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 IEEE Access 35 0 874 22 180
202 Resources Conservation and Recycling 34 1 2,405 19 171
203 Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 34 0 455 14 183
204 Analytica Chimica Acta 34 0 1,798 10 152
205 Environmental Microbiology 34 0 1,797 27 222
206 Sustainable development goals series 33 0 56 25 124
207 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 33 0 1,058 27 188
208 Forests 33 1 464 18 205
209 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 33 0 3,796 20 204
210 Journal of Physics Conference Series 33 0 299 13 103
211 Journal of Hazardous Materials Plastics 33 4 13 26 183
212 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 32 1 1,431 16 155
213 Environmental Science Water Research & Technology 32 0 1,615 19 159
214 Journal of Applied Toxicology 32 1 716 17 150
215 Journal of Composites Science 32 1 702 34 147
216 iScience 32 0 1,305 17 174
217 Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 32 0 199 9 45
218 Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) 32 0 893 1 52
219 Discover Environment 32 2 301 19 132
220 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C 32 2 391 15 132
221 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 32 0 4,307 15 179
222 Biochar 32 1 1,109 16 211
223 Environment Development and Sustainability 32 1 1,384 30 136
224 Frontiers in Nutrition 32 1 862 28 203
225 Global Change Biology 32 6 4,663 36 230
226 ACS symposium series 32 0 80 17 136
227 Science Advances 32 0 10,029 22 191
228 TSpace 31 0 5 2 10
229 Cambridge University Press eBooks 31 0 105 13 25
230 Archives of Toxicology 31 1 1,494 17 153
231 Biosensors 31 0 441 16 200
232 Fish & Shellfish Immunology 31 0 1,462 11 165
233 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 30 0 1,297 16 189
234 Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) 30 4 0 1 3
235 Journal of Student Research 30 0 32 8 34
236 Biomolecules 30 0 885 21 176
237 Environmental sciences 30 1 171 13 65
238 Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology 29 1 149 13 77
239 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 29 0 410 22 115
240 Marine pollution bulletin 29 0 0 0 0
241 Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 29 2 9 1 5
242 theses.fr (ABES) 29 0 1 2 2
243 Acta Materialia 29 0 2,506 18 115
244 Advanced Functional Materials 29 0 728 12 180
245 Food Control 28 0 719 26 146
246 BioResources 28 0 386 12 103
247 Carbon Research 28 0 934 16 183
248 ArXiv.org 28 0 2 5 10
249 Results in Engineering 28 1 158 16 128
250 Frontiers in Pharmacology 28 1 762 13 162