6 June 2024
Scopus Database: 162 MDPI Journals See Increased CiteScore Metrics, 57 Journals Receive First-Time Scores in Latest Data Release


The 2023 citation metrics have been officially released in
Scopus, the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific literature. This update reflects the latest trends in the global research landscape and offers detailed insights into the citation performance of the majority of our high-impact academic journals.

The latest release includes nearly one million scholarly publications published by MDPI between 2020 and 2023, which were cited an average 6.2 times in the same period.

Below are highlights from MDPI's recent CiteScores, which measure the average number of citations per paper within a journal over the past three years:

  • 57 MDPI journals received a CiteScore for the first time.
  • 216 journals (79%) rank above average (in Q1 or Q2), with an impressive 23 journals placed in the top 10%.
  • The journal Polysaccharides, which was accepted for Scopus in November 2023 and publishes in its fifth volume in 2024, went straight into Q1 in two categories.

The 97 MDPI journals (35%) listed below are ranked in Q1 (top 25%) of journals (in at least one category). To see the full list of journals covered in Scopus, see here.

Journal

2023 CiteScore

Average Rank Percentile
(100 = highest)

Citations
(2020–2023)

Smart Cities

11.2

91

4318

Antioxidants

10.6

86

82,509

Cells

9.9

84

128,917

Marine Drugs

9.6

89

26,526

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research

9.5

89

3804

Biomolecules

9.4

81

66,816

Nutrients

9.2

88

170,794

Vaccines

8.9

82

55,025

Internet of Things

8.5

88

979

Nanomaterials

8.5

82

112,850

Remote Sensing

8.3

92

173,611

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

8.1

80

454,943

Cancers

8.0

74

174,687

Polymers

8.0

81

140,803

Applied System Innovation

7.9

82

3038

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

7.9

87

2205

Pharmaceutics

7.9

82

70,829

Toxins

7.5

82

24,258

Foods

7.4

86

98,678

Molecules

7.4

78

228,683

Antibiotics

7.3

76

43,784

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

7.3

79

339,831

Sensors

7.3

77

256,060

Viruses

7.3

71

65,691

Polysaccharides

7.2

82

917

Resources

7.2

83

3794

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

7.1

75

3231

Future Internet

7.1

78

9345

Fibers

7.0

74

2616

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

6.9

84

18,653

Catalysts

6.8

67

41,032

Recycling

6.8

74

2025

Sustainability

6.8

78

381,357

International Journal of Neonatal Screening

6.7

88

1859

Journal of Fungi

6.7

79

26,201

Robotics

6.7

79

3747

Technologies

6.7

86

3261

Biosensors

6.6

73

19,030

Informatics

6.6

76

2159

Logistics

6.6

74

1997

Plants

6.5

85

80,226

Publications

6.5

81

1282

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction

6.3

73

1461

Agronomy

6.2

84

66,884

Energies

6.2

73

201,848

Beverages

6.1

76

1960

Clean Technologies

6.1

72

1370

Journal of Imaging

5.9

75

6010

Forecasting

5.8

82

994

Water

5.8

74

89,517

Biology

5.7

75

29,086

Environments

5.7

70

3472

Journal of Clinical Medicine

5.7

87

139,523

Drones

5.6

68

7566

Symmetry

5.4

81

49,935

Applied Sciences

5.3

65

237,130

Geosciences

5.3

79

9621

Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy

5.3

67

642

Soil Systems

5.3

77

1802

Cosmetics

5.2

66

2694

Infrastructures

5.2

69

3382

Insects

5.1

85

21,080

Journal of Composites Science

5.0

70

7047

Agriculture

4.9

72

31,200

Animals

4.9

90

64,718

Entropy

4.9

73

31,905

Hydrology

4.9

68

3565

Journal of Market Access and Health Policy

4.9

68

418

Land

4.9

69

31,157

Metals

4.9

67

38,028

Education Sciences

4.8

73

15,882

Inventions

4.8

75

2104

Prosthesis

4.8

73

1023

AgriEngineering

4.7

74

1532

Stresses

4.7

81

467

Fractal and Fractional

4.6

86

8938

Journal of Risk and Financial Management

4.5

72

9176

Sci

4.5

81

727

Dairy

4.4

78

786

Forests

4.4

78

33,908

Life

4.3

69

24,748

Urban Science

4.3

65

1527

Algorithms

4.1

73

7118

Economies

4.0

76

3752

Mathematics

4.0

74

60,616

Cryptography

3.8

57

743

Risks

3.8

63

3088

Buildings

3.4

66

21,439

Medicina

3.3

75

20,052

Tourism and Hospitality

3.0

63

361

Heritage

2.9

77

2735

Modelling

2.7

56

335

Journalism and Media

2.6

77

479

Laws

2.0

75

585

Languages

1.4

75

1216

Philosophies

1.3

75

514

Religions

1.3

90

5679

Source: 2023 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

CiteScore is a widely accepted citation metric developed from Scopus data, calculated by dividing the total number of citations to peer-reviewed articles in a journal in 2020–2023 by the total number of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal over the same period. CiteScore complements other journal-related metrics such as SNIP and SJR.

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