2018 CiteScore Metrics Available Now
29 May 2019
The 2018 CiteScore™ data is available now, based on citation data in the Scopus® database. The current CiteScore reflects citation activity in 2018 for articles published in 2015‒2017.
To access the full data for MDPI journals, please see here. More data can also be found in SJR Scimago Journal & Country Rank.
Unlike CiteScores and the widely used Journal Impact Factors, the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) metrics are normalized in order to correct for differences in citation practices between scientific fields. Therefore, the SNIP allows direct comparison between journals specialized in different fields.
CiteScore Data for MDPI Journals
| Journal | Rank (Quartile) |
Category | Link | CiteScore 2018 | 2017 |
SNIP 2018 |
| Aerospace | 44/119 (Q2) | • Aerospace Engineering | Link | 1.57 | 1.23 | 0.849 |
| Agriculture | 73/320 (Q1) 107/404 (Q2) 86/273 (Q2) |
• Agronomy and Crop Science • Plant Science • Food Science |
Link | 2.04 | 1.93 | 1.272 |
| Agronomy | 51/320 (Q1) | • Agronomy and Crop Science | Link | 2.38 | 2.38 | 1.272 |
| Algorithms | 20/51 (Q2) 57/139 (Q2) 48/113 (Q2) 55/118 (Q2) |
• Numerical Analysis • Computational Mathematics • Computational Theory and Mathematics • Theoretical Computer Science |
Link | 1.46 | 1.03 | 0.687 |
| Animals | 10/165 (Q1) 49/385 (Q1) |
• General Veterinary • Animal Science and Zoology |
Link | 2.21 | 2.02 | 1.148 |
| Antibiotics | 6/68 (Q1) 61/266 (Q1) 54/230 (Q1) 32/109 (Q2) 46/135 (Q2) 143/402 (Q2) |
• General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics • Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology (medical) • Microbiology (medical) • Microbiology • Biochemistry |
Link | 3.23 | 2.88 | 0.975 |
| Antioxidants | 21/118 (Q1) 33/169 (Q1) 92/402 (Q1) 110/366 (Q2) 93/265 (Q2) |
• Clinical Biochemistry • Physiology • Biochemistry • Molecular Biology • Cell Biology |
Link | 4.88 | 3.56 | 1.361 |
| Applied Sciences | 41/275 (Q1) 12/76 (Q1) 29/123 (Q1) 21/59 (Q2) 135/439 (Q2) 178/535 (Q2) |
• General Engineering • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes • Instrumentation • Process Chemistry and Technology • General Materials Science • Computer Science Applications |
Link | 2.52 | 1.98 | 0.985 |
| Biology | 9/185 (Q1) 24/189 (Q1) 9/41 (Q1) |
• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • General Immunology and Microbiology |
Link | 4.42 | 3.56 | 1.135 |
| Biomolecules | 33/407 (Q1) 44/375 (Q1) |
• Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 5.72 | 5.83 | 1.641 |
| Biosensors | 18/115 (Q1) | • Clinical Biochemistry | Link | 3.57 | 3.66 | 1.286 |
| Brain Sciences | 47/111 (Q2) | • General Neuroscience | Link | 2.85 | 2.57 | 0.928 |
| Cancers | 26/321 (Q1) 24/191 (Q1) |
• Oncology • Cancer Research |
Link | 5.87 | 5.87 | 1.440 |
| Catalysts | 36/160 (Q1) 25/54 (Q2) |
• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Catalysis |
Link | 3.58 | 3.28 | 0.912 |
| Crystals | 84/272 (Q2) 173/439 (Q2) 139/397 (Q2) 33/69 (Q2) |
• General Chemical Engineering • General Materials Science • Condensed Matter Physics • Inorganic Chemistry |
Link | 1.98 | 2.00 | 0.695 |
| Diversity | 30/124 (Q1) 14/52 (Q2) 83/306 (Q2) 11/29 (Q2) |
• Nature and Landscape Conservation • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) • Ecology • Ecological Modelling |
Link | 2.23 | 2.18 | 0.922 |
| Electronics | 162/661 (Q2) 37/152 (Q2) 70/232 (Q2) 74/274 (Q2) 33/99 (Q2) |
