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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
51 ACS ES&T Water 144 2 2,022 48 700
52 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 143 5 14,883 44 693
53 Heliyon 142 4 4,791 56 619
54 Applied Sciences 141 4 2,110 46 552
55 Molecules 137 0 2,483 38 610
56 Open MIND 136 14 47 18 76
57 Toxicology Letters 135 2 458 39 561
58 Separation and Purification Technology 135 0 2,672 32 724
59 Journal of Materials Science 134 0 1,759 48 670
60 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 133 0 1,383 46 596
61 Environmental Science Processes & Impacts 125 0 7,389 40 604
62 Environments 123 3 2,141 45 510
63 Frontiers in Microbiology 120 2 6,834 45 586
64 LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) 117 2 8 2 2
65 Environmental Technology & Innovation 111 2 4,033 41 512
66 Process Safety and Environmental Protection 110 0 2,288 31 544
67 E3S Web of Conferences 108 1 283 28 372
68 Bioresource Technology 107 2 2,008 35 624
69 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 107 0 1,732 40 377
70 Springer water 104 1 643 30 364
71 HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 103 0 366 12 108
72 Nanomaterials 102 2 3,745 35 496
73 Nature Communications 102 1 17,611 40 717
74 SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository 101 0 7 30 168
75 Environmental Sciences Europe 100 2 7,234 47 521
76 Journal of Environmental Sciences 99 4 2,051 24 679
77 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology 98 2 1,949 27 490
78 Environmental Chemistry Letters 97 1 9,368 54 502
79 Environmental Science & Technology Letters 95 1 7,573 29 491
80 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 95 4 5,107 44 512
81 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 94 3 897 30 459
82 Materials 92 1 2,786 39 361
83 Cambridge Prisms Plastics 89 1 475 39 370
84 Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 88 0 59 5 10
85 ACS Nano 87 4 2,727 30 608
86 Colloid & Polymer Science 85 0 1,875 50 430
87 Ecotoxicology 85 0 473 37 410
88 AMBIO 84 0 526 26 240
89 arXiv (Cornell University) 84 0 50 9 52
90 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 84 0 5,979 25 284
91 Research Square 83 4 0 43 469
92 Applied Soil Ecology 83 1 1,922 32 506
93 ACS Omega 83 0 2,008 40 387
94 npj Emerging Contaminants 79 1 667 35 518
95 Journal of Soils and Sediments 79 0 2,737 34 438
96 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 79 6 1,535 46 322
97 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 78 2 1,157 30 502
98 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 76 0 943 24 468
99 NanoImpact 75 1 1,535 30 430
100 Waste Management 75 0 2,402 32 417