Open Access
Open access

Molecules

MDPI
MDPI
ISSN: 14203049
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
4.2
SJR
0.744
CiteScore
7.4
Categories
Analytical Chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Pharmaceutical Science
Drug Discovery
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Organic Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Molecular Medicine
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Medicine
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Years of issue
1996-2025
journal names
Molecules
Publications
58 120
Citations
1 085 382
h-index
251
Publications
37 457
Citations
871 641
Top-3 citing journals
Molecules
Molecules (63328 citations)
Foods
Foods (11580 citations)
Top-3 organizations
King Saud University
King Saud University (1099 publications)
University Putra Malaysia
University Putra Malaysia (466 publications)
King Saud University
King Saud University (788 publications)
University of Porto
University of Porto (269 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (17599 publications)
USA (4871 publications)
Poland (4556 publications)
China (10763 publications)
Poland (3502 publications)
Italy (3108 publications)

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Molecules
63328 citations, 5.83%
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Elsevier
291863 citations, 26.89%
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234073 citations, 21.57%
Springer Nature
124261 citations, 11.45%
Wiley
93377 citations, 8.6%
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50638 citations, 4.67%
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46458 citations, 4.28%
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39542 citations, 3.64%
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34177 citations, 3.15%
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14447 citations, 1.33%
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11612 citations, 1.07%
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6324 citations, 0.58%
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6066 citations, 0.56%
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5038 citations, 0.46%
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4956 citations, 0.46%
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4794 citations, 0.44%
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4611 citations, 0.42%
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4269 citations, 0.39%
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3701 citations, 0.34%
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3449 citations, 0.32%
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3061 citations, 0.28%
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2796 citations, 0.26%
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2795 citations, 0.26%
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2748 citations, 0.25%
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2090 citations, 0.19%
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1941 citations, 0.18%
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1507 citations, 0.14%
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