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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 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 3,456 57 285 88 1,690
2 The Science of The Total Environment 3,185 60 259,890 104 13,245
3 SSRN Electronic Journal 2,915 18 1,373 86 8,169
4 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2,466 58 113,906 90 12,123
5 Environmental Pollution 2,053 51 196,173 96 9,285
6 Marine Pollution Bulletin 1,946 17 162,665 113 6,977
7 Figshare 1,458 40 648 38 453
8 Chemosphere 1,088 9 77,363 82 5,108
9 Environmental Science & Technology 937 15 139,399 80 4,371
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 742 11 31,670 80 3,155
11 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 664 17 25,249 59 4,104
12 Water Research 661 5 70,845 61 3,164
13 Microplastics 640 13 2,296 79 1,932
14 Scientific Reports 537 5 41,264 84 2,520
15 Environmental Research 500 17 19,497 73 2,736
16 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 453 5 4,933 59 2,312
17 Sustainability 443 14 10,728 82 1,939
18 Toxics 432 13 8,447 63 2,248
19 Elsevier eBooks 426 0 3,780 70 1,158
20 Water Air & Soil Pollution 403 6 4,766 80 1,853
21 Water 395 10 9,825 76 1,890
22 Frontiers in Marine Science 379 6 13,122 78 1,562
23 Journal of Environmental Management 360 5 7,879 59 1,903
24 Preprints.org 348 9 770 64 669
25 Research Square (Research Square) 346 3 399 73 1,701
26 Chemical Engineering Journal 340 4 14,866 42 1,899
27 PubMed 339 7 1,178 56 1,542
28 Polymers 332 6 9,305 62 1,431
29 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 293 8 4,537 68 1,170
30 Aquatic Toxicology 287 4 9,739 48 1,492
31 Environment International 262 3 27,407 42 1,660
32 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 257 9 3,887 59 1,188
33 Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 248 2 52 2 6
34 Regional Studies in Marine Science 247 3 2,435 67 1,150
35 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 240 6 3,624 62 1,208
36 Frontiers in Environmental Science 225 7 8,010 61 908
37 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 204 3 1,384 34 671
38 Marine Environmental Research 197 2 12,036 59 972
39 Mendeley Data 196 16 134 30 215
40 Environmental Science Nano 195 0 5,443 45 1,041
41 Journal of Water Process Engineering 185 0 3,392 47 882
42 Analytical Chemistry 181 0 4,712 43 960
43 Journal of Cleaner Production 170 1 8,031 41 897
44 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 167 7 10,580 45 709
45 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 163 5 3,362 47 885
46 PLoS ONE 155 2 18,581 59 687
47 ACS ES&T Water 155 2 2,022 48 752
48 Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 151 0 20 7 103
49 TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 148 3 14,464 52 664
50 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 147 1 4,077 43 636