MDPI AG Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher MDPI AG including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

MDPI AG has published 754486 documents so far, receiving a total of 3275137 citations. These numbers are equal to 0.62% and 0.30% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. MDPI AG has a score of 4.34 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by MDPI AG. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Proceedings Article, Dataset, Other, Book, and Posted Content a with the total document number of 714996, 84, 7628, 1, 1, 3847, and 27929 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 94.77%, 0.01%, 1.01%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.51%, and 3.70% of the total documents published in MDPI AG so far, respectively. MDPI AG has been an active publisher from 1970-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of MDPI AG over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of MDPI AG documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. MDPI AG has the highest annual number of publications in 2020, with 175497 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2020, with 155068 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.88.

YearDocumentsCitationsCitations/DocumentsAverage Citations/DocumentsDocuments ShareCitations Share
2010514814997429.13252.64840.00140.0036
2011566013814024.40642.44060.00150.0034
2012807317999022.29532.47730.00200.0046
20131016923037922.65502.83190.00230.0061
20141329926192719.69522.81360.00290.0075
20151878731210416.61282.76880.00390.0098
20162557532208512.59372.51870.00490.0117
2017414864088329.85472.46370.00740.0179
2018746974926006.59462.19820.01270.0289
20191149194446083.86891.93440.01860.0455
20201754971550680.88360.88360.02500.0457

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of MDPI AG are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets.

The number of published documents by MDPI AG are 714996, 27929, 7628, 3847, 84, and 1 for Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.78%, 3.41%, 0.11%, 0.43%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the whole published Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets of MDPI AG are 3270952, 3531, 600, 46, 7, and 0, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.31%, 2.18%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets by MDPI AG are 290, 16, 7, 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, 79, 615, 793, 588, and 98, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets by MDPI AG are 26, 6, 4, 2, 1, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, 14, 50, 60, 48, and 20, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets by MDPI AG are 4.575, 0.126, 0.079, 0.012, 0.083, and 0.000, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, 0.197, 2.540, 8.593, 1.016, and 0.070, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets by MDPI AG are 165645, 7138, 1450, 1246, 41, and 1, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets are 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2018, and 2020, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets published in MDPI AG are 491823, 1717, 157, 19, 4, and 0, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets are 2018, 2020, 2014, 2018, 2017, and 2020, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets published in MDPI AG are 30.34, 0.24, 0.43, 0.05, 0.33, and 0.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, Posted Contents, Proceeding Articles, Books, Chapters, and Datasets are 2010, 2020, 2014, 2018, 2017, and 2020, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher MDPI AG.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by MDPI AG, are 290, 256, and 161, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

MetricMDPI AGAll Publishers
h-index2903269
h10-index2561489
h5-index161795

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by MDPI AG are 26, 25, and 19, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

MetricMDPI AGAll Publishers
g-index26131
g10-index2580
g5-index1955

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by MDPI AG, are 89017, 27545, 8821, 2506, 411, 73, 5, 0, 0, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

MetricMDPI AGAll Publishers
i10-index8901721796896
i25-index2754510617845
i50-index88214822066
i100-index25061785083
i250-index411390499
i500-index73114230
i1000-index531648
i2500-index05505
i5000-index01423
i10000-index0355

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the MDPI AG top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by MDPI AG is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of MDPI AG based on the number of published documents are International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Sustainability, Sensors, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Molecules. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 46748, 43209, 39220, 38023, and 34525, respectively. These numbers are equal to 6.196%, 5.727%, 5.198%, 5.040%, and 4.576% of the total documents published by MDPI AG so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of MDPI AG are International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Sensors, Molecules, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Remote Sensing. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 46748, 39220, 34525, 38023, and 19310, respectively. These numbers are equal to 1.427%, 1.198%, 1.054%, 1.161%, and 0.590% of the total citations received by MDPI AG publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of MDPI AG are Marine Drugs, Toxins, Sensors, Molecules, and Viruses. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 17.043, 10.563, 8.334, 8.963, and 8.579, respectively.

