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
151 Science Advances 52 0 7,212 23 204
152 Frontiers in Toxicology 51 3 1,292 31 272
153 Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling 51 0 335 18 61
154 Gondwana Research 51 0 1,660 11 282
155 Langmuir 50 0 557 21 227
156 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 50 1 9,484 25 234
157 Environment & Health 49 0 939 27 322
158 Journal of Hazardous Materials Plastics 49 4 13 31 249
159 BIO Web of Conferences 49 4 78 18 206
160 PeerJ 48 1 1,381 26 172
161 Advanced Science 48 0 1,316 18 354
162 AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 47 0 8 1 1
163 Nature Geoscience 47 0 4,105 24 173
164 Particle and Fibre Toxicology 47 1 4,084 21 315
165 AIP conference proceedings 46 0 136 13 126
166 Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) 46 0 207 0 0
167 Environmental Science Advances 46 1 746 21 227
168 Environmental Research Letters 46 2 4,876 33 192
169 Plants 46 2 718 18 261
170 Journal of Applied Toxicology 46 2 711 25 231
171 Plant Diversity 46 0 774 29 287
172 Lecture notes in civil engineering 46 0 79 13 123
173 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany 46 0 688 38 236
174 Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health 45 0 3,599 26 166
175 Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 45 2 49 7 27
176 European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine 44 0 3 2 3
177 Ecological Indicators 44 1 2,267 28 204
178 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 44 3 358 24 188
179 Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics 44 1 576 25 113
180 Biology 44 0 611 22 228
181 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 44 0 1,609 22 232
182 Polymer Degradation and Stability 43 0 1,341 26 168
183 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 43 0 4,572 26 158
184 Environmental Toxicology 43 1 1,106 24 285
185 Communications Earth & Environment 42 0 1,504 31 249
186 Food Research International 42 0 501 24 227
187 Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 41 0 357 16 219
188 Journal of Applied Polymer Science 41 0 234 19 189
189 Land Degradation and Development 41 3 355 20 239
190 Journal of Physics Conference Series 41 0 310 15 119
191 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 39 0 192 16 133
192 Sensors 39 0 555 22 155
193 Analytica Chimica Acta 39 0 1,803 14 167
194 theses.fr (ABES) 38 0 13 2 2
195 Science 38 0 9,579 15 56
196 KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) 38 0 536 2 11
197 Discover Environment 37 2 186 21 161
198 Hydrobiologia 37 0 50 20 137
199 Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) 37 0 105 3 7
200 Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 36 0 338 13 201