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Announcements
        9 June 2022
        2021 CiteScores - Released
    
             
    
    
    
The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!
We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:
● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.
The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category: 
| Journal | CiteScore | Quartile | Category | 
| 10.1 | Q1 | Genetics | |
| 10.0 | Q1 | Biomedical Engineering | |
| 8.1 | Q1 | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) | |
| 7.9 | Q1 | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | |
| 7.9 | Q1 | Nutrition and Dietetics | |
| 7.4 | Q1 | General Earth and Planetary Sciences | |
| 7.2 | Q1 | Computer Science Applications | |
| 6.9 | Q1 | Inorganic Chemistry | |
| 6.9 | Q1 | Computer Networks and Communications | |
| 6.7 | Q1 | General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | |
| 6.6 | Q1 | General Chemical Engineering | |
| 6.6 | Q1 | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | |
| 6.6 | Q1 | Infectious Diseases | |
| 6.5 | Q1 | Food Science | |
| 6.5 | Q1 | Civil and Structural Engineering | |
| 6.4 | Q1 | Nature and Landscape Conservation | |
| 6.4 | Q1 | Instrumentation | |
| 6.1 | Q1 | Management Information Systems | |
| 5.9 | Q1 | Chemistry (miscellaneous) | |
| 5.7 | Q1 | Polymers and Plastics | |
| 5.6 | Q1 | Engineering (miscellaneous) | |
| 5.5 | Q1 | General Environmental Science | |
| 5.5 | Q1 | Urban Studies | |
| 5.4 | Q2 | Computer Networks and Communications | |
| 5.3 | Q1 | Food Science | |
| 5.3 | Q1 | Plant Science | |
| 5.2 | Q1 | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | |
| 5.2 | Q1 | General Engineering | |
| Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity | 5.1 | Q1 | Development | 
| 5.0 | Q1 | Chemistry (miscellaneous) | |
| 5.0 | Q1 | Control and Optimization | |
| 5.0 | Q1 | Geography, Planning and Development | |
| 5.0 | Q1 | Geography, Planning and Development | |
| 4.9 | Q1 | Forestry | |
| 4.9 | Q1 | Control and Optimization | |
| 4.9 | Q1 | Soil Science | |
| 4.8 | Q1 | General Earth and Planetary Sciences | |
| 4.8 | Q1 | Mechanical Engineering | |
| 4.8 | Q1 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | |
| 4.8 | Q1 | Geography, Planning and Development | |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 4.5 | Q1 | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 
| 4.5 | Q1 | Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | |
| 4.4 | Q1 | Mathematical Physics | |
| 4.4 | Q1 | General Medicine | |
| 4.3 | Q1 | General Mathematics | |
| 4.2 | Q1 | Surgery | |
| 4.1 | Q1 | Health Professions (miscellaneous) | |
| 4.1 | Q1 | Plant Science | |
| 4.0 | Q1 | General Engineering | |
| 4.0 | Q1 | Forestry | |
| 4.0 | Q1 | Education | |
| 3.9 | Q1 | General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | |
| 3.9 | Q1 | Applied Mathematics | |
| 3.8 | Q1 | Development | |
| 3.8 | Q1 | Architecture | |
| 3.8 | Q1 | Metals and Alloys | |
| 3.5 | Q1 | Communication | |
| 3.4 | Q1 | General Social Sciences | |
| 2.9 | Q1 | General Mathematics | |
| 2.8 | Q1 | Analysis | |
| 2.7 | Q1 | General Veterinary | |
| 2.6 | Q1 | Algebra and Number Theory | |
| 1.8 | Q1 | Conservation | |
| 1.0 | Q1 | Religious Studies | |
| 0.9 | Q1 | Philosophy | 
Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)