Journal TitleDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive Years
International Journal of Molecular Sciences467480.06203896200.11908.33452000-2020
Sustainability432090.05731562370.04773.61582009-2020
Sensors392200.05203515260.10738.96292001-2020
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health380230.05041677560.05124.41202004-2020
Molecules345250.04582961940.09048.57911996-2020
Applied Sciences321560.0426611450.01871.90152011-2020
Energies293940.03901342240.04104.56642008-2020
Materials255430.03391397460.04275.47102008-2020
Remote Sensing193100.02561594440.04878.25712009-2020
Nutrients175910.02331458360.04458.29042009-2020
Water144060.0191547090.01673.79772009-2020
Cancers140770.0187547910.01673.89222009-2020
Journal of Clinical Medicine135880.0180314300.00962.31312012-2020
Polymers130760.0173645900.01974.93962009-2020
Nanomaterials100310.0133460440.01414.59022010-2020
Cells86560.0115282810.00863.26722011-2020
Entropy83180.0110479890.01475.76931999-2020
Viruses80740.0107685610.02098.49162009-2020
Animals80150.0106115630.00351.44272010-2020
Electronics78920.0105137110.00421.73732011-2020
Symmetry77730.0103193880.00592.49432009-2020
Mathematics75550.010086240.00261.14152012-2020
Metals74700.0099218850.00672.92972011-2020
Forests66340.0088246700.00753.71872009-2020
Foods64300.0085128480.00391.99812012-2020
Agronomy62210.0082124470.00382.00082011-2020
Genes61820.0082263240.00804.25822009-2020
Proceedings60680.008028130.00090.46362016-2020
Microorganisms58080.0077104400.00321.79752013-2020
Plants57510.007692960.00281.61642012-2020
Catalysts57040.0076279860.00854.90642011-2020
Processes55260.007390700.00281.64132012-2020
Micromachines53160.0070197610.00603.71732010-2020
Biomolecules51900.0069207090.00633.99022011-2020
Atmosphere51630.0068135630.00412.62702010-2020
Marine Drugs50080.0066853510.026117.04292003-2020
Pharmaceutics48790.0065182740.00563.74542009-2020
Toxins48720.0065514610.015710.56262009-2020
Crystals47500.0063124330.00382.61752010-2020
Coatings46640.0062125210.00382.68462010-2020
Antioxidants45740.0061147410.00453.22282012-2020
Minerals45640.0060120990.00372.65102010-2020
Diagnostics41350.005547120.00141.13952011-2020
Brain Sciences37560.005094100.00292.50532010-2020
Religions36780.004944680.00141.21482010-2020
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information36580.0048158390.00484.33002011-2020
Pathogens34770.004688230.00272.53752011-2020
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering34590.004646890.00141.35562013-2020
Insects32480.004395490.00292.94002010-2020
Antibiotics31200.004168050.00212.18112012-2020
Healthcare30960.004143250.00131.39702013-2020
Biomedicines30490.004041410.00131.35822013-2020
Pharmaceuticals29380.0039185830.00576.32512004-2020
Vaccines28880.003873670.00222.55092012-2020
Medicina28810.003876460.00232.65392005-2020
Agriculture28120.003764350.00202.28842011-2020
Land26840.003650220.00151.87112012-2020
Biology23870.003268140.00212.85462011-2020
Geosciences23430.003168710.00212.93262011-2020
Life23370.003156190.00172.40442011-2020
Information23110.003159230.00182.56302010-2020
Metabolites21890.0029105860.00324.83602010-2020
Membranes21290.002887420.00274.10622010-2020
Children21030.002824600.00081.16982013-2020
Education Sciences19800.002626490.00081.33792011-2020
Journal of Personalized Medicine19770.002632160.00101.62672011-2020
Journal of Fungi19150.002543730.00132.28362014-2020
Diversity19110.002574060.00233.87552009-2020
Current Oncology18130.0024134710.00417.43022007-2020
Buildings17730.002354370.00173.06662011-2020
Algorithms17680.002357730.00183.26532008-2020
Social Sciences17190.002331890.00101.85512011-2020
Journal of Risk and Financial Management13370.001817660.00051.32092008-2020
Future Internet13300.001861460.00194.62112009-2020
Scientia Pharmaceutica13280.001870000.00215.27112000-2020
Biosensors13120.001775500.00235.75462011-2020
Universe12920.001727810.00082.15252014-2020
World Electric Vehicle Journal12520.001723290.00071.86022007-2020
Medicina12170.001640.00000.00332021-2020
Mathematical and Computational Applications11930.001621900.00071.83571996-2020
Photonics11790.001627550.00082.33672014-2020
Fluids11640.001515300.00051.31442015-2020
Molbank10320.00147490.00020.72582002-2020
Aerospace10040.001318510.00061.84362013-2020
Sports9790.001323780.00072.42902013-2020
Horticulturae9630.001311040.00031.14642015-2020
Pharmacy9370.001215250.00051.62752013-2020
Humanities9270.00127450.00020.80372011-2020
Axioms9060.001213800.00041.52322011-2020
Veterinary Sciences9060.001214940.00051.64902013-2020
Behavioral Sciences9000.001236710.00114.07892011-2020
Risks8300.001115120.00051.82172013-2020
Climate8230.001136130.00114.39002012-2020
Bioengineering8010.001138850.00124.85022013-2020
Resources7890.001051040.00166.46892012-2020
Toxics7810.001027920.00093.57492013-2020
Journal of Imaging7810.001021390.00072.73882015-2020
Fermentation7770.001026930.00083.46592014-2020
Actuators7680.001018320.00062.38542012-2020
Chemosensors7560.001020710.00062.73942012-2020