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Hardware and Architecture • Control and Systems Engineering • Computer Networks and Communications • Signal Processing |
Link | 2.49 | 3.01 | 1.076 |
| Energies | 8/92 (Q1) 42/197 (Q1) 122/661 (Q1) 4/19 (Q1) 56/153 (Q2) |
• Control and Optimization • Energy Engineering and Power Technology • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Energy (miscellaneous) • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
Link | 3.18 | 3.15 | 1.156 |
| Entropy | 42/215 (Q1) | • General Physics and Astronomy | Link | 2.78 | 2.44 | 1.206 |
| Forests | 20/139 (Q1) | • Forestry | Link | 2.32 | 2.31 | 0.943 |
| Future Internet | 109/274 (Q2) | • Computer Networks and Communications | Link | 1.89 | 1.25 | 0.869 |
| Games | 132/187 (Q3) 78/110 (Q3) 305/418 (Q3) |
• Statistics and Probability • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty • Applied Mathematics |
Link | 0.90 | 0.61 | 0.555 |
| Genes | 27/91 (Q2) 78/318 (Q2) |
• Genetics (clinical) • Genetics |
Link | 3.45 | 3.55 | 0.864 |
| Geosciences | 49/182 (Q2) |
• General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 1.82 | 1.97 | 0.823 |
| Information | 118/269 (Q2) | • Information Systems | Link | 1.88 | 1.17 | 1.034 |
| Insects | 25/136 (Q1) | • Insect Science | Link | 2.37 | 1.90 | 1.166 |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) |
74/489 (Q1) 34/117 (Q2) |
• Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
Link | 2.81 | 2.44 | 1.129 |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) |
6/69 (Q1) 20/177 (Q1) 9/69 (Q1) 79/569 (Q1) 25/160 (Q1) 84/375 (Q1) 18/54 (Q2) |
• Spectroscopy • Organic Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Computer Science Applications • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Molecular Biology • Catalysis |
Link | 4.32 | 3.90 | 1.224 |
| ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) | 79/605 (Q1) 22/82 (Q2) 13/36 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) • Computers in Earth Sciences |
Link | 2.58 | 2.10 | 1.229 |
| Journal of Low Po- wer Electronics and Applications (JLPEA) |
291/644 (Q2) | • Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Link | 1.12 | 1.18 | 0.665 |
| Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM) | 41/206 (Q2) | • Medicine (miscellaneous) | Link | 3.59 | 2.62 | 1.011 |
| Land | 90/336 (Q2) 37/140 (Q2) 34/75 (Q2) |
• Ecology • Nature and Landscape Conservation • Global and Planetary Change |
Link | 2.15 | 1.45 | 0.944 |
| Life | 5/95 (Q1) 68/591 (Q1) 43/189 (Q1) 24/86 (Q2) |
• Palaeontology • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • Space and Planetary Science |
Link | 3.31 | 3.24 | 1.007 |
| Marine Drugs | 17/150 (Q1) | • Drug Discovery | Link | 4.57 | 4.62 | 1.496 |
| Materials | 97/439 (Q1) | • General Materials Science | Link | 3.26 | 3.02 | 1.200 |
| Membranes | 6/23 (Q1) 18/59 (Q2) 4/12 (Q2) |
• Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) • Process Chemistry and Technology • Filtration and Separation |
Link | 3.28 | 2.69 | 1.011 |
| Metabolites | 43/209 (Q1) 104/402 (Q2) 122/366 (Q2) |
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism • Biochemistry • Molecular Biology |
Link | 3.75 | 3.41 | 0.998 |
| Metals | 144/438 (Q2) | • General Materials Science | Link | 2.41 | 1.92 | 1.105 |
| Micromachines | 122/579 (Q1) 162/661 (Q1) 70/232 (Q2) |
