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
201 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH 36 2 453 25 180
202 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 36 0 292 5 227
203 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 36 1 3,796 20 215
204 Small 36 0 669 19 240
205 Food Control 35 0 644 25 176
206 Archives of Toxicology 35 2 1,259 18 162
207 OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University) 35 0 0 0 0
208 Nature 35 0 2,365 15 72
209 UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 35 0 37 5 96
210 Ocean Science Journal 34 0 256 24 164
211 International Journal of Environmental Research 34 0 1,002 23 151
212 iScience 34 0 1,049 22 200
213 bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 34 0 0 21 261
214 Circulation 34 0 317 8 50
215 Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) 34 0 870 6 64
216 ACS symposium series 33 0 84 18 137
217 TSpace 33 0 6 1 11
218 Agriculture 33 3 527 12 198
219 Advanced Sustainable Systems 33 0 716 24 170
220 Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) 33 0 6 4 8
221 Fishes 32 0 401 24 179
222 Food Bioscience 32 0 203 17 174
223 Environmental Chemistry 32 0 5,965 18 75
224 Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 32 0 172 11 49
225 Recycling 32 0 1,127 33 134
226 Reproductive Toxicology 32 2 288 8 147
227 Results in Engineering 32 1 158 19 147
228 ACS Applied Polymer Materials 31 0 268 18 156
229 Frontiers in Public Health 31 4 458 17 152
230 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 31 0 1,149 14 205
231 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 31 1 1,421 16 148
232 Fish & Shellfish Immunology 31 0 1,462 11 165
233 Resources Conservation and Recycling 31 1 1,613 14 132
234 Green Analytical Chemistry 31 0 598 22 150
235 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability 30 1 354 19 117
236 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 30 0 282 24 129
237 Materials Today Communications 30 0 186 28 170
238 Energies 30 0 409 13 119
239 Western CEDAR (Western Washington University) 30 0 6 0 0
240 Environmental Microbiology 30 0 1,487 17 173
241 Cleaner Water 29 1 83 21 155
242 Global Change Biology 29 4 4,187 25 174
243 Theoretical and Natural Science 29 0 11 6 19
244 ScholarSpace - JCCC (Johnson County Community College) 29 0 0 1 34
245 Catalysts 29 0 1,040 28 141
246 Environmental Challenges 29 3 845 25 95
247 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 29 0 370 20 137
248 Remote Sensing 29 0 1,425 22 111
249 Antioxidants 29 0 391 16 178
250 Advanced Functional Materials 29 0 606 15 193