The updated MDPI Journals Impact Factors and citation metrics(2020) have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. This article highlights the recent MDPI journals impact factors from the updated Clarivate Analytics journal citation reports.
The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019.
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Updated Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate) -Highlights
- Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
- 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
- Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
Updated MDPI Journals Impact Factors
First MDPI Journals Impact Factors
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
| Actuators | 1.957 | 31/64 (Q2) | • Instruments & Instrumentation | Link |
| Agriculture | 2.072 | 25/91 (Q2) | • Agronomy | Link |
| Biology | 3.796 | 19/93 (Q1) | • Biology | Link |
| Biomedicines | 4.717 | 30/138 (Q1) 36/270 (Q1) | • Medicine, Research & Experimental • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Biosensors | 3.240 | 24/86 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
| Chemosensors | 3.108 | 16/64 (Q1) 27/86 (Q2) 13/27 (Q2) | • Instruments & Instrumentation • Chemistry, Analytical • Electrochemistry | Link |
| Children | 2.078 | 50/128 (Q2) | • Pediatrics | Link |
| Healthcare | 1.916 | 62/102 (Q3) 45/87 (Q3) | • Health Care Sciences & Services (SCIE) • Health Policy & Services (SSCI) | Link |
| Journal of Fungi | 4.621 | 5/29 (Q1) 31/135 (Q1) | • Mycology • Microbiology | Link |
| Journal of Personalized Medicine | 4.433 | 24/165 (Q1) 10/102 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal • Health Care Sciences & Services | Link |
| Land | 2.429 | 58/123 (Q2) | • Environmental Studies (SSCI) | Link |
| Life | 2.991 | 26/93 (Q2) 109/267 (Q2) | • Biology • Microbiology | Link |
| Magnetochemistry | 1.947 | 22/45 (Q2) 109/159 (Q3) 201/314 (Q3) | • Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear • Chemistry, Physical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Membranes | 3.094 | 53/143 (Q2) 129/314 (Q2) 23/89 (Q2) | • Engineering, Chemical • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Polymer Science | Link |
| Pharmaceuticals | 4.286 | 49/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Photonics | 2.140 | 48/97 (Q2) | • Optics | Link |
| Separations | 1.900 | 53/86 (Q3) | • Chemistry, Analytical | Link |
| Toxics | 3.271 | 32/92 (Q2) 92/265 (Q2) | • Toxicology • Environmental Sciences | Link |
Updated MDPI Journals Impact Factors Impact Factors
| Journal | Impact Factor | Rank | Category | Details |
| Agronomy | 2.603 | 18/91 (Q1) 65/234 (Q2) | • Agronomy • Plant Sciences | Link |
| Animals | 2.323 | 10/63 (Q1) 14/142 (Q1) | • Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science • Veterinary Sciences | Link |
| Antibiotics | 3.893 | 23/93 (Q1) 64/270 (Q1) | • Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Antioxidants | 5.014 | 10/139 (Q1) 56/297 (Q1) 7/61 (Q1) | • Food Science & Technology • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Medicinal | Link |
| Applied Sciences | 2.474 | 161/314 (Q3) 32/91 (Q2) 88/177 (Q2) 62/154 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Engineering, Multidisciplinary • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Physics, Applied | Link |
| Atmosphere | 2.397 | 48/93 (Q3) | • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Link |
| Biomolecules | 4.082 | 98/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
| Brain Sciences | 3.332 | 113/271 (Q3) | • Neurosciences | Link |
| Cancers | 6.126 | 37/244 (Q1) | • Oncology | Link |
| Catalysts | 3.520 | 65/159 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Physical | Link |
| Cells | 4.366 | 70/195 (Q2) | • Cell Biology | Link |
| Coatings | 2.436 | 10/21 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Link |
