Best open-access journals for Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
All 28 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1The Lancet Planetary Health11.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Environment International11.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Environmental Health Perspectives8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Environmental Sciences Europe8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety7.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Toxics5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 9International Journal of Health Geographics3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Environmental Epidemiology3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wolters KluwerOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Environments4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Human & Experimental Toxicology3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter OpenOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Health Risk Analysis1.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management TechnologiesOpen AccessScopus
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- 19Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene)0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · The Japanese Society for HygieneOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 20Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental0.6 cites/paper · Q4 · National Autonomous University of MexicoOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 22Aerosol and Air Quality Research3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Taiwan Association for Aerosol ResearchOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Journal of Water and Health3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · UWA PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24The Journal of Toxicological Sciences2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Japanese Society of Toxicological SciencesOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Nofer Institute of Occupational MedicineOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.