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
51 Nature Communications 161 1 23,371 45 1,113
52 Heliyon 160 4 5,403 61 716
53 TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 159 3 16,027 54 709
54 Microorganisms 154 2 4,045 42 831
55 E3S Web of Conferences 144 1 302 37 497
56 Environments 144 6 2,754 45 581
57 Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 135 0 7,750 41 647
58 Separation and Purification Technology 133 0 3,220 35 716
59 Foods 132 3 3,245 49 683
60 ACS ES&T Water 132 2 2,035 47 639
61 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 131 1 4,052 39 584
62 Animals 129 2 2,072 38 675
63 Processes 128 0 2,304 45 564
64 Environmental Sciences Europe 127 2 8,583 46 586
65 Analytical Chemistry 127 0 4,500 32 664
66 RSC Advances 118 1 5,086 48 595
67 IntechOpen eBooks 118 0 747 32 150
68 Agronomy 111 5 1,756 25 597
69 Environmental Chemistry Letters 110 2 12,312 58 547
70 Toxicology Letters 105 1 458 35 450
71 Environmental Technology & Innovation 101 2 4,250 41 441
72 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 99 0 1,231 38 462
73 ACS Omega 98 0 2,460 45 509
74 Process Safety and Environmental Protection 98 0 2,338 33 472
75 Remote Sensing 97 1 2,663 34 444
76 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 94 0 6,412 27 316
77 Plants 91 2 1,443 33 494
78 Energies 91 1 1,520 41 399
79 Sensors 90 2 1,960 32 382
80 LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) 88 2 2 1 1
81 SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository 87 0 7 19 120
82 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 86 2 943 31 439
83 Journal of Environmental Sciences 86 3 2,119 22 586
84 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 85 3 5,096 41 462
85 Frontiers in Plant Science 85 0 3,446 30 491
86 Water Science & Technology 84 0 2,581 31 380
87 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology 84 2 1,994 28 403
88 Catalysts 82 0 1,965 39 401
89 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 81 5 1,704 49 318
90 Environmental Science & Technology Letters 80 1 7,547 24 409
91 Biology 79 2 1,514 37 406
92 Applied Soil Ecology 75 1 1,932 30 463
93 Agriculture 74 3 1,176 26 413
94 Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 73 0 2 6 100
95 ˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry 73 0 3,712 32 232
96 Journal of Ecological Engineering 73 1 715 19 180
97 NanoImpact 72 1 1,627 31 419
98 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 71 0 2,439 25 359
99 Antioxidants 71 1 1,636 22 438
100 Bioresource Technology 70 1 2,701 26 387