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in MDPI AG. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher MDPI AG are the impact, in vitro, case study, the world, the future, mechanical properties, real time, machine learning, electron microscopy, and neural network, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 16727, 15906, 12429, 11142, 9913, 8625, 8196, 7699, 7642, and 7420, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher MDPI AG are in vitro, the impact, case study, remote sensing, oxidative stress, systematic review, mechanical properties, neural network, the world, and real time, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 15906, 16727, 12429, 5986, 6698, 5657, 8625, 7420, 11142, and 8196, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher MDPI AG are drug delivery, remote sensing, oxidative stress, anti inflammatory, human health, antioxidant activity, stem cells, reactive oxygen species, meta analysis, and systematic review, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 7.411, 5.894, 5.256, 5.254, 5.237, 5.048, 4.920, 4.874, 4.712, and 4.626, respectively.

KeywordDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive YearsActive Years For All Data
the impact167270.0377376510.01072.25092004-20201868-2020
in vitro159060.0313526510.00623.31012000-20201500-2020
case study124290.0303355310.01762.85872006-20201905-2020
the world111420.0367226350.01822.03151999-20201400-2020
the future99130.0415215380.01762.17272005-20201676-2020
mechanical properties86250.0531237070.01412.74862007-20201826-2020
real time81960.0339223990.00952.73292002-20201900-2020
machine learning76990.0673193050.04312.50752008-20201959-2020
electron microscopy76420.0650168420.01192.20392009-20201934-2020
neural network74200.0447236160.02253.18271996-20201900-2020
climate change73980.0568209480.01202.83162007-20201900-2020
scanning electron69060.0936159060.03692.30322005-20201942-2020
oxidative stress66980.0658352080.01655.25652005-20201955-2020
gene expression64800.0352182300.00442.81332002-20201900-2020
simulation results62640.120679620.05781.27112007-20201900-2020
decision making61700.0331163230.01052.64552006-20201900-2020
x ray61430.019797780.00251.59171997-20201896-2020
mass spectrometry60420.0412171080.00642.83152000-20201945-2020
remote sensing59860.0865352800.05535.89382006-20201907-2020
systematic review56570.0267261710.00724.62632006-20201846-2020
sustainable development54850.0890147820.06402.69502009-20201962-2020
public health54120.0400172650.02073.19012004-20201835-2020
breast cancer53160.0179201860.00473.79722000-20201880-2020
the mean52440.0357100370.00681.91402000-20201669-2020
wide range51100.0665142690.01702.79242005-20201858-2020
high resolution49560.0347195300.00903.94072007-20201900-2020
deep learning49050.0742124130.04272.53072015-20201900-2020
risk factors48370.0235120640.00432.49412007-20201948-2020
selection of48200.0394114940.01032.38462004-20201794-2020
over time44820.051775660.00901.68811970-20201904-2020
cancer cells43970.0466190870.01194.34092005-20201852-2020
better than43690.073864000.01571.46492005-20201527-2020
state of the art42080.0767167220.02163.97392008-20201807-2020
time series42070.0510165200.01643.92682007-20201913-2020
physical activity41160.0439119450.00962.90212006-20201880-2020
land use40210.0681159050.02403.95552007-20201925-2020
