American Mineralogist Information for Authors
American Mineralogist is an international journal that publishes mineralogical papers of broad interest to the geoscience and materials science community. Manuscripts whose implications are of only regional interest or those that do not have a significant, broad scientific impact on the readership will not be accepted for publication by American Mineralogist. In your cover letter, authors must explain the importance of their research, and why their results would be of interest to an international audience.
These guidelines explain the American Mineralogist publication procedures, standardized units, and style in brief. We have organized the information in helpful sections to make reference easier. A brief overview of the submission guidelines can be found on the inside back cover of each issue, highlighting recent changes. Remember editors, reviewers, and associate editors are all volunteers and vital to maintaining our standards of quality; therefore, make the most of their time and yours by following these instructions. Failure to adhere to these guidelines may delay submission, review, or production of your paper. For more information on Am Min’s Scope & Mission, click here.
Submit manuscripts to our online submission site (OSS). Note that updating your contact info on this website does not "transfer" to the MSA membership database (contact the MSA Business Office to update your info).
Submissions that are accepted must not be already published online on any preprint archive, unless the authors are willing and intend for the paper to be Open Access. Click here if open access/open archive is desired or needed. All Open Access/Archive fees must be paid before publication, at the proof stage.
MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
Feature Descriptions
File type Word .doc(x) or rich text format .rtf preferred*
Express option: PDF (first round submission only, include line numbers#)
Line spacing Double spaced throughout
Font Times New Roman (or similar) 12-point type
Page size US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches)
Page numbers Yes
Line numbers Not required (added automatically by the peer review system)
* Note: Although LaTex or Tex files can be uploaded to the peer review system, accepted manuscripts must be provided as doc(x) or .rtf files. Likewise, WordPerfect format files are not permitted.
# Express option: want to upload just one file? You can insert tables and figures at the end of the text in a .doc or .rtf file and thus upload just one Article File. But if accepted (or on revision), then each image must be supplied upon request as a proper high-resolution figure file. (A whole PDF could be uploaded as well, but unless you put line numbers on it, it will not have line numbers. Please do try to include line numbers.)
The parts of the manuscript should appear in this order:
Title
Word Count
Authors and affiliations
Abstract and keywords
Body of paper with...
Implications section (required)
Acknowledgments, if desired
References cited list
List of figure captions
Appendix text (if any), Footnote, Deposit Items (text)
Tables
Figures
Titles should be concise, but descriptive and indicate the basic importance of the paper.
Word Count: Above the title to the right or left, please put your word count, e.g. "Word Count: 7899". If near or over 10,000 words please explain the need in the cover letter.
Author list: To facilitate web discoverability and protect authorship, it is generally recommended that authors spell out first names rather than use initials only-- unless for some reason you are known and established in the literature by your initials.
Affiliations: Please give complete addresses, including postal codes. Add a footnote for authors who have moved (to give a Present address).
Abstract guidelines: Should be 250-800 words (max!); concise; capture broad interest; indicate why results are significant; indicate suitability to an international audience; include important numbers/ranges; followed by list of keywords. Cut and paste your full abstract on OSS. More information here.
You want to entice people who skim abstracts to click on your paper. These are the basic components of a good abstract (adjust these to fit your paper):
Motivation/problem statement: Why do we care about the problem? What practical, scientific, theoretical or other gap is your research filling?
Methods/procedure/approach: What did you actually do to get your results?
Results/findings/product: As a result of completing the above procedure, what did you learn?
(1) Conclusion/Implications: What are the larger implications of your findings, especially for the problem/gap identified in 1 above?
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