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SCImago
Q4
SJR
0.109
CiteScore
0.2
Categories
Multidisciplinary
Areas
Multidisciplinary
Years of issue
1973-2025
journal names
New Scientist
Publications
51 640
Citations
9 117
h-index
23
Publications
13 320
Citations
4 417
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (441 citations)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (47 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (77 publications)
University College London
University College London (36 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (29 publications)
University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire (14 publications)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (11 publications)
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University (8 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (988 publications)
United Kingdom (585 publications)
Australia (122 publications)
USA (76 publications)
United Kingdom (24 publications)
Canada (10 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
441 citations, 4.84%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
86 citations, 0.94%
PLoS ONE
47 citations, 0.52%
Sustainability
43 citations, 0.47%
IEEE Access
37 citations, 0.41%
Frontiers in Psychology
33 citations, 0.36%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
31 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Language and Social Psychology
30 citations, 0.33%
Green Energy and Technology
27 citations, 0.3%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
26 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Cleaner Production
25 citations, 0.27%
Scientific Reports
25 citations, 0.27%
Energies
24 citations, 0.26%
Science of the Total Environment
21 citations, 0.23%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
19 citations, 0.21%
AIP Conference Proceedings
19 citations, 0.21%
Futures
18 citations, 0.2%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
18 citations, 0.2%
Energy Policy
18 citations, 0.2%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
18 citations, 0.2%
AI and Society
17 citations, 0.19%
Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
17 citations, 0.19%
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
16 citations, 0.18%
Conservation Biology
15 citations, 0.16%
Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology
15 citations, 0.16%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
14 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Public Health
14 citations, 0.15%
Sensors
14 citations, 0.15%
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
14 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
13 citations, 0.14%
AIMS Energy
13 citations, 0.14%
Biological Conservation
13 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
12 citations, 0.13%
Acta Astronautica
12 citations, 0.13%
Technology in Society
12 citations, 0.13%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
12 citations, 0.13%
Science and Engineering Ethics
11 citations, 0.12%
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
11 citations, 0.12%
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
11 citations, 0.12%
Vaccines
11 citations, 0.12%
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
10 citations, 0.11%
Heliyon
10 citations, 0.11%
Climatic Change
10 citations, 0.11%
Contemporary Approaches to Activity Theory
10 citations, 0.11%
European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy
9 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
9 citations, 0.1%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
9 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Medical Virology
9 citations, 0.1%
F1000Research
9 citations, 0.1%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
8 citations, 0.09%
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
8 citations, 0.09%
Studies in Computational Intelligence
8 citations, 0.09%
Science
8 citations, 0.09%
Social Sciences
8 citations, 0.09%
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
8 citations, 0.09%
Health Communication
8 citations, 0.09%
Body and Society
8 citations, 0.09%
Zygon
8 citations, 0.09%
Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities
8 citations, 0.09%
Viruses
7 citations, 0.08%
Electronics (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.08%
Biology and Philosophy
7 citations, 0.08%
E3S Web of Conferences
7 citations, 0.08%
Foundations of Physics
7 citations, 0.08%
Energy Research and Social Science
7 citations, 0.08%
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
7 citations, 0.08%
Water Research
7 citations, 0.08%
SAGE Open
7 citations, 0.08%
Forensic Science International: Genetics
7 citations, 0.08%
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
7 citations, 0.08%
Environmental Science & Technology
7 citations, 0.08%
Public Relations Review
7 citations, 0.08%
Biomedicines
7 citations, 0.08%
Synthese
7 citations, 0.08%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
7 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection
7 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
7 citations, 0.08%
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
7 citations, 0.08%
Tourism Recreation Research
6 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
6 citations, 0.07%
Environmental Science and Policy
6 citations, 0.07%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
6 citations, 0.07%
BMJ Open
6 citations, 0.07%
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
6 citations, 0.07%
Ethics, Policy and Environment
6 citations, 0.07%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
6 citations, 0.07%
Energy Procedia
6 citations, 0.07%
IEEE Sensors Journal
6 citations, 0.07%
World Futures
6 citations, 0.07%
Information Discovery and Delivery
6 citations, 0.07%
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
6 citations, 0.07%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
6 citations, 0.07%
Climate Change Management
6 citations, 0.07%
Sustainable Development
6 citations, 0.07%
Multimedia Tools and Applications
6 citations, 0.07%
Energy
6 citations, 0.07%
Behavior Research Methods
6 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
6 citations, 0.07%
Remote Sensing
6 citations, 0.07%
Earth-Science Reviews
6 citations, 0.07%
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Citing publishers

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Springer Nature
1285 citations, 14.09%
Elsevier
1177 citations, 12.91%
Wiley
653 citations, 7.16%
Taylor & Francis
604 citations, 6.62%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
439 citations, 4.82%
MDPI
388 citations, 4.26%
SAGE
340 citations, 3.73%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
312 citations, 3.42%
Cambridge University Press
183 citations, 2.01%
Frontiers Media S.A.
