About Journal

Aim and topic

The aim of Mineralogy is the development of fundamental and applied scientific knowledge in global and regional mineralogy and minerageny, mineralogy of mineral deposits, technological mineralogy, ontogeny of minerals, topo-, eco-, bio- and archeological mineralogy, as well as in related sciences (geology of mineral deposits, petrology, geochemistry, crystallography). The unique feature of the jorunal is a tight link between the results of mineralogical and geochemical studies with general problems of geology. The results of mineralogical and geochemical studies published in Mineralogy are closely related to the priority direction of the developement of science of the Russian Federation “Rational Nature Management”.

Mineralogy publishes high-quality peer-reviewed papers and brief reports in Russian and English on the following topics: general questions of mineralogy and crystallography; minerals and mineral assemblages; history of mineralogy; mineralogy of mineral deposits, problems of genesis of ore deposits; ecological mineralogy and ecogeochemistry; mineralogy of technogenic objects; archaeological mineralogy; biomineralogy; and reviews and discussions on these topics.

Starting from the 2nd issue of 2019, each article published in Mineralogy is assigned a digital identifier DOI (Digital Object Identifier). Since March 26, 2019, Mineralogy has been included in the Journal List of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, in which the main results of scientific studies must be published before the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations on the following topics: 1. Natural sciences,  1.6. Earth and environmental sciences: 1.6.3. Petrology, volcanology; 1.6.4. Mineralogy, crystallography. Geochemistry, geochemical methods of searching of mineral deposits; 1.6.5. Lithology; 1.6.10. Geology, prospects, and exploration of solid mineral deposits, minerageny.

Since 2024, Mineralogy is part of the Russian Science Citation Index. In 2025, the journal was included to the “White List” of Russian scientific journals (level 2).

Why researchers choose journal Mineralogy

Journal Mineralogy together with authors works to advance mineralogical science..

«When I submitted my first paper to a new and then little-known Uralian journal back in 2015, I could not certainly have known that, after ten years since its publication, Mineralogy would be almost my “home”. The enthusiasm of the publishing team coupled with obvious advantages for authors (speedy but thorough review and acceptance, editorial flexibility, and open access) quickly transformed Mineralogy into a serious scientific journal, which covers various fundamental and applied areas of mineralogy and related sciences. To date, my contribution as an author and co-author includes 19 papers and one special issue in English, which was dedicated to the unique Vorontsovskoe gold deposit in the Northern Urals. This seems like a significant amount, but I am confident there is more to come. I hope our papers will continue to be published in Mineralogy and the readers can look forward to new exciting issues».

Anatoly V. Kasatkin – author and coauthor of the discovery of more than 110 new mineral species, Leading Researcher at the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia)

Mineralogy strives to publish papers quickly, but relatively fast publication is supported by careful reviews of leading experts and rigorous scientific editing of author’s materials.

«I publish in Mineralogy, because this is one of the leading Russian mineralogical journals, which is regularly reviewed by both Russian and international mineralogists. As a grant holder from the Russian Science Foundation, it is important to publish not only in reputable journals but also quickly. Mineralogy fully meets these criteria. Furthermore, “fast” publications here are based on multi-level reviews by qualified specialists allowing for the improvement of quality of the manuscripts».

Yury V. Erokhin – Candidate of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Yekaterinburg, Russia)

In spite of widespread digitalization of scientific content, including journal Mineralogy, the editorial team continues to adhere to the traditions of high-quality printing, which is essential for preserving scientific knowledge beyond the digital realm.

«I contacted the editors of Mineralogy for the first time with a request to publish our paper. Less than six months passed between submitting the manuscript, final editing, and publishing. The prompt preparation of the manuscript for publication, excellent layout of the paper, color photographs, high-quality printing, and friendly attitude of the editorial board members were undoubtedly captivating and gratifying. I realized I had discovered a new journal and I wanted to continue working with its editorial team».

Natalia I. Ponomareva – Candidate of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of the Earth Sciences of the St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Founder and publisher

Indexation

Russian Scientific Citation Index (RSCI) – a database, accumulating information on papers by Russian scientists, published in native and foreign titles. The RSCI project is under development since 2005 by “Electronic Scientific Library” foundation (eLibrary.ru). Two-year RSCI impact factor of the Journal including citing from all sources is 0.404.

Russian State Library is a national library of the Russian Federation and the largest public library in Russia and the second largest world library positioned in Moscow. Since January 2017, the Russian State Library started to receive electronic legal deposit copies of printed publications and dissertation theses.

CyberLeninka is a scientific electron library based on an Open Science paradigm, the main tasks of which include popularization of science and scientific activity, public control of quality of scientific publications, development of interdisciplinary studie and peer-review process, increase in citing of Russian science and creation of knowledge infrastructure.

Crossref is a nonprofit open digital infrastructure organization for the global scholarly research community. Uniquely and persistently recording and connecting knowledge through open metadata and identifiers for all research objects such as grants and articles. It is the largest digital object identifier (DOI) Registration Agency of the International DOI Foundation.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. The Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America’s largest scholarly publishers, plus scholarly books and other non-peer reviewed journals.

 

Editorial charter

Editorial charter (in Russian)