| Crystals | 2.404 | 10/26 (Q2) 165/314 (Q3) | • Crystallography • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Diagnostics | 3.110 | 39/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Diversity | 1.402 | 119/168 (Q3) | • Ecology | Link |
| Electronics | 2.412 | 125/266 (Q2) | • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Link |
| Energies | 2.702 | 63/112 (Q3) | • Energy & Fuels | Link |
| Entropy | 2.494 | 33/85 (Q2) | • Physics, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Foods | 4.092 | 27/139 (Q1) | • Food Science & Technology | Link |
| Forests | 2.221 | 17/68 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link |
| Genes | 3.759 | 53/177 (Q2) | • Genetics & Heredity | Link |
| Insects | 2.220 | 18/101 (Q1) | • Entomology | Link |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) | 2.849 | 58/193 (Q2) 32/170 (Q1) 105/265 (Q2) | • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SCIE) • Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (SSCI) • Environmental Sciences (SCIE) | Link |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) | 4.556 | 74/297 (Q1) 48/177 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) | 2.239 | 31/50 (Q3) 18/30 (Q3) | • Geography, Physical • Remote Sensing | Link |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 3.303 | 36/165 (Q1) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | 2.033 | 31/66 (Q2) | • Oceanography | Link |
| Marine Drugs | 4.073 | 16/61 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Medicinal | Link |
| Materials | 3.057 | 132/314 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Mathematics | 1.747 | 28/324 (Q1) | • Mathematics | Link |
| Medicina | 1.205 | 107/165 (Q3) | • Medicine, General & Internal | Link |
| Metabolites | 4.097 | 95/297 (Q2) | • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
| Metals | 2.117 | 18/79 (Q1) 185/314 (Q3) | • Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Link |
| Micromachines | 2.523 | 56/92 (Q3) 23/64 (Q2) | • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology • Instruments & Instrumentation | Link |
| Microorganisms | 4.152 | 37/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
| Minerals | 2.380 | 6/21 (Q2) 11/30 (Q2) | • Mining & Mineral Processing • Mineralogy | Link |
| Molecules | 3.267 | 70/177 (Q2) 141/297 (Q2) | • Chemistry, Multidisciplinary • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Link |
| Nanomaterials | 4.324 | 89/314 (Q2) 42/103 (Q2) | • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Link |
| Nutrients | 4.546 | 17/89 (Q1) | • Nutrition & Dietetics | Link |
| Pathogens | 3.018 | 65/135 (Q2) | • Microbiology | Link |
| Pharmaceutics | 4.421 | 44/270 (Q1) | • Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Link |
| Plants | 2.762 | 58/234 (Q1) | • Plant Sciences | Link |
| Polymers | 3.426 | 16/89 (Q1) | • Polymer Science | Link |
| Processes | 2.753 | 59/143 (Q2) | • Engineering, Chemical | Link |
| Remote Sensing | 4.509 | 9/30 (Q2) | • Remote Sensing | Link |
| Sensors | 3.275 | 22/86 (Q2) 77/266 (Q2) 15/64 (Q1) | • Chemistry, Analytical • Engineering, Electrical & Electronic • Instruments & Instrumentation | Link |
| Sustainability | 2.576 | 120/265 (Q2) 26/41 (Q3) 53/123 (Q2) 6/8 (Q3) | • Environmental Sciences (SCIE) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SCIE) • Environmental Studies (SSCI) • Green & Sustainable Science & Technology (SSCI) | Link |
| Symmetry | 2.645 | 29/71 (Q2) | • Multidisciplinary Sciences | Link |
| Toxins | 3.531 | 21/92 (Q1) 34/139 (Q1) | • Toxicology • Food Science & Technology | Link |
| Universe | 1.752 | 18/29 (Q3) 42/68 (Q3) | • Physics, Particles & Fields • Astronomy & Astrophysics | Link |
| Vaccines | 4.086 | 57/158 (Q2) 50/138 (Q2) | • Immunology • Medicine, Research & Experimental | Link |
| Viruses | 3.816 | 12/37 (Q2) | • Virology | Link |
| Water | 2.544 | 31/94 (Q2) | • Water Resources | Link |
Source: Clarivate 2020, InCites Journal Citation Reports®.
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