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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 3,171 58 259,890 104 13,198
2 SSRN Electronic Journal 2,914 18 1,373 86 8,169
3 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2,884 37 280 81 1,293
4 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2,373 54 113,906 89 11,609
5 Environmental Pollution 2,003 49 196,173 95 9,051
6 Marine Pollution Bulletin 1,892 15 162,665 113 6,773
7 Figshare 1,345 35 648 36 425
8 Chemosphere 1,080 9 77,363 82 5,100
9 Environmental Science & Technology 882 12 139,399 71 4,059
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 726 10 31,670 80 3,092
11 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 639 17 25,249 58 3,930
12 Water Research 637 5 70,845 61 3,049
13 Microplastics 569 11 2,296 75 1,636
14 Scientific Reports 500 2 41,264 78 2,358
15 Environmental Research 487 16 19,497 72 2,678
16 Sustainability 422 12 10,728 82 1,846
17 Toxics 408 10 8,447 63 2,135
18 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 405 4 4,933 56 2,067
19 Elsevier eBooks 389 0 3,780 64 1,080
20 Water 370 9 9,825 73 1,780
21 Water Air & Soil Pollution 370 5 4,766 77 1,703
22 Frontiers in Marine Science 362 6 13,122 68 1,469
23 Journal of Environmental Management 348 4 7,879 59 1,840
24 Research Square (Research Square) 346 3 399 73 1,701
25 PubMed 338 7 1,178 56 1,537
26 Preprints.org 322 8 770 64 669
27 Polymers 322 6 9,305 62 1,394
28 Chemical Engineering Journal 317 4 14,866 42 1,786
29 Aquatic Toxicology 276 3 9,739 48 1,417
30 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 268 6 4,537 65 1,046
31 Environment International 257 3 27,407 40 1,616
32 Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 248 2 52 2 6
33 Regional Studies in Marine Science 230 3 2,435 64 1,072
34 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 227 9 3,887 53 1,052
35 Frontiers in Environmental Science 214 7 8,010 59 838
36 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 208 5 3,624 59 994
37 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 204 3 1,384 34 671
38 Environmental Science Nano 195 0 5,443 45 1,041
39 Marine Environmental Research 189 2 12,036 57 946
40 Journal of Water Process Engineering 167 0 3,392 45 793
41 Analytical Chemistry 165 0 4,712 43 869
42 Journal of Cleaner Production 164 1 8,031 41 873
43 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 161 6 10,580 45 692
44 Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 151 0 20 7 103
45 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 151 5 3,362 45 836
46 PLoS ONE 150 2 18,581 55 644
47 TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 146 3 14,464 52 662
48 Current World Environment 146 0 182 7 49
49 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 144 1 4,077 43 628
50 Heliyon 142 4 4,791 56 619