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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
5.1
SJR
1.220
CiteScore
6.8
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Microplastics

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Microplastics
106 citations, 6.13%
Science of the Total Environment
94 citations, 5.44%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
69 citations, 3.99%
Environmental Pollution
34 citations, 1.97%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
33 citations, 1.91%
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
32 citations, 1.85%
Sustainability
28 citations, 1.62%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
27 citations, 1.56%
Chemosphere
26 citations, 1.5%
Water (Switzerland)
23 citations, 1.33%
Environmental Research
21 citations, 1.22%
Polymers
17 citations, 0.98%
Toxics
17 citations, 0.98%
Molecules
15 citations, 0.87%
Journal of Environmental Management
15 citations, 0.87%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
14 citations, 0.81%
Marine Environmental Research
14 citations, 0.81%
TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
13 citations, 0.75%
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
13 citations, 0.75%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
13 citations, 0.75%
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
13 citations, 0.75%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
11 citations, 0.64%
Environmental Science & Technology
11 citations, 0.64%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
11 citations, 0.64%
Green Analytical Chemistry
11 citations, 0.64%
Heliyon
10 citations, 0.58%
Scientific Reports
9 citations, 0.52%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
9 citations, 0.52%
Microplastics and Nanoplastics
9 citations, 0.52%
Frontiers in Marine Science
8 citations, 0.46%
Environments - MDPI
8 citations, 0.46%
Waste Management and Research
8 citations, 0.46%
Aquatic Toxicology
8 citations, 0.46%
Animals
7 citations, 0.41%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
7 citations, 0.41%
Environmental Sciences Europe
7 citations, 0.41%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
7 citations, 0.41%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
6 citations, 0.35%
Environmental Quality Management
6 citations, 0.35%
Water Research
6 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
6 citations, 0.35%
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
6 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Xenobiotics
6 citations, 0.35%
Cleaner Water
6 citations, 0.35%
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies
6 citations, 0.35%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.29%
Polymer Degradation and Stability
5 citations, 0.29%
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
5 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
5 citations, 0.29%
Analytical Methods
5 citations, 0.29%
Chemical Engineering Journal
5 citations, 0.29%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
5 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Cleaner Production
4 citations, 0.23%
Talanta
4 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Science and Engineering
4 citations, 0.23%
Toxicology Reports
4 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
4 citations, 0.23%
Marine Policy
4 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Chemistry Letters
4 citations, 0.23%
Emerging Contaminants
4 citations, 0.23%
Waste Management
4 citations, 0.23%
E3S Web of Conferences
4 citations, 0.23%
Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology
4 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Environmental Sciences
4 citations, 0.23%
Food Control
4 citations, 0.23%
NanoImpact
4 citations, 0.23%
Energies
4 citations, 0.23%
Materials
4 citations, 0.23%
ACS ES&T Water
4 citations, 0.23%
Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry
4 citations, 0.23%
Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies
4 citations, 0.23%
Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics
4 citations, 0.23%
Food Bioscience
3 citations, 0.17%
RSC Advances
3 citations, 0.17%
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
3 citations, 0.17%
Nanomaterials
3 citations, 0.17%
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
3 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Soils and Sediments
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
3 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
3 citations, 0.17%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
3 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
3 citations, 0.17%
ACS Omega
3 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Earth Science
3 citations, 0.17%
Construction and Building Materials
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
3 citations, 0.17%
Langmuir
3 citations, 0.17%
Processes
3 citations, 0.17%
Land Degradation and Development
3 citations, 0.17%
Ocean and Coastal Management
3 citations, 0.17%
Separation and Purification Technology
3 citations, 0.17%
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
3 citations, 0.17%
ACS Symposium Series
3 citations, 0.17%
Biology
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Science Advances
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Advances
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Challenges
3 citations, 0.17%
Advanced Hydrodynamics Problems in Earth Sciences
3 citations, 0.17%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
3 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Pollution and Management
3 citations, 0.17%
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Elsevier
701 citations, 40.57%
MDPI
323 citations, 18.69%
Springer Nature
300 citations, 17.36%
Wiley
52 citations, 3.01%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
36 citations, 2.08%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
32 citations, 1.85%
Frontiers Media S.A.