• Mechanical Engineering • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Control and Systems Engineering |
Link | 2.49 | 2.34 | 0.886 |
| Minerals | 39/176 (Q1) 47/218 (Q1) |
• Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology • Geology |
Link | 2.46 | 2.23 | 0.966 |
| Molecules | 4/25 (Q1) 26/174 (Q1) 19/105 (Q1) 33/169 (Q1) 38/160 (Q1) 31/150 (Q1) 59/165 (Q2) |
• Chemistry (miscellaneous) • Pharmaceutical Science • Analytical Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry • Drug Discovery • Molecular Medicine |
Link | 3.28 | 3.29 | 1.166 |
| Nutrients | 11/255 (Q1) 9/112 (Q1) |
• Food Science • Nutrition and Dietetics |
Link | 4.51 | 4.41 | 1.380 |
| Pathogens | 40/266 (Q1) 21/109 (Q1) 9/39 (Q1) 45/171 (Q1) 112/366 (Q2) |
• Infectious Diseases • Microbiology (medical) • General Immunology and Microbiology • Immunology and Allergy • Molecular Biology |
Link | 3.65 | 3.52 | 1.300 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 23/164 (Q1) 39/165 (Q1) |
• Pharmaceutical Science • Molecular Medicine |
Link | 3.80 | 4.20 | 1.234 |
| Pharmaceutics | 13/164 (Q1) | • Pharmaceutical Science | Link | 4.58 | 3.70 | 1.435 |
| Photonics | 34/123 (Q2) 75/272 (Q2) 58/173 (Q2) |
• Instrumentation • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Imaging • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
Link | 2.16 | 1.96 | 0.785 |
| Plants | 29/404 (Q1) 49/591 (Q1) 33/336 (Q1) |
• Plant Science • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics • Ecology |
Link | 4.06 | 3.21 | 1.296 |
| Polymers | 20/148 (Q1) 80/371 (Q1) |
• Polymers and Plastics • General Chemistry |
Link | 3.25 | 3.30 | 1.057 |
| Religions | 41/462 (Q1) | • Religious Studies | Link | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.678 |
| Remote Sensing | 7/182 (Q1) | • General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Link | 4.89 | 4.10 | 1.768 |
| Resources | 19/124 (Q1) 38/261 (Q1) |
• Nature and Landscape Conservation • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law |
Link | 2.60 | 2.72 | 1.131 |
| Scientia Pharmaceutica | 94/174 (Q3) | • Pharmaceutical Science | Link | 1.30 | 0.86 | 0.661 |
| Sensors | 9/123 (Q1) 29/173 (Q1) 102/661 (Q1) 21/110 (Q1) 90/407 (Q2) |
• Instrumentation • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Analytical Chemistry • Biochemistry |
Link | 3.72 | 3.23 | 1.576 |
| Social Sciences | 81/213 (Q2) | • General Social Sciences | Link | 0.89 | 0.60 | 0.521 |
| Sustainability | 55/629 (Q1) 53/288 (Q1) 59/153 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
Link | 3.01 | 2.37 | 1.169 |
| Symmetry | 24/339 (Q1) 14/53 (Q2) 13/46 (Q2) 12/29 (Q2) |
• General Mathematics • Computer Science (miscellaneous) • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) • Chemistry (miscellaneous) |
Link | 2.28 | 1.33 | 1.046 |
| Toxins | 17/114 (Q1) 21/117 (Q1) |
• Toxicology • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis |
Link | 3.62 | 3.40 | 1.245 |
| Vaccines | 4/232 (Q1) 12/272 (Q1) 15/300 (Q1) 8/146 (Q1) 31/198 (Q1) |
• Pharmacology (medical) • Infectious Diseases • Pharmacology • Drug Discovery • Immunology |
Link | 5.43 | 4.94 | 1.302 |
| Viruses | 12/66 (Q1) 29/272 (Q1) |
• Virology • Infectious Diseases |
Link | 4.03 | 3.92 | 1.193 |
| Water | 70/629 (Q1) 39/203 (Q1) 34/204 (Q1) 167/407 (Q2) |
• Geography, Planning and Development • Water Science and Technology • Aquatic Science • Biochemistry |
Link | 2.66 | 2.32 | 1.140 |