161 citations, 1.77%
IGI Global
141 citations, 1.55%
Emerald
133 citations, 1.46%
Oxford University Press
102 citations, 1.12%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
87 citations, 0.95%
IOP Publishing
64 citations, 0.7%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
62 citations, 0.68%
Duke University Press
56 citations, 0.61%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
53 citations, 0.58%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
43 citations, 0.47%
Walter de Gruyter
42 citations, 0.46%
Scientific Research Publishing
38 citations, 0.42%
Hindawi Limited
36 citations, 0.39%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
31 citations, 0.34%
AIP Publishing
30 citations, 0.33%
BMJ
30 citations, 0.33%
JMIR Publications
30 citations, 0.33%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
29 citations, 0.32%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
27 citations, 0.3%
The Royal Society
27 citations, 0.3%
EDP Sciences
24 citations, 0.26%
University of Chicago Press
22 citations, 0.24%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
21 citations, 0.23%
American Psychological Association (APA)
21 citations, 0.23%
Mary Ann Liebert
19 citations, 0.21%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
18 citations, 0.2%
World Scientific
15 citations, 0.16%
Trans Tech Publications
15 citations, 0.16%
Annual Reviews
15 citations, 0.16%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
14 citations, 0.15%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
14 citations, 0.15%
OpenEdition
14 citations, 0.15%
Mark Allen Group
13 citations, 0.14%
F1000 Research
13 citations, 0.14%
Thomas Telford
12 citations, 0.13%
American Physical Society (APS)
10 citations, 0.11%
Copernicus
10 citations, 0.11%
Pleiades Publishing
9 citations, 0.1%
Associazone culturale Pragma
9 citations, 0.1%
9 citations, 0.1%
IntechOpen
9 citations, 0.1%
American Geophysical Union
8 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
8 citations, 0.09%
SciELO
8 citations, 0.09%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
8 citations, 0.09%
IOS Press
7 citations, 0.08%
Consortium Erudit
7 citations, 0.08%
American Society for Microbiology
6 citations, 0.07%
MIT Press
6 citations, 0.07%
SAE International
6 citations, 0.07%
Brill
5 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.05%
Fuji Technology Press
5 citations, 0.05%
Forensic Science Society
5 citations, 0.05%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
5 citations, 0.05%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
5 citations, 0.05%
Beilstein-Institut
5 citations, 0.05%
American Astronomical Society
5 citations, 0.05%
Geological Society of London
5 citations, 0.05%
British Psychological Society
5 citations, 0.05%
Equinox Publishing
5 citations, 0.05%
Hans Publishers
5 citations, 0.05%
University of Illinois Press
4 citations, 0.04%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
4 citations, 0.04%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
4 citations, 0.04%
Eco-Vector LLC
4 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Management
4 citations, 0.04%
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.04%
University Pub. Group
4 citations, 0.04%
Canadian Science Publishing
4 citations, 0.04%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
4 citations, 0.04%
European Molecular Biology Organization
4 citations, 0.04%
American Marketing Association
3 citations, 0.03%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
3 citations, 0.03%
Optica Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
3 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
3 citations, 0.03%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
3 citations, 0.03%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
3 citations, 0.03%
Science in China Press
3 citations, 0.03%
Medknow
3 citations, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.03%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
3 citations, 0.03%
The Japan Society of Polymer Processing
3 citations, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
3 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
3 citations, 0.03%
PAGEPress Publications
3 citations, 0.03%
Baishideng Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.03%
CAIRN
3 citations, 0.03%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
3 citations, 0.03%
RCNi
3 citations, 0.03%
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University of Oxford
77 publications, 0.15%
University College London
36 publications, 0.07%
University of Cambridge
29 publications, 0.06%
Imperial College London
