%
Canada, 15, 2.53%
Canada
15 publications, 2.53%
Austria, 14, 2.36%
Austria
14 publications, 2.36%
Mexico, 6, 1.01%
Mexico
6 publications, 1.01%
United Kingdom, 3, 0.51%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 0.51%
Belgium, 2, 0.34%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.34%
Spain, 2, 0.34%
Spain
2 publications, 0.34%
Slovenia, 2, 0.34%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.34%
Germany, 1, 0.17%
Germany
1 publication, 0.17%
China, 1, 0.17%
China
1 publication, 0.17%
Iran, 1, 0.17%
Iran
1 publication, 0.17%
Cambodia, 1, 0.17%
Cambodia
1 publication, 0.17%
Morocco, 1, 0.17%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.17%
Namibia, 1, 0.17%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.17%
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