Table 6 Top 20 journals whose 2021 II benefitted the most.

From: Citation beneficiaries of discipline-specific mega-journals: who and how much

Ranka

Journal name

Citable items in 2021

Citations to citable items in 2021

2021 immediacy index

DSMJs’ citations to citable items in 2021

Five DSMJs’ contribution to the II (%)

1

Air Quality Atmosphere and Health

165

104

0.630

86

82.73

2

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

74

156

2.108

119

76.29

3

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

74

23

0.311

15

65.18

4

Environment Development and Sustainability

872

925

1.061

578

62.47

5

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

5794

7439

1.284

4524

60.81

6

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

46

98

2.130

54

55.11

7

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

34

4

0.118

2

49.85

8

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

59

90

1.525

44

48.90

9

Water Environment Research

163

106

0.650

48

45.30

10

Sustainability

13,769

14,430

1.048

6416

44.46

11

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

366

281

0.768

120

42.69

12

Environmental Forensics

57

31

0.544

13

41.92

13

International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment

32

12

0.375

5

41.67

14

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

137

172

1.255

71

41.29

15

Journal of Industrial Ecology

119

157

1.319

63

40.14

16

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

188

88

0.468

35

39.78

17

Land Degradation & Development

280

230

0.821

87

37.85

18

Global Nest Journal

73

11

0.151

4

36.29

19

Ecotoxicology

168

79

0.470

28

35.46

20

Waste Management & Research

193

187

0.969

66

35.29

  1. aJournals are in descending order by the last column “Five DSMJs’ Contribution to the II (%)”.