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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 3,159 58 259,799 103 13,142
2 SSRN Electronic Journal 2,904 18 1,371 86 8,150
3 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2,320 18 280 74 968
4 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2,254 52 113,899 89 10,891
5 Environmental Pollution 1,927 45 196,171 94 8,643
6 Marine Pollution Bulletin 1,820 14 162,661 112 6,459
7 Figshare 1,094 25 648 36 379
8 Chemosphere 1,064 8 77,363 81 4,996
9 Environmental Science & Technology 825 11 139,394 65 3,770
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 706 8 31,666 79 3,008
11 Water Research 604 5 70,839 59 2,851
12 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 603 17 25,246 58 3,731
13 Microplastics 505 7 2,295 71 1,345
14 Scientific Reports 456 2 41,227 71 2,096
15 Environmental Research 454 14 19,494 69 2,485
16 Sustainability 405 12 10,727 80 1,776
17 Elsevier eBooks 388 0 3,780 64 1,072
18 Toxics 361 7 7,803 60 1,900
19 Water 357 8 9,825 72 1,712
20 Frontiers in Marine Science 348 6 13,122 65 1,410
21 Research Square (Research Square) 346 3 399 73 1,701
22 Water Air & Soil Pollution 344 5 4,766 76 1,573
23 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 343 4 4,929 53 1,749
24 Journal of Environmental Management 330 3 7,877 58 1,733
25 PubMed 321 6 1,176 55 1,444
26 Polymers 313 6 9,255 61 1,361
27 Preprints.org 298 7 770 64 669
28 Chemical Engineering Journal 289 4 14,849 39 1,606
29 Aquatic Toxicology 264 3 9,739 47 1,353
30 Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 248 2 52 2 6
31 Environment International 243 3 27,407 40 1,527
32 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 239 5 4,537 61 909
33 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 213 9 3,884 53 999
34 Frontiers in Environmental Science 206 7 8,001 55 795
35 Regional Studies in Marine Science 206 3 2,407 64 958
36 Environmental Science Nano 195 0 5,443 45 1,041
37 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 194 3 1,384 31 631
38 Marine Environmental Research 175 2 12,036 57 855
39 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 170 4 3,624 56 785
40 Journal of Cleaner Production 155 1 8,000 41 814
41 Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 151 0 20 7 103
42 Journal of Water Process Engineering 150 0 3,390 45 722
43 Analytical Chemistry 150 0 4,637 41 785
44 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 147 6 10,579 44 628
45 Current World Environment 146 0 182 7 49
46 PLoS ONE 146 2 18,581 55 634
47 TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 143 3 14,464 51 649
48 Heliyon 142 4 4,791 56 619
49 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 139 5 3,361 44 772
50 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 138 4 14,883 43 665