Water Resources: Journal Rankings

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	116
2	Journal of Hydrology	79
3	Desalination	77
4	Journal of Water Process Engineