Special Topic: Oil Spills> Top 20 Journals

Published September 2010

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Top 20 Journals

Volunteer workers shovel spilled oil on the oil-coated Do Pindo beach in Carnota, northern Spain, November 24, 2002. [The Portuguese navy] said on Sunday the storm-damaged oil tanker, the Prestige, which broke in two and sank off the Spanish coast last week polluting hundreds of kilometres of coastline was still leaking fuel oil.REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.
REUTERs/Miguel Vidal

Given the topic of oil spills, it is no great surprise that a journal like Marine Pollution Bulletin tops the list of highly cited journals by both cites and papers. The journal lists are populated with many heavy-hitters in their field: of the 30 unique journals that make up these lists, 26 are listed among the top 50% in their fields in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, and six of these journals are in the top 10 in their fields in Essential Science Indicators.

 

Citations
   

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 MAR POLLUT BULL 2,786 291 9.57
2 ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL 2,088 132 15.82
3 APPL ENVIRON MICROB 1,785 55 32.45
4 CHEMOSPHERE 1,144 106 10.79
5 ENVIRON POLLUT 1,037 77 13.47
6 ENVIRON TOXICOL CHEM 575 69 8.33
7 J CONTAM HYDROL 548 41 13.37
8 MAR ENVIRON RES 533 50 10.66
9 ENVIRON MICROBIOL 507 28 18.11
10 APPL MICROBIOL BIOT 464 23 20.17
11 MAR ECOL-PROG SER 454 45 10.09
12 FEMS MICROBIOL ECOL 448 29 15.45
13 J CHROMATOGR A 445 43 10.35
14 SCI TOTAL ENVIRON 443 37 11.97
15 BIORESOURCE TECHNOL 419 37 11.32
16 J HAZARD MATER 412 81 5.09
17 SPILL SCI TECHNOL B 409 81 5.05
18 ENVIRON FORENSICS 403 55 7.33
19 BIODEGRADATION 379 38 9.97
20 MICROBIAL ECOL 351 13 27.00

Papers
   

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 MAR POLLUT BULL 2,786 291 9.57
2 ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL 2,088 132 15.82
3 CHEMOSPHERE 1,144 106 10.79
4 J HAZARD MATER 412 81 5.09
5 SPILL SCI TECHNOL B 409 81 5.05
6 ENVIRON POLLUT 1,037 77 13.47
7 ENVIRON TOXICOL CHEM 575 69 8.33
8 INT GEOSCI REMOTE SE 5 68 0.07
9 WATER AIR SOIL POLL 277 58 4.78
10 P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS 28 57 0.49
11 APPL ENVIRON MICROB 1,785 55 32.45
12 ENVIRON FORENSICS 403 55 7.33
13 MAR ENVIRON RES 533 50 10.66
14 WAT STUD SER 9 46 0.20
15 INT BIODETER BIODEGR 220 45 4.89
16 MAR ECOL-PROG SER 454 45 10.09
17 SOIL SEDIMENT CONTAM 147 45 3.27
18 AFR J BIOTECHNOL 41 43 0.95
19 ENVIRON MONIT ASSESS 121 43 2.81
20 J CHROMATOGR A 445 43 10.35

Cites Per Paper (>= 36 paper threshold)
   

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 APPL ENVIRON MICROB 1,785 55 32.45
2 ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL 2,088 132 15.82
3 ENVIRON POLLUT 1,037 77 13.47
4 J CONTAM HYDROL 548 41 13.37
5 SCI TOTAL ENVIRON 443 37 11.97
6 BIORESOURCE TECHNOL 419 37 11.32
7 CHEMOSPHERE 1,144 106 10.79
8 MAR ENVIRON RES 533 50 10.66
9 J CHROMATOGR A 445 43 10.35
10 MAR ECOL-PROG SER 454 45 10.09
11 BIODEGRADATION 379 38 9.97
12 MAR POLLUT BULL 2,786 291 9.57
13 ENVIRON TOXICOL CHEM 575 69 8.33
14 ENVIRON FORENSICS 403 55 7.33
15 COLD REG SCI TECHNOL 257 36 7.14
16 J HAZARD MATER 412 81 5.09
17 SPILL SCI TECHNOL B 409 81 5.05
18 INT BIODETER BIODEGR 220 45 4.89
19 WATER AIR SOIL POLL 277 58 4.78
20 J ENVIRON ENG-ASCE 165 36 4.58

About the Journals


The resulting database contained 36 journals. Ranked by three separate measures: citations, papers, and citations per paper. Source dates: 2000-June 30, 2010 (third bimonthly period 2010). *Unless otherwise specified, all rankings have a >= 5 paper threshold for all measures.

Look for complelte threshold information for the Special Topic of Oil Spills in the "Methodology & Threshold" tab of the opening page for this topic.

Overall General Information

 
Top 20 Scientists, Institutions, Journals, & Nations

Citation tables allow us to map compelling trends:

  • Are there particular nations or institutions that might be expected to dominate research in the Topic area, and do the numbers bear out these expectations, or are there surprises?
  • Who are the leading scientists and where are they located?

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Special Topics, from ScienceWatch.com, is designed to complement Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters in providing citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest.

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