32 citations, 1.85%
Taylor & Francis
31 citations, 1.79%
SAGE
12 citations, 0.69%
IOP Publishing
10 citations, 0.58%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
9 citations, 0.52%
Oxford University Press
7 citations, 0.41%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.41%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.35%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.29%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.23%
OAE Publishing Inc.
4 citations, 0.23%
Pleiades Publishing
3 citations, 0.17%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.17%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.12%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.12%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.12%
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.12%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.12%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
2 citations, 0.12%
Autonomous Non-profit Organization Editorial Board of the journal Uspekhi Khimii
2 citations, 0.12%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.06%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.06%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.06%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.06%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.06%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.06%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.06%
Korean Society of Environmental Risk Assessment and Health Science
1 citation, 0.06%
Water Environment Federation
1 citation, 0.06%
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
1 citation, 0.06%
Beilstein-Institut
1 citation, 0.06%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.06%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.06%
FSUE VNIIMS All-Russian Research Institute of Metrological Service
1 citation, 0.06%
Knowledge E DMCC
1 citation, 0.06%
Publishing House for Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (Publications)
1 citation, 0.06%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.06%
Cellule MathDoc/Centre Mersenne
1 citation, 0.06%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.06%
Intellect
1 citation, 0.06%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.06%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.06%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.06%
Tecno Scientifica Publishing
1 citation, 0.06%
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National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology
5 publications, 2.16%
Dalhousie University
5 publications, 2.16%
Technical University of Berlin
5 publications, 2.16%
FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
5 publications, 2.16%
Morgan State University
4 publications, 1.72%
Hellenic Mediterranean University
4 publications, 1.72%
Universidade Federal Fluminense
4 publications, 1.72%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
4 publications, 1.72%
Taiyuan University of Technology
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Trieste
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Siena
3 publications, 1.29%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 1.29%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 publications, 1.29%
Technical University of Darmstadt
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Porto
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Warsaw
3 publications, 1.29%
University of São Paulo
3 publications, 1.29%
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
3 publications, 1.29%
University of Aveiro
3 publications, 1.29%
Istanbul Technical University
2 publications, 0.86%
Middle East Technical University
2 publications, 0.86%
Akdeniz University
2 publications, 0.86%
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City
2 publications, 0.86%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Lisbon
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.86%
Sapienza University of Rome
2 publications, 0.86%
Technische Universität Dresden
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Naples Federico II
2 publications, 0.86%
Polytechnic University of Turin
2 publications, 0.86%
Technical University of Denmark
2 publications, 0.86%
Sorbonne University
2 publications, 0.86%
Shenzhen Technology University
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Brescia
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Salento
2 publications, 0.86%
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
2 publications, 0.86%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.86%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 0.86%
Chonnam National University
2 publications, 0.86%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Dodoma
2 publications, 0.86%
Queen's University Belfast
2 publications, 0.86%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2 publications, 0.86%
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2 publications, 0.86%
FORTH Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Crete
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Thessaly
2 publications, 0.86%
Technical University of Crete
2 publications, 0.86%
University of West Attica
2 publications, 0.86%
Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
2 publications, 0.86%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2 publications, 0.86%
Furtwangen University
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Koblenz
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Leoben
2 publications, 0.86%
Coppin State University
2 publications, 0.86%
Nagasaki University
2 publications, 0.86%
Saitama University
2 publications, 0.86%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
2 publications, 0.86%
Universidad de Alcalá
