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Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2773-0506Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytical Chemistry | 95 / 160 | 40th | Q3 |
| Toxicology | 88 / 131 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.7.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals is Q3 in Analytical Chemistry (rank 95 of 160) and Q3 in Toxicology (rank 88 of 131), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.702, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 10.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,910 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2773-0506.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 4.37 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #45 of 154 Scopus journals in Analytical Chemistry.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals published 65 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 94. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 89 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Nigeria (22.8%), India (19.3%) and Bangladesh (11.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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