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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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Top-100

Citing journals

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Science of the Total Environment
93 citations, 5.74%
Microplastics
89 citations, 5.49%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
67 citations, 4.14%
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
31 citations, 1.91%
Environmental Pollution
31 citations, 1.91%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
31 citations, 1.91%
Sustainability
27 citations, 1.67%
Chemosphere
26 citations, 1.6%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
24 citations, 1.48%
Water (Switzerland)
22 citations, 1.36%
Environmental Research
21 citations, 1.3%
Polymers
16 citations, 0.99%
Molecules
15 citations, 0.93%
Journal of Environmental Management
15 citations, 0.93%
Toxics
15 citations, 0.93%
Marine Environmental Research
14 citations, 0.86%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
13 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
13 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
13 citations, 0.8%
TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
12 citations, 0.74%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
12 citations, 0.74%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
11 citations, 0.68%
Environmental Science & Technology
11 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Water Process Engineering
11 citations, 0.68%
Green Analytical Chemistry
11 citations, 0.68%
Heliyon
10 citations, 0.62%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
9 citations, 0.56%
Scientific Reports
8 citations, 0.49%
Waste Management and Research
8 citations, 0.49%
Aquatic Toxicology
8 citations, 0.49%
Microplastics and Nanoplastics
8 citations, 0.49%
Frontiers in Marine Science
7 citations, 0.43%
Animals
7 citations, 0.43%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
7 citations, 0.43%
Environmental Sciences Europe
7 citations, 0.43%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
7 citations, 0.43%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
6 citations, 0.37%
Environmental Quality Management
6 citations, 0.37%
Water Research
6 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
6 citations, 0.37%
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
6 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Xenobiotics
6 citations, 0.37%
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies
6 citations, 0.37%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.31%
Environments - MDPI
5 citations, 0.31%
Polymer Degradation and Stability
5 citations, 0.31%
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
5 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
5 citations, 0.31%
Analytical Methods
5 citations, 0.31%
Chemical Engineering Journal
5 citations, 0.31%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
5 citations, 0.31%
Cleaner Water
5 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Cleaner Production
4 citations, 0.25%
Talanta
4 citations, 0.25%
Environmental Science and Engineering
4 citations, 0.25%
Toxicology Reports
4 citations, 0.25%
Marine Policy
4 citations, 0.25%
Environmental Chemistry Letters
4 citations, 0.25%
Emerging Contaminants
4 citations, 0.25%
Waste Management
4 citations, 0.25%
E3S Web of Conferences
4 citations, 0.25%
Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology
4 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Environmental Sciences
4 citations, 0.25%
Food Control
4 citations, 0.25%
NanoImpact
4 citations, 0.25%
Energies
4 citations, 0.25%
Materials
4 citations, 0.25%
ACS ES&T Water
4 citations, 0.25%
Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry
4 citations, 0.25%
Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies
4 citations, 0.25%
Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics
4 citations, 0.25%
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
3 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
3 citations, 0.19%
Nanomaterials
3 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Soils and Sediments
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
3 citations, 0.19%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
3 citations, 0.19%
ACS Omega
3 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Earth Science
3 citations, 0.19%
Construction and Building Materials
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
3 citations, 0.19%
Langmuir
3 citations, 0.19%
Ocean and Coastal Management
3 citations, 0.19%
Separation and Purification Technology
3 citations, 0.19%
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
3 citations, 0.19%
ACS Symposium Series
3 citations, 0.19%
Biology
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Science Advances
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Advances
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Challenges
3 citations, 0.19%
Advanced Hydrodynamics Problems in Earth Sciences
3 citations, 0.19%
Sustainable Development Goals Series
3 citations, 0.19%
Environmental Pollution and Management
3 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
2 citations, 0.12%
Surfaces and Interfaces
2 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2 citations, 0.12%
Food Bioscience
2 citations, 0.12%
RSC Advances
2 citations, 0.12%
Hydrobiologia
2 citations, 0.12%
Nature Communications
2 citations, 0.12%
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Elsevier
680 citations, 41.98%
MDPI
296 citations, 18.27%
Springer Nature
286 citations, 17.65%
Wiley
47 citations, 2.9%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
35 citations, 2.16%
Taylor & Francis
31 citations, 1.91%
Frontiers Media S.A.
31 citations, 1.91%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
29 citations, 1.79%
SAGE
12 citations, 0.74%
IOP Publishing
10 citations, 0.62%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
9 citations, 0.56%
Oxford University Press
7 citations, 0.43%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.43%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.37%
PeerJ
5 citations, 0.31%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.25%
OAE Publishing Inc.
4 citations, 0.25%
Pleiades Publishing
3 citations, 0.19%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.19%
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%
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%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.06%
F1000 Research
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, 2.34%
Dalhousie University
5 publications, 2.34%
Technical University of Berlin
5 publications, 2.34%
Morgan State University
4 publications, 1.87%
FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
4 publications, 1.87%
Universidade Federal Fluminense
4 publications, 1.87%
Taiyuan University of Technology
3 publications, 1.4%
University of Trieste
3 publications, 1.4%
University of Siena
3 publications, 1.4%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 1.4%
Hellenic Mediterranean University
3 publications, 1.4%
Technical University of Darmstadt
3 publications, 1.4%
University of Porto
3 publications, 1.4%
University of Warsaw
3 publications, 1.4%
University of São Paulo
3 publications, 1.4%
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
3 publications, 1.4%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
3 publications, 1.4%
University of Aveiro
3 publications, 1.4%
Middle East Technical University
2 publications, 0.93%
Akdeniz University
2 publications, 0.93%
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City
2 publications, 0.93%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Bayreuth
2 publications, 0.93%
Sapienza University of Rome
2 publications, 0.93%
Technische Universität Dresden
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Naples Federico II
2 publications, 0.93%
Polytechnic University of Turin
2 publications, 0.93%
Sorbonne University
2 publications, 0.93%
Shenzhen Technology University
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Brescia
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Salento
2 publications, 0.93%
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
2 publications, 0.93%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.93%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 0.93%
Chonnam National University
2 publications, 0.93%
Sokoine University of Agriculture
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Dar es Salaam
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Dodoma
2 publications, 0.93%
Queen's University Belfast
2 publications, 0.93%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2 publications, 0.93%
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2 publications, 0.93%
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2 publications, 0.93%
FORTH Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Thessaly
2 publications, 0.93%
Technical University of Crete
2 publications, 0.93%
Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
2 publications, 0.93%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2 publications, 0.93%
Furtwangen University
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Koblenz
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Leoben
2 publications, 0.93%
Coppin State University
2 publications, 0.93%
Nagasaki University
2 publications, 0.93%
Saitama University
2 publications, 0.93%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
2 publications, 0.93%
Universidad de Alcalá
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.93%
Louisiana State University
2 publications, 0.93%
University of South Alabama
2 publications, 0.93%
University of Tennessee
2 publications, 0.93%
Open University of Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.93%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
2 publications, 0.93%
Gustave Eiffel University
2 publications, 0.93%
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
2 publications, 0.93%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2 publications, 0.93%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1 publication, 0.47%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.47%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 0.47%
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
1 publication, 0.47%
Ghitsu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies
1 publication, 0.47%
Istanbul Technical University
1 publication, 0.47%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 0.47%
Istanbul University
1 publication, 0.47%
American University of Sharjah
1 publication, 0.47%
Marmara University
1 publication, 0.47%
Cukurova University
1 publication, 0.47%
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.47%
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.47%
Central University of Rajasthan
1 publication, 0.47%
Open University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0.47%
Eskisehir Technical University
1 publication, 0.47%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.47%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.47%
University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.47%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.47%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Bordeaux
1 publication, 0.47%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.47%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Technology Sydney
1 publication, 0.47%
Shenzhen University
1 publication, 0.47%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.47%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.47%
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USA, 40, 18.69%
USA
40 publications, 18.69%
Germany, 23, 10.75%
Germany
23 publications, 10.75%
Italy, 21, 9.81%
Italy
21 publications, 9.81%
Spain, 13, 6.07%
Spain
13 publications, 6.07%
Greece, 11, 5.14%
Greece
11 publications, 5.14%
Canada, 10, 4.67%
Canada
10 publications, 4.67%
United Kingdom, 9, 4.21%
United Kingdom
9 publications, 4.21%
France, 7, 3.27%
France
7 publications, 3.27%
Portugal, 7, 3.27%
Portugal
7 publications, 3.27%
Brazil, 7, 3.27%
Brazil
7 publications, 3.27%
Japan, 7, 3.27%
Japan
7 publications, 3.27%
Mexico, 6, 2.8%
Mexico
6 publications, 2.8%
Austria, 5, 2.34%
Austria
5 publications, 2.34%
China, 4, 1.87%
China
4 publications, 1.87%
Netherlands, 4, 1.87%
Netherlands
4 publications, 1.87%
Norway, 4, 1.87%
Norway
4 publications, 1.87%
Poland, 4, 1.87%
Poland
4 publications, 1.87%
Turkey, 4, 1.87%
Turkey
4 publications, 1.87%
Australia, 3, 1.4%
Australia
3 publications, 1.4%
Bangladesh, 3, 1.4%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 1.4%
Vietnam, 3, 1.4%
Vietnam
3 publications, 1.4%
Cyprus, 3, 1.4%
Cyprus
3 publications, 1.4%
Colombia, 3, 1.4%
Colombia
3 publications, 1.4%
Nigeria, 3, 1.4%
Nigeria
3 publications, 1.4%
Republic of Korea, 3, 1.4%
Republic of Korea
3 publications, 1.4%
Switzerland, 3, 1.4%
Switzerland
3 publications, 1.4%
South Africa, 3, 1.4%
South Africa
3 publications, 1.4%
Russia, 2, 0.93%
Russia
2 publications, 0.93%
Morocco, 2, 0.93%
Morocco
2 publications, 0.93%
Slovenia, 2, 0.93%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.93%
Tanzania, 2, 0.93%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.93%
Sweden, 2, 0.93%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.93%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.93%
Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.93%
Ecuador, 2, 0.93%
Ecuador
2 publications, 0.93%
Ukraine, 1, 0.47%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.47%
Argentina, 1, 0.47%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.47%
Belgium, 1, 0.47%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.47%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.47%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.47%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.47%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 publication, 0.47%
Denmark, 1, 0.47%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.47%
India, 1, 0.47%
India
1 publication, 0.47%
Ireland, 1, 0.47%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.47%
Kenya, 1, 0.47%
Kenya
1 publication, 0.47%
Latvia, 1, 0.47%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.47%
Lithuania, 1, 0.47%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.47%
Malta, 1, 0.47%
Malta
1 publication, 0.47%
Moldova, 1, 0.47%
Moldova
1 publication, 0.47%
New Zealand, 1, 0.47%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.47%
UAE, 1, 0.47%
UAE
1 publication, 0.47%
Romania, 1, 0.47%
Romania
1 publication, 0.47%
El Salvador, 1, 0.47%
El Salvador
1 publication, 0.47%
Serbia, 1, 0.47%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.47%
Singapore, 1, 0.47%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.47%
Uganda, 1, 0.47%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.47%
Finland, 1, 0.47%
Finland
1 publication, 0.47%
Croatia, 1, 0.47%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.47%
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