Updated Impact Factors for MDPI Journals
20 June 2013
We are pleased to announce the updated Impact Factors for the MDPI journals from the 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2013). This new edition reports a strong positive trend for most of MDPI journals’ Impact Factors. Five MDPI open access journals received their first Impact Factors.
Journals with Updated Impact Factors
| Journal | 2012 Impact Factor | Change | Category Rank |
| Energies | 1.844 | -1.1% (from 1.865) |
38/81 (Q2) in ‘Energy & Fuels’ |
| Entropy | 1.347 | +14% (from 1.183) |
37/87 (Q2) in ‘Physics, Multidisciplinary’ |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 1.998 | +25% (from 1.605) |
90/209 (Q2) in ‘Environmental Sciences’ |
| International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2.464 | -5.2% (from 2.598) |
48/152 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Multidisciplinary’ |
| Marine Drugs | 3.978 | +3.2% (from 3.854) |
6/59 (Q1) in ‘Chemistry, Medicinal’ |
| Materials | 2.247 | +40% (from 1.677) |
54/239 (Q1) in ‘Materials Science, Multidisciplinary’ |
| Molecules | 2.428 | +1.8% (from 2.386) |
23/55 (Q2) in ‘Chemistry, Organic’ (Note added on 28 October 2013: after an update to the JCR, the title now appears on rank 24/57). |
| Nutrients | 2.072 | +206% (from 0.676) |
41/76 (Q3) in ‘Nutrition & Dietetics’ |
| Sensors | 1.953 | +12% (from 1.739) |
38/75(Q3) in ‘Chemistry, Analytical’ 15/26(Q3) in ‘Electrochemistry’ 9/57(Q1) in ‘Instruments & Instrumentation’ |
| Viruses | 2.509 | +67% (from 1.500) |
19/34 (Q3) in ‘Virology’ |
Journals with First Impact Factors
| Journal | 2012 Impact Factor | Category Ranking |
| Forests | 1.094 | 25/60 (Q2) in ‘Forestry’. Highest ranking open access journal in this category. |
| Polymers | 1.687 | 31/83 (Q2) in ‘Polymer Science’. Highest ranking open access journal in this category. |
| Remote Sensing | 2.101 | 7/27 (Q2) in ‘Remote Sensing’ category. Highest ranking open access journal in this category. |
| Toxins | 2.129 | 50/85 (Q3) in ‘Toxicology’. Highest ranking general toxinology open access journal (covering toxins from animal, plant or microbial origin). |
| Water | 0.973 | 53/80 (Q3) in ‘Water Resources’ |