Elements

What Elements does

Elements is a peer-reviewed international scientific magazine focused on mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology, publishing six thematic issues per year since its founding in 2005. Each issue is guest-edited by leading domain experts and delivers broad overviews of a specific topic (e.g., Quartz, Diamonds, Raman Spectroscopy, Stromatolites) rather than narrow original-research papers, positioning it between specialty journals and general-interest science publications. The magazine is co-published by a consortium of more than 20 international scientific societies, including the Mineralogical Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Clay Minerals Society, the Geochemical Society, the European Association of Geochemistry, and the International Association of GeoChemistry, among others.

The core product is a bimonthly thematic issue pack containing peer-reviewed articles, editorial content, society news, book reviews, and supplementary materials, with an archive spanning Volumes 1 through 22. Distribution is global and rides on the membership infrastructure of the participating societies, supplemented by direct sales through a dedicated online store (store.elementsmagazine.org) and back-issue fulfillment via the Mineralogical Society of America. Revenue is generated through annual subscriptions, individual issue purchases, and PDF downloads, with pricing managed through participating societies rather than public rate cards.

The organization operates as a nonprofit consortium with 1-10 employees, no venture or equity funding, and no public revenue disclosure. The technology stack is a standard WordPress-based publishing platform with social media presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X/Twitter. As of mid-2026 the magazine is actively publishing (Volume 22, Number 3 on Quartz), with growing emphasis on direct e-commerce and advertising surfaces as incremental monetization layers.

Name

Elements

Legal name

Elements

Website

https://elementsmagazine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Elements is a nonprofit, peer-reviewed international magazine publishing six thematic issues per year on mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology, co-published by 20+ scientific societies and serving academic researchers, students, and industry professionals worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Journal Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAEAL

Science, Technology & Gaming Magazines

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Magazine Publishing (Consumer & B2B/Trade Magazines)

Keywords

• Scientific journal publishing
• Earth science publications
• Mineralogy magazine
• Geochemistry journals
• Peer-reviewed periodicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Richland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions providing 6 issues per year of the thematic scientific journal
2. Single Issue Sales: Individual issue purchases available through the online store and MSA backissues
3. Digital Downloads: PDF downloads of individual articles and full issues available for purchase/download

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elements publishes a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific magazine covering mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology, releasing six thematic issues per year with review articles, editorials, society news, book reviews, and supplemental materials. The magazine is co-published by a consortium of more than 20 international mineralogical and geochemical societies and sold through recurring subscriptions, individual issue sales, and PDF downloads via its own online store.

Product overview

Elements is a single scientific magazine product published bimonthly as a collaborative effort among international mineralogy and geochemistry societies. The magazine publishes thematic issues focused on specific topics within mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology, each containing peer-reviewed articles, editorial content, society news, book reviews, and supplemental research materials. The publication has been producing issues since 2005, with archives spanning Volumes 1-21+ covering topics such as Quartz, Stromatolites, Hydrogen in the Deep Earth, Diamonds, Raman Spectroscopy, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Elements Magazine International peer-reviewed scientific magazine publishing bimonthly thematic issues on mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology, with articles, editorial content, society news, book reviews, and supplemental materials for academic researchers, students, and industry professionals.
• Elements Online Store (Single Issue and PDF Sales) Direct-to-customer online store offering individual magazine issues and PDF downloads of articles and full issues for readers who are not society members or who want specific back issues.
• Elements Annual Subscription Annual subscription providing six thematic issues per year of Elements Magazine, managed through participating mineralogical and geochemical societies and available with institutional digital access through GeoScienceWorld.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary co-publisher and founding society partner for Elements Magazine, providing distribution to MSA members and backissue fulfillment services through their website.
• Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (MSUKI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner distributing Elements Magazine to UK and Irish members in mineralogy and geochemistry.
• Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner distributing Elements Magazine to Canadian members.
• Clay Minerals Society (CMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner in the consortium.
• Geochemical Society (GS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner distributing Elements to geochemistry researchers worldwide.
• European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner representing European geochemists.
• International Association of GeoChemistry (IAGC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing international organization partner.
• Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie (SFMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench society partner in the co-publishing consortium.
• Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing society partner focusing on applied geochemistry.
• Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman mineralogical society partner in the consortium.
• Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian society partner for mineralogy and petrology.
• International Association of Geoanalysts (IAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization partner for geoanalytical sciences.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne (PTMin)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolish mineralogical society partner.
• Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (SEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish mineralogical society partner.
• Swiss Geological Society (SGG-SGS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss geological society partner in the consortium.
• Meteoritical Society (Met Soc)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational meteoritics society partner.
• Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences (JAMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJapanese mineralogical sciences association partner.
• International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization partner focused on ore deposit genesis.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Journal of Petrology: Oxford University Press-published journal dedicated to petrology and related geochemistry; directly comparable as a high-impact society/journal outlet competing for the same petrology author and reader base.
• Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: Springer-published journal covering igneous and metamorphic petrology and related geochemistry; comparable as a core technical periodical that competes for the same author and reader pool as Elements' petrology content.
• American Mineralogist: Long-running peer-reviewed journal in mineralogy and crystallography published by the Mineralogical Society of America; directly comparable as a society-published periodical in the same scientific niche Elements serves.
• Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Premier geochemistry journal published jointly by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (both Elements partners); directly comparable as the leading society-backed periodical in geochemistry.
• EARTH Magazine (formerly Geotimes): AGI-published magazine covering earth science news, research, and education; directly comparable as a society-affiliated popular geoscience magazine targeting both professionals and informed lay readers.
• Geology Today: Wiley-published magazine aimed at delivering accessible geoscience content to a broad earth-science audience; comparable as a themed/popular scientific magazine serving a similar educational function to Elements.
• Mineralogical Magazine: Peer-reviewed journal of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland covering mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry; a direct peer as a society-published periodical with overlapping scope and editorial mission.

Others

• Geoscience World: Aggregated research platform hosted by GeoScience World that indexes Elements alongside other society journals; comparable as the digital distribution and discovery infrastructure through which Elements reaches institutional subscribers.

Broad incumbents

• Chemical Geology: Elsevier-published broad-scope journal in isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry, and geochemistry; an incumbent commercial publisher in the same field that competes for high-impact submissions.
• Geosphere: Geological Society of America's online-only peer-reviewed journal covering all geoscience disciplines; a broader society-published periodical that overlaps with Elements' coverage of earth-science themes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Elements_Mag
• Facebookfacebook.com/elementsmagazine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elements-an-international-magazine-of-mineralogy-geochemistry-and-petrology

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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