Clays and Clay Minerals
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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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CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MINERALOGY
SOIL SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MINERALOGY
SOIL SCIENCE
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisClays and Clay Minerals (acronym: clay, abbr: CLAYS CLAY MINER, ISSN: 0009-8604) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Geosciences, published by Springer International Publishing in United States since 1952. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.80, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.510 (Q2), an H-index of 105.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Bimonthly, an annual output of approximately 52 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,822 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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