Rock and Mineral Analysis (ISSN 0254-5357, CN 11-2131/TD, CODEN: YACEEK) is the only authoritative and professional academic journal of geoanalysis in China, founded in 1982 (1982-2006 quarterly, changed to bimonthly since 2007), and co-sponsored by Geological Society of China and National Research Center for Geoanalysis, under the leadership of China Association for Science and Technology and published by Science Press. The journal belongs to Core Journals of China, China Core Periodicals of Science and Technology and Chinese Double Excellent-Benefit Periodicals. Rock and Mineral Analysis has been indexed or abstracted in more than 20 kinds of comprehensive or professional index systems in China and abroad, such as Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), American Chemical Abstracts (CA), GeoRef Preview Database (GRP), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), EBSCO host, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory (UPD), Russian Abstracts Journal (AJ), Analytical Abstracts (AA), Mass Spectrometry Bulletin Supplement (MSB-S), Index of Copurnicus (IC), Japan Science and Technology Agency (Chinese Bibliographic Database) (JST China), ProQuest, A Guide to the Core Journals of China, Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citation Database (CSTPCD), Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database (CAJCED), World Journal Clout Index (WJCI) Report of Scientific and Technological Periodicals, A Report on Chinese Academic Journals Evaluation (Wuhan University Edition), WanFang Database, Hierarchical Directory of High-quality Sci-Tech Journals in Geosciences, Dictionary Open Access Journals of Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Chongqing VIP Information Co., Ltd. (CQVIP), and Chaoxing Periodicals.
According to the “Annual Report for Chinese Academic Journal Impact Factors (Natural Science) 2023” jointly issued by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and China Scientific Literature Metrology and Evaluation Research Center, the journal has an impact factor of 2.681 and an annual online download of 93,500 times, ranking in Q1 of academic influence. “Chinese S&T Journal Citation Reports (Natural Science) 2023” issued by Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) showed that the core impact factor of the journal was 2.164.