23 publications, 0.04%
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
21 publications, 0.04%
Harvard University
18 publications, 0.03%
University of Manchester
16 publications, 0.03%
Arizona State University
16 publications, 0.03%
University of New Hampshire
16 publications, 0.03%
Princeton University
12 publications, 0.02%
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
11 publications, 0.02%
University of Edinburgh
11 publications, 0.02%
University of Sydney
11 publications, 0.02%
Sheffield Hallam University
11 publications, 0.02%
University of Bristol
10 publications, 0.02%
University of Reading
10 publications, 0.02%
Columbia University
9 publications, 0.02%
University of Warwick
8 publications, 0.02%
King's College London
8 publications, 0.02%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8 publications, 0.02%
Stanford University
8 publications, 0.02%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
8 publications, 0.02%
Aston University
7 publications, 0.01%
Duke University
7 publications, 0.01%
University of California, San Diego
7 publications, 0.01%
University of Sheffield
7 publications, 0.01%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.01%
Durham University
6 publications, 0.01%
London School of Economics and Political Science
6 publications, 0.01%
National University of Singapore
6 publications, 0.01%
California Institute of Technology
6 publications, 0.01%
North Carolina State University
6 publications, 0.01%
New York University
6 publications, 0.01%
Cardiff University
6 publications, 0.01%
Birkbeck, University of London
6 publications, 0.01%
Tel Aviv University
5 publications, 0.01%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Glasgow
5 publications, 0.01%
University of California, Berkeley
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Washington
5 publications, 0.01%
Newcastle University
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Chicago
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Leeds
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Colorado Boulder
5 publications, 0.01%
University of Hertfordshire
5 publications, 0.01%
Ege University
4 publications, 0.01%
Queen Mary University of London
4 publications, 0.01%
Yale University
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 0.01%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.01%
American Museum of Natural History
4 publications, 0.01%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Vienna
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Exeter
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Surrey
4 publications, 0.01%
University of Bath
4 publications, 0.01%
Meteorological Office
4 publications, 0.01%
Bentley University
4 publications, 0.01%
Watson Research Center
4 publications, 0.01%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.01%
Liverpool John Moores University
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Southampton
3 publications, 0.01%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.01%
Macquarie University
3 publications, 0.01%
Case Western Reserve University
3 publications, 0.01%
Tufts University
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
3 publications, 0.01%
Royal Philips
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Leicester
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Sussex
3 publications, 0.01%
Goldsmiths University of London
3 publications, 0.01%
University of Oregon
3 publications, 0.01%
Aix-Marseille University
2 publications, 0%
Stockholm University
2 publications, 0%
University Hospital of Zürich
2 publications, 0%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0%
University of Liverpool
2 publications, 0%
Royal Holloway University of London
2 publications, 0%
Stony Brook University
2 publications, 0%
Loughborough University
2 publications, 0%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0%
Georgia Institute of technology
2 publications, 0%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0%
School for Advanced Studies Lucca
2 publications, 0%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0%
Monash University
2 publications, 0%
University of Tasmania
2 publications, 0%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0%
Boston University
2 publications, 0%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0%
American University
2 publications, 0%
Colorado State University
2 publications, 0%
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
2 publications, 0%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0%
Aberystwyth University
2 publications, 0%
University of Aberdeen
2 publications, 0%
