Where Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortMinistry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (China) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 154 journals we checked, most often in Advances in Climate Change Research (20 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Advances in Climate Change Research	20 of 200	SCIE	4.81	n/a
2	Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters	16 of 200	ESCI	1.54	n/a
3	Virologica Sinica	15 of 200	SCIE	2.90	n/a
4	Global and Planetary Change	14 of 200	SCIE	3.74	n/a
5	SCIENCE BULLETIN	14 of 200	SCIE	9.18	n/a
6	Soil and Tillage Research	14 of 200	SCIE	7.81	n/a
7	Cell Discovery	13 of 198	SCIE	14.03	172 days
8	Environmental Science and Ecotechnology	12 of 200	SCIE	16.68	n/a
9	Molecular Plant	12 of 200	SCIE	11.65	n/a
10	Ore Geology Reviews	12 of 200	SCIE	3.72	n/a
11	The Innovation	12 of 200	ESCI	10.13	n/a
12	hLife	11 of 154	Scopus	5.62	n/a
13	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	11 of 200	SCIE	4.36	n/a
14	Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology	11 of 200	SCIE	4.37	n/a
15	Geography and sustainability	10 of 200	ESCI	5.86	n/a
16	Cell stem cell	9 of 200	SCIE	19.57	n/a
17	Computer-Aided Design	9 of 200	SCIE	2.38	n/a
18	Food Bioscience	9 of 200	SCIE	5.95	n/a
19	Fundamental Research	9 of 200	ESCI	5.81	n/a
20	Geoscience Frontiers	9 of 200	SCIE	7.66	n/a
21	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	9 of 200	SCIE	5.70	n/a
22	Journal of genetics and genomics/Journal of Genetics and Genomics	9 of 200	SCIE	4.93	n/a
23	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	8 of 200	SCIE	10.92	n/a
24	Food Research International	8 of 200	SCIE	7.37	n/a
25	Forest Ecosystems	8 of 200	SCIE	4.91	n/a
26	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	8 of 200	SCIE	4.11	n/a
27	Journal of Hazardous Materials	8 of 200	SCIE	10.76	n/a
28	Journal of Palaeogeography	8 of 161	SCIE	2.43	n/a
29	Plant Phenomics	8 of 200	SCIE	8.13	n/a
30	Precambrian Research	8 of 200	SCIE	2.93	n/a
31	Water Biology and Security	8 of 200	ESCI	2.41	n/a
32	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	7 of 200	SCIE	7.03	n/a
33	Aquaculture and Fisheries	7 of 200	Scopus	2.51	n/a
34	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics	7 of 200	SCIE	1.48	n/a
35	Ecological Frontiers	7 of 200	ESCI	3.32	n/a
36	Engineering	7 of 200	SCIE	8.96	n/a
37	Global Ecology and Conservation	7 of 200	SCIE	2.92	n/a
38	Industrial Crops and Products	7 of 200	SCIE	6.89	n/a
39	Information Processing in Agriculture	7 of 200	SCIE	4.78	n/a
40	Nuclear Materials and Energy	7 of 200	SCIE	2.55	n/a
41	Resources Environment and Sustainability	7 of 200	ESCI	5.36	n/a
42	Weather and Climate Extremes	7 of 200	SCIE	5.51	n/a
43	Advances in Water Resources	6 of 200	SCIE	3.74	n/a
44	Aquacultural Engineering	6 of 200	SCIE	3.85	n/a
45	Atmospheric Pollution Research	6 of 200	SCIE	3.33	n/a
46	Avian Research	6 of 200	SCIE	2.04	n/a
47	Bioresource Technology	6 of 200	SCIE	7.19	n/a
48	CATENA	6 of 200	SCIE	5.95	n/a
49	Cell Research	6 of 200	SCIE	12.59	179 days
50	Ecological Indicators	6 of 200	SCIE	9.42	n/a

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

National Natural Science Foundation of China National Key Research and Development Program of China China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Chinese Academy of Sciences Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province European Commission National Research Foundation of Korea Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Beijing Natural Science Foundation Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Key Technologies Research and Development Program Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province National Science and Technology Major Project National Science Foundation Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Find a journal for your paper

A journal that often publishes Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China funded work is a good start, but the fit with your topic matters most. The free Journal Finder matches your title or abstract to the journals that published the closest papers.

Open the Journal Finder →Check your APC waiver Is my paper ready to submit?

Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China as a funder most often are Advances in Climate Change Research, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, Virologica Sinica, Global and Planetary Change, SCIENCE BULLETIN. In all, 154 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China grant?

These journals already publish work supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China or these journals.