Table 2.
The performance of the top 20 most productive journals (1992–2016).
| No | Journal | TA (%) | ISI category and position | JIF (R) | h-index (R) | h-index/TP % [R] | Journal country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene For Development | 157 (1.31) | Water Resources (Q4: 73/88) | 0.688 (19) | 8 (18) | 5.10 (19) | USA |
| 2 | Journal of Food Protection | 140 (1.17) | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology (Q3: 115/158) | 1.417 (15) | 25 (4) | 17.86 (12) | USA |
| Food science & technology (Q3: 65/129) | |||||||
| 3 | Water Science and Technology | 130 (1.09) | Engineering, Environmental (Q4: 38/49) | 1.197 (16) | 12 (17) | 9.23 (17) | England (UK) |
| Environmental Sciences (Q3: 169/229) | |||||||
| Water Resources (Q3: 61/88) | |||||||
| 4 | Plos One | 128 (1.07) | Multidisciplinary sciences (Q1: 15/64) | 2.806 (9) | 17 (11) | 13.28 (16) | USA |
| 5 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 122 (1.02) | Public, environmental & occupational health (Q2: 48/176) Tropical medicine (Q2: 5/19) |
2.549 (10) | 28 (2) | 22.95 (8) | USA |
| 6 | Ciencia & Saude Coletiva | 109 (0.91) | Public, environmental & occupational health (Q4: 134/157*) | 0.780 (18) | 7 (19) | 6.42 (18) | Brazil |
| 7 | BMC Public Health | 100 (0.84) | Public, environmental & occupational health (Q2: 63/176) | 2.265 (11) | 17 (11) | 17.00 (13) | England (UK) |
| 8 | Water Research | 96 (0.80) | Engineering, Environmental (Q1: 2/49) | 6.942 (1) | 33 (1) | 34.38 (2) | England (UK) |
| Environmental Sciences (Q1: 8/229) | |||||||
| Water Resources (Q1: 1/88) | |||||||
| 9 | Food Control | 91 (0.76) | Food science & technology (Q1: 12/129) | 3.496 (7) | 18 (10) | 19.78 (10) | England (UK) |
| 10 | Waste Management | 90 (0.75) | Engineering, Environmental (Q1: 12/49) | 4.030 (4) | 24 (5) | 26.67 (5) | USA |
| Environmental Sciences (Q1: 37/229) | |||||||
| 11 | Journal of Water and Health | 87 (0.73) | Environmental Sciences (Q4: 183/229) | 1.041 (17) | 14 (13) | 16.09 (15) | England (UK) |
| Microbiology (Q4: 109/124) | |||||||
| 12 | Waste Management & Research | 85 (0.71) | Engineering, Environmental (Q3: 28/49) | 1.803 (13) | 14 (13) | 16.47 (14) | England (UK) |
| Environmental Sciences (Q3: 117/229) | |||||||
| 13 | Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases | 79 (0.66) | Parasitology (Q1: 6/36) | 3.834 (6) | 20 (6) | 25.32 (7) | USA |
| Tropical medicine (Q1: 1/19) | |||||||
| 14 | Environmental Science & Technology | 77 (0.64) | Engineering, Environmental (Q1: 4/49) | 6.198 (2) | 27 (3) | 35.06 (1) | USA |
| Environmental Sciences (Q1: 12/229) | |||||||
| 15 | Environment and urbanization | 74 (0.62) | Environmental Studies (Q2: 41/105) | 1.986 (12) | 19 (8) | 25.68 (6) | England (UK) |
| Urban Studies (Q1: 9/38) | |||||||
| 16 | Science of The Total Environment | 72 (0.60) | Environmental Sciences (Q1: 22/229) | 4.900 (3) | 20 (6) | 27.78 (4) | Netherlands |
| 17 | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | 72 (0.60) | Environmental Sciences (Q3: 126/229) | 1.687 (14) | 14 (13) | 19.44 (11) | Netherlands |
| 18 | Tropical Medicine & International Health | 63 (0.53) | Public, environmental & occupational health (Q1: 39/176) | 2.850 (8) | 19 (8) | 30.16 (3) | England (UK) |
| Tropical medicine (Q1: 2/19) | |||||||
| 19 | Engenharia Sanitaria E Ambiental | 60 (0.50) | Water Resources (Q4: 85/88) | 0.222 (20) | 3 (20) | 5.00 (20) | Brazil |
| 20 | Journal of Environmental Management | 58 (0.49) | Environmental Sciences (Q1: 39/229) | 4.010 (5) | 13 (16) | 22.41 (9) | England (UK) |
Note: TA: quantities of articles; JIF: journal impact factor; R; ranking in top20 productive journals; *: the category here belonged to SSCI not SCI-EXPANDED.