New Jersey Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of New Hampshire
14 publications, 0.11%
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
11 publications, 0.08%
Sheffield Hallam University
8 publications, 0.06%
University College London
4 publications, 0.03%
University of Oxford
3 publications, 0.02%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.02%
Macquarie University
2 publications, 0.02%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.02%
Alan Turing Institute
2 publications, 0.02%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.01%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.01%
Liverpool John Moores University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Bergen
1 publication, 0.01%
William Marsh Rice University
1 publication, 0.01%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.01%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.01%
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
1 publication, 0.01%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.01%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.01%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.01%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.01%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.01%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.01%
Swansea University
1 publication, 0.01%
Leiden University
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Sheffield
1 publication, 0.01%
Wellcome Sanger Institute
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
1 publication, 0.01%
University of Bath
1 publication, 0.01%
Birkbeck, University of London
1 publication, 0.01%
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USA, 988, 1.91%
USA
988 publications, 1.91%
United Kingdom, 585, 1.13%
United Kingdom
585 publications, 1.13%
Australia, 122, 0.24%
Australia
122 publications, 0.24%
Canada, 104, 0.2%
Canada
104 publications, 0.2%
Panama, 42, 0.08%
Panama
42 publications, 0.08%
Italy, 32, 0.06%
Italy
32 publications, 0.06%
Belgium, 25, 0.05%
Belgium
25 publications, 0.05%
Sweden, 22, 0.04%
Sweden
22 publications, 0.04%
Switzerland, 20, 0.04%
Switzerland
20 publications, 0.04%
Netherlands, 18, 0.03%
Netherlands
18 publications, 0.03%
Germany, 15, 0.03%
Germany
15 publications, 0.03%
France, 13, 0.03%
France
13 publications, 0.03%
Israel, 11, 0.02%
Israel
11 publications, 0.02%
Morocco, 10, 0.02%
Morocco
10 publications, 0.02%
Turkey, 10, 0.02%
Turkey
10 publications, 0.02%
Austria, 8, 0.02%
Austria
8 publications, 0.02%
Ireland, 7, 0.01%
Ireland
7 publications, 0.01%
Mexico, 7, 0.01%
Mexico
7 publications, 0.01%
Norway, 7, 0.01%
Norway
7 publications, 0.01%
Singapore, 6, 0.01%
Singapore
6 publications, 0.01%
China, 5, 0.01%
China
5 publications, 0.01%
Brazil, 5, 0.01%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.01%
India, 5, 0.01%
India
5 publications, 0.01%
New Zealand, 5, 0.01%
New Zealand
5 publications, 0.01%
Uganda, 5, 0.01%
Uganda
5 publications, 0.01%
South Africa, 5, 0.01%
South Africa
5 publications, 0.01%
Slovenia, 4, 0.01%
Slovenia
4 publications, 0.01%
Greece, 3, 0.01%
Greece
3 publications, 0.01%
Kenya, 3, 0.01%
Kenya
3 publications, 0.01%
Republic of Korea, 3, 0.01%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 0.01%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.01%
Czech Republic
3 publications, 0.01%
Vietnam, 2, 0%
Vietnam
2 publications, 0%
Denmark, 2, 0%
Denmark
2 publications, 0%
Spain, 2, 0%
Spain
2 publications, 0%
Liberia, 2, 0%
Liberia
2 publications, 0%
Portugal, 1, 0%
Portugal
1 publication, 0%
Argentina, 1, 0%
Argentina
1 publication, 0%
Bulgaria, 1, 0%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0%
Iceland, 1, 0%
Iceland
1 publication, 0%
Malawi, 1, 0%
Malawi
1 publication, 0%
Pakistan, 1, 0%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0%
Poland, 1, 0%
Poland
1 publication, 0%
Syria, 1, 0%
Syria
1 publication, 0%
Finland, 1, 0%
Finland
1 publication, 0%
Japan, 1, 0%
Japan
1 publication, 0%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 76, 0.57%
USA
76 publications, 0.57%
United Kingdom, 24, 0.18%
United Kingdom
24 publications, 0.18%
Canada, 10, 0.08%
Canada
10 publications, 0.08%
Ireland, 4, 0.03%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.03%
Australia, 3, 0.02%
Australia
3 publications, 0.02%
Morocco, 3, 0.02%
Morocco
3 publications, 0.02%
Italy, 2, 0.02%
Italy
2 publications, 0.02%
Panama, 2, 0.02%
Panama
2 publications, 0.02%
Sweden, 2, 0.02%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.02%
Pakistan, 1, 0.01%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.01%
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