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.86%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.86%
University of South Alabama
2 publications, 0.86%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.86%
Open University of Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.86%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
2 publications, 0.86%
Gustave Eiffel University
2 publications, 0.86%
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
2 publications, 0.86%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2 publications, 0.86%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1 publication, 0.43%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.43%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 0.43%
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
1 publication, 0.43%
Ghitsu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies
1 publication, 0.43%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 0.43%
Istanbul University
1 publication, 0.43%
American University of Sharjah
1 publication, 0.43%
Marmara University
1 publication, 0.43%
Cukurova University
1 publication, 0.43%
Istanbul Aydin University
1 publication, 0.43%
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.43%
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.43%
Central University of Rajasthan
1 publication, 0.43%
Open University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0.43%
Eskisehir Technical University
1 publication, 0.43%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.43%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.43%
University Putra Malaysia
1 publication, 0.43%
University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
1 publication, 0.43%
Chalmers University of Technology
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.43%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.43%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.43%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.43%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.43%
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USA, 43, 18.53%
USA
43 publications, 18.53%
Germany, 23, 9.91%
Germany
23 publications, 9.91%
Italy, 21, 9.05%
Italy
21 publications, 9.05%
Spain, 14, 6.03%
Spain
14 publications, 6.03%
Greece, 13, 5.6%
Greece
13 publications, 5.6%
United Kingdom, 10, 4.31%
United Kingdom
10 publications, 4.31%
Canada, 10, 4.31%
Canada
10 publications, 4.31%
Portugal, 8, 3.45%
Portugal
8 publications, 3.45%
Japan, 8, 3.45%
Japan
8 publications, 3.45%
France, 7, 3.02%
France
7 publications, 3.02%
Brazil, 7, 3.02%
Brazil
7 publications, 3.02%
Mexico, 6, 2.59%
Mexico
6 publications, 2.59%
Austria, 5, 2.16%
Austria
5 publications, 2.16%
Turkey, 5, 2.16%
Turkey
5 publications, 2.16%
China, 4, 1.72%
China
4 publications, 1.72%
Netherlands, 4, 1.72%
Netherlands
4 publications, 1.72%
Norway, 4, 1.72%
Norway
4 publications, 1.72%
Poland, 4, 1.72%
Poland
4 publications, 1.72%
Australia, 3, 1.29%
Australia
3 publications, 1.29%
Bangladesh, 3, 1.29%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 1.29%
Vietnam, 3, 1.29%
Vietnam
3 publications, 1.29%
Cyprus, 3, 1.29%
Cyprus
3 publications, 1.29%
Colombia, 3, 1.29%
Colombia
3 publications, 1.29%
Nigeria, 3, 1.29%
Nigeria
3 publications, 1.29%
Republic of Korea, 3, 1.29%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 1.29%
Switzerland, 3, 1.29%
Switzerland
3 publications, 1.29%
Sweden, 3, 1.29%
Sweden
3 publications, 1.29%
Ecuador, 3, 1.29%
Ecuador
3 publications, 1.29%
South Africa, 3, 1.29%
South Africa
3 publications, 1.29%
Russia, 2, 0.86%
Russia
2 publications, 0.86%
Denmark, 2, 0.86%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.86%
Morocco, 2, 0.86%
Morocco
2 publications, 0.86%
Romania, 2, 0.86%
Romania
2 publications, 0.86%
Slovenia, 2, 0.86%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.86%
Tanzania, 2, 0.86%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.86%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.86%
Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.86%
Ukraine, 1, 0.43%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.43%
Argentina, 1, 0.43%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.43%
Belgium, 1, 0.43%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.43%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.43%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.43%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.43%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 publication, 0.43%
India, 1, 0.43%
India
1 publication, 0.43%
Indonesia, 1, 0.43%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.43%
Ireland, 1, 0.43%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.43%
Kenya, 1, 0.43%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.43%
Latvia, 1, 0.43%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.43%
Lithuania, 1, 0.43%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.43%
Malaysia, 1, 0.43%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.43%
Malta, 1, 0.43%
Malta
1 publication, 0.43%
Moldova, 1, 0.43%
Moldova
1 publication, 0.43%
New Zealand, 1, 0.43%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.43%
UAE, 1, 0.43%
UAE
1 publication, 0.43%
El Salvador, 1, 0.43%
El Salvador
1 publication, 0.43%
Serbia, 1, 0.43%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.43%
Singapore, 1, 0.43%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.43%
Uganda, 1, 0.43%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.43%
Philippines, 1, 0.43%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.43%
Finland, 1, 0.43%
Finland
1 publication, 0.43%
Croatia, 1, 0.43%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.43%
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