New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Remote Sensing86
2 Journal of Hydrology73
3 Earth-Science Reviews65
4 Gondwana Research64
5 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing63
6 Nature Geoscience61
- Earth System Science Data61
8 Geophysical Research Letters59
9 CATENA58
10 Engineering Geology57
11 Communications Earth & Environment55
12 Geoscience Frontiers54
13 Computers and Geotechnics51
14 Earths Future50
15 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction49
16 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering45
17 Natural Hazards40
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences40
19 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering39
20 Landslides38
- Petroleum Exploration and Development38
22 Computers & Geosciences37
- Marine and Petroleum Geology37
24 Advances in Space Research36
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment36
- Geoscientific Model Development36
27 International Journal of Coal Geology34
28 Science China-Earth Sciences33
29 Frontiers in Earth Science32
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering32
- Environmental Earth Sciences32
32 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth31
- Geocarto International31
- Global and Planetary Change31
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences31
- Natural Resources Research31
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles31
38 Cold Regions Science and Technology30
- Earth System Dynamics30
- Geothermics30
41 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering29
- Quaternary Science Reviews29
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk29
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes29
46 Biogeosciences28
- Cryosphere28
- Geomorphology28
49 Canadian Geotechnical Journal27
- Journal of Cultural Heritage27
51 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology26
- Earth and Space Science26
- Earth Science Informatics26
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources26
55 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences25
- Landscape Ecology25
57 Journal of Applied Geophysics24
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences24
- Journal of African Earth Sciences24
60 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences23
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Astrobiology23
- Earth Planets and Space23
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology23
66 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface22
- Soils and Foundations22
- Precambrian Research22
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Science22
70 Journal of Structural Geology21
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms21
72 Journal of Earthquake Engineering20
- Biogeochemistry20
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research20
- Quaternary International20
- Geological Journal20
- Geological Society of America Bulletin20
- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment20
- Journal of South American Earth Sciences20
- Climate of the Past20
81 Marine Geology19
- Journal of Archaeological Science19
- Anthropocene19
- Geomicrobiology Journal19
85 Basin Research18
- Mathematical Geosciences18
- Earth Surface Dynamics18
- Geoheritage18
89 Journal of Earth System Science17
- Journal of Marine Systems17
- Computational Geosciences17
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology17
- Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment17
- Geoscience Letters17
- Geosphere17
- Hydrogeology Journal17
- Spatial Statistics17
98 Journal of Glaciology16
- Natural Hazards Review16
- Journal of the American Water Resources Association16
- Bulletin of Volcanology16
- Journal of the Geological Society of India16
- Progress in Earth and Planetary Science16
- Geosynthetics International16
- AAPG Bulletin16
106 Journal of the Geological Society15
- Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition15
- Episodes15
- Groundwater15
110 Geothermal Energy14
- Quaternary Geochronology14
- Geological Magazine14
- Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards14
114 Journal of Quaternary Science13
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering13
- International Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Geobiology13
119 Anthropocene Review12
- Boreas12
- Clays and Clay Minerals12
- Polar Science12
- Geoscience Data Journal12
124 Open Geosciences11
- Photogrammetric Record11
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering11
- American Journal of Science11
- Terra Nova11
- Holocene11
130 Doklady Earth Sciences10
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics10
- Geotechnical Testing Journal10
- Archaeometry10
- Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing10
- Quaternary Research10
136 Journal of Coastal Research9
- Antarctic Science9
- Archaeological Prospection9
- Petroleum Geoscience9
- Geoarchaeology-An International Journal9
- Russian Geology and Geophysics9
- Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems9
- Journal of Cold Regions Engineering9
- Journal of Paleolimnology9
- Clay Minerals9
- Polar Research9
- Frontiers of Earth Science9
148 Australian Journal of Earth Sciences8
- Swiss Journal of Geosciences8
- Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences8
- International Journal of Astrobiology8
- Journal of Petroleum Geology8
- New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics8
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology8
- Survey Review8
156 Annals of Glaciology7
- Environmental Archaeology7
- Island Arc7
- Physical Geography7
- Geo-Marine Letters7
- Geosciences Journal7
162 Bulletin of Geosciences6
- Italian Journal of Geosciences6
- Russian Journal of Pacific Geology6
- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften6
166 Quaternaire5
- Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement5
- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh5
- Earth Sciences Research Journal5
- International Journal of Speleology5
171 Environmental & Engineering Geoscience4
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas4
- Journal of Cave and Karst Studies4
- Brazilian Journal of Geology4
- Norwegian Journal of Geology4
176 Acta Carsologica3
- History of Geo- and Space Sciences3
178 Earth Sciences History2
179 Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie1
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