New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar53.833
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters50.188
3 Energy & Environmental Science39.038
4 Nature Sustainability31.314
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.545
6 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology24.992
7 Water Research22.332
8 Journal of Cleaner Production22.240
9 Lancet Planetary Health21.926
10 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology21.669
11 Remote Sensing of Environment20.799
12 Nature Climate Change20.791
13 Resources Conservation and Recycling20.416
14 Science of the Total Environment19.527
15 Chemosphere19.417
16 Environmental Science and Pollution Research19.194
17 npj Clean Water18.759
18 Global Change Biology18.657
19 Energy Policy18.556
20 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.385
21 Journal of Hazardous Materials18.316
22 Environmental Science & Technology18.029
23 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews17.577
24 Environment International17.547
25 Current Pollution Reports16.619
26 Environment Development and Sustainability16.542
27 One Earth16.120
28 Environmental Research15.537
29 Environmental Pollution15.201
30 Ecological Indicators14.946
31 Journal of Environmental Management14.932
32 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability14.283
33 Ecosystem Services13.211
34 Waste Management13.194
35 Environmental Health Perspectives13.108
36 NanoImpact12.986
37 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.883
38 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.725
39 Earths Future12.410
40 Urban Climate12.344
41 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water12.212
42 Ecological Economics11.927
43 Environmental Technology & Innovation11.912
44 Environmental Science & Policy11.644
45 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.527
46 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering11.467
47 Communications Earth & Environment11.442
48 Journal of Environmental Sciences11.438
49 Environmental Health11.113
50 Environmental Evidence11.071
51 Environmental Science & Technology Letters10.961
52 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.959
53 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.919
54 Biogeochemistry10.793
55 Environmental Sciences Europe10.669
56 Bioenergy Research10.517
57 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.432
58 Water Resources Research9.724
59 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment9.525
60 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.314
61 Environmental Reviews9.295
62 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.068
63 Sustainability Science9.028
64 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.969
65 Toxics8.966
66 Sustainability8.955
67 Remote Sensing8.946
68 Utilities Policy8.852
69 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.850
70 Reviews on Environmental Health8.839
71 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.636
72 Sustainable Environment Research8.587
73 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.545
74 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.436
75 Waste Management & Research8.176
76 Environmental Development8.132
77 Environmental Modelling & Software8.000
78 Biological Conservation7.986
79 Ecological Applications7.956
80 Climate Risk Management7.933
81 Ambio7.922
82 Ecological Engineering7.862
83 Environmental Research Letters7.852
84 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.800
85 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.767
86 Geocarto International7.599
87 Advances in Climate Change Research7.429
88 Climatic Change7.398
89 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.338
90 Climate Services7.261
91 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7.086
92 Ecological Processes7.073
93 Conservation Biology7.048
94 Atmospheric Environment6.952
95 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.905
96 Applied Catalysis A-General6.728
97 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.725
98 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.712
99 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.637
100 Water6.607
101 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6.503
102 Anthropocene6.475
103 Natural Resources Forum6.409
104 Regional Environmental Change6.295
105 Anthropocene Review6.243
106 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.229
107 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.215
108 Environmental Earth Sciences6.204
109 Environmental Toxicology6.165
110 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.078
- Geohealth6.078
112 Water Science and Technology6.077
113 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6.032
114 International Journal of Sediment Research6.020
115 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.019
116 Environmental Science-Nano5.887
117 Journal of Hydroinformatics5.880
118 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.803
119 Land Degradation & Development5.775
120 Chinese Geographical Science5.772
121 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.656
122 Journal of Arid Land5.628
123 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.532
124 Environmental Engineering Research5.500
125 Geomicrobiology Journal5.392
126 Chemistry and Ecology5.378
127 Geobiology5.345
128 Atmosphere5.314
129 Journal of Water and Health5.289
130 Ecohealth5.287
131 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.228
132 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.189
133 Carbon Balance and Management5.155
134 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.096
135 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.089
136 Water Resources and Economics5.087
137 Arctic Science5.066
138 Biodiversity and Conservation5.021
139 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.017
140 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.990
141 Journal of Aerosol Science4.953
142 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.949
- International Journal of Environmental Research4.949
144 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.900
145 International Journal of Biometeorology4.860
146 Aerosol and Air Quality Research4.828
147 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.795
148 Marine Environmental Research4.747
149 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.713
150 Environmental Management4.670
151 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.592
152 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.566
153 Journal of Arid Environments4.561
154 Water Supply4.542
155 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.447
156 Food and Environmental Virology4.436
157 Journal of Mountain Science4.431
158 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.403
159 Water Research X4.395
160 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment4.351
161 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.274
162 Environmental Chemistry4.250
163 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.214
164 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.139
165 Environmental Conservation4.122
166 Vadose Zone Journal4.119
167 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.110
168 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.096
169 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.093
170 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.087
171 Ecotoxicology4.066
172 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.977
173 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.971
174 Conservation Physiology3.953
175 Estuaries and Coasts3.924
176 Journal of Environmental Quality3.838
177 Wetlands3.813
178 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.785
179 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.777
180 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.758
181 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.732
182 Aquatic Sciences3.711
183 Aerosol Science and Technology3.680
184 Aerobiologia3.626
- Environmental Research Communications3.626
186 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.565
187 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.499
188 Water Environment Research3.475
189 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.455
190 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.391
191 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.361
192 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.360
193 Carbon Management3.299
194 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.249
195 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.187
196 Environmental Technology3.186
197 Arid Land Research and Management3.160
198 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.137
199 Climate Research3.110
200 Ecohydrology3.109
201 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.040
202 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.980
203 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.975
204 River Research and Applications2.960
205 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2.871
206 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.856
207 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.821
208 Coastal Management2.817
209 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.783
210 Natural Resource Modeling2.732
211 Journal of Paleolimnology2.710
212 Microbial Risk Analysis2.702
213 Water and Environment Journal2.678
214 Agricultural & Environmental Letters2.644
215 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.643
216 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.640
217 Antarctic Science2.595
218 Mountain Research and Development2.563
219 Bioremediation Journal2.509
220 Journal of Radiological Protection2.445
221 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.413
222 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.406
223 Environmental Forensics2.399
224 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.351
225 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies2.345
226 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.302
227 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2.215
228 Environmetrics2.184
229 Radioprotection2.152
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.152
231 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2.094
232 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.028
233 Grundwasser2.010
234 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2.008
235 Physical Geography2.000
236 Environment1.969
237 African Journal of Range & Forage Science1.906
238 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1.874
239 Industrial Health1.693
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.661
241 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.590
242 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.577
243 Polar Record1.534
244 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.453
245 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.440
246 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.241
247 Health Physics1.235
248 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.030
249 Arctic1.020
250 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.981
251 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.964
252 Journal of Coastal Research0.860
253 Global Nest Journal0.669
254 International Journal of Global Warming0.661
255 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.642
256 Journal of Elementology0.526
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.176
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.041
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