insight into39960.0508107160.01262.68172005-20201746-2020
energy consumption39750.1027102410.03762.57642008-20201909-2020
cell lines39510.052697350.00762.46392000-20201934-2020
cross sectional39220.027759350.00661.51332005-20201886-2020
neural networks39010.0334152720.01233.91491996-20201900-2020
scanning electron microscopy38540.092690880.03572.35812009-20201959-2020
finite element37900.024557750.00451.52371996-20201958-2020
stem cells37860.0296186270.00624.92002007-20201916-2020
quality of life37770.022689800.00482.37752006-20201905-2020
the past37050.034436580.00560.98732007-20201752-2020
fatty acids36840.0484161540.01084.38492001-20201851-2020
literature review35750.032598970.01282.76842000-20201904-2020
the relationship35740.016976420.00402.13822000-20201843-2020
the brain35060.035084610.00492.41332005-20201666-2020
renewable energy34830.089396060.03292.75802009-20201954-2020
three dimensional33040.016764570.00211.95431997-20201500-2020
united states32660.0101104700.00343.20582006-20201785-2020
amino acid32560.028798350.00403.02061997-20201906-2020
short term32150.028477540.00592.41182008-20201885-2020
significant difference31980.039732220.00881.00752001-20201923-2020
clinical trials31510.0419137750.01264.37162001-20201912-2020
large scale31030.022970160.00392.26102003-20201500-2020
experimental data30770.054253760.01011.74722007-20201837-2020
escherichia coli30750.022088630.00292.88232000-20201902-2020
high temperature30440.023072440.00542.37982000-20201814-2020
reactive oxygen species29930.0925145880.01594.87402006-20201970-2020
human health29730.1100155710.04415.23752000-20201879-2020
antioxidant activity29600.0965149420.03425.04802000-20201930-2020
drug delivery29420.0593218030.01987.41092001-20201969-2020
logistic regression28800.058950820.01431.76462007-20201969-2020
low cost28700.045695010.02043.31052005-20201891-2020
cell death28580.0530111990.00693.91852006-20201908-2020
liquid chromatography28450.030691390.00543.21232002-20201954-2020
control group28450.042724220.00860.85132006-20201899-2020
immune response28160.052288190.00883.13172007-20201917-2020
special issue28060.041327220.01860.97012002-20201895-2020
amino acids27940.032278220.00462.79961997-20201898-2020
different types27870.061024270.00830.87082009-20201866-2020
the common27790.035742460.00741.52792008-20201633-2020
mental health27770.018276450.00652.75302007-20201881-2020
fourier transform27530.057872270.01272.62511997-20201900-2020
internet of things27370.0770119440.05764.36392012-20201970-2020
anti inflammatory27310.0515143500.01725.25452001-20201923-2020
life cycle26990.044797930.01373.62842001-20201877-2020
meta analysis26970.0156127070.00334.71152006-20201953-2020
fatty acid26830.034398330.00653.66492007-20201852-2020
other hand26740.07046330.00730.23672004-20201710-2020
growth factor26120.018494910.00233.63362006-20201921-2020
high quality25810.054322340.00610.86562000-20201885-2020
experimental results25460.063424270.00840.95332009-20201828-2020
energy storage25410.055497280.01423.82842007-20201905-2020
magnetic resonance25310.013956740.00202.24182000-20201936-2020
lung cancer24820.015696160.00483.87432007-20201921-2020
sectional study24730.032434020.00961.37572005-20201930-2020
very high24700.052575900.01423.07292007-20201669-2020

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