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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 3,182 60 259,890 104 13,233
2 Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 3,169 46 280 85 1,437
3 SSRN Electronic Journal 2,914 18 1,373 86 8,169
4 Journal of Hazardous Materials 2,432 56 113,906 90 11,943
5 Environmental Pollution 2,040 51 196,173 96 9,227
6 Marine Pollution Bulletin 1,924 15 162,665 113 6,901
7 Figshare 1,409 39 648 36 430
8 Chemosphere 1,081 9 77,363 82 5,102
9 Environmental Science & Technology 910 14 139,399 73 4,224
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 732 11 31,670 80 3,129
11 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 653 17 25,249 59 4,028
12 Water Research 649 5 70,845 61 3,114
13 Microplastics 595 13 2,296 76 1,752
14 Scientific Reports 512 3 41,264 79 2,403
15 Environmental Research 496 17 19,497 73 2,721
16 Sustainability 430 13 10,728 82 1,882
17 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 423 4 4,933 59 2,170
18 Toxics 419 10 8,447 63 2,195
19 Water Air & Soil Pollution 391 6 4,766 78 1,809
20 Elsevier eBooks 390 0 3,780 64 1,080
21 Water 379 9 9,825 74 1,813
22 Frontiers in Marine Science 368 6 13,122 71 1,504
23 Journal of Environmental Management 355 5 7,879 59 1,887
24 Research Square (Research Square) 346 3 399 73 1,701
25 PubMed 339 7 1,178 56 1,542
26 Preprints.org 335 9 770 64 669
27 Polymers 325 6 9,305 62 1,402
28 Chemical Engineering Journal 325 4 14,866 42 1,822
29 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 286 7 4,537 68 1,126
30 Aquatic Toxicology 283 3 9,739 48 1,476
31 Environment International 261 3 27,407 41 1,656
32 Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 248 2 52 2 6
33 Microplastics and Nanoplastics 238 9 3,887 56 1,111
34 Regional Studies in Marine Science 237 3 2,435 66 1,111
35 Frontiers in Environmental Science 220 7 8,010 61 875
36 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 214 6 3,624 59 1,035
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 194 2 12,036 59 966
40 Journal of Water Process Engineering 179 0 3,392 47 864
41 Analytical Chemistry 174 0 4,712 43 930
42 Mendeley Data 167 8 134 28 206
43 Journal of Cleaner Production 166 1 8,031 41 882
44 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 165 6 10,580 45 706
45 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 158 5 3,362 46 863
46 PLoS ONE 152 2 18,581 55 657
47 Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 151 0 20 7 103
48 TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 147 3 14,464 52 664
49 Current World Environment 146 0 182 7 49
50 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 146 1 4,077 43 632