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Journal Rankings

Journals ranked by microplastic research output — total papers, top-tier evidence, and citation impact.

Papers with more than 50 co-authors are excluded. How rankings work →

Rank Journal Papers Tier 1 Citations Countries Authors
1 The Science of The Total Environment 3,250 61 266,323 105 13,704
2 SSRN Electronic Journal 2,713 20 1,411 85 7,856
3 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2,275 53 114,990 89 11,030
4 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 1,981 18 364 66 771
5 Environmental Pollution 1,941 46 197,084 93 8,705
6 Marine Pollution Bulletin 1,823 14 163,862 110 6,545
7 Chemosphere 1,091 8 78,145 81 5,192
8 Figshare 922 25 93 25 166
9 Environmental Science & Technology 842 11 140,454 67 3,894
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 812 8 36,617 86 3,475
11 Sustainability 769 21 18,263 90 3,229
12 Scientific Reports 762 4 48,072 83 3,630
13 Water 669 13 15,692 85 3,098
14 Research Square (Research Square) 602 12 580 87 3,178
15 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 601 17 25,483 57 3,737
16 Water Research 601 5 71,726 58 2,844
17 Polymers 584 8 17,139 69 2,508
18 Frontiers in Marine Science 550 9 20,116 78 2,751
19 Preprints.org 492 8 1,408 75 1,266
20 Environmental Research 453 14 19,603 69 2,491
21 Toxics 452 9 9,156 64 2,229
22 Elsevier eBooks 425 0 4,514 71 1,203
23 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 377 6 5,504 59 1,921
24 Water Air & Soil Pollution 360 6 5,872 79 1,657
25 Microplastics 341 7 2,253 66 1,230
26 Journal of Environmental Management 340 4 8,866 60 1,788
27 Chemical Engineering Journal 334 5 16,008 40 1,888
28 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 321 7 7,714 55 1,706
29 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 287 11 18,689 59 1,411
30 Aquatic Toxicology 267 3 9,856 47 1,363
31 Frontiers in Environmental Science 266 7 9,678 67 1,100
32 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 262 5 4,903 70 1,028
33 Environment International 254 3 28,088 45 1,598
34 Molecules 244 1 5,643 59 1,267
35 Applied Sciences 241 9 4,399 57 977
36 Materials 239 1 5,811 51 998
37 Frontiers in Microbiology 231 3 11,133 50 1,263
38 PubMed 224 6 780 21 991
39 PLoS ONE 222 3 20,856 64 1,056
40 Environmental Science Nano 216 2 6,053 49 1,154
41 Regional Studies in Marine Science 203 4 2,461 62 925
42 Nanomaterials 197 3 6,779 54 982
43 Journal of Cleaner Production 184 1 9,925 52 991
44 Marine Environmental Research 178 2 12,166 58 866
45 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 174 9 3,915 45 804
46 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 172 4 3,657 57 791
47 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 166 3 1,297 29 553
48 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 166 1 2,683 47 590
49 Journal of Water Process Engineering 166 0 3,679 49 812
50 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 165 7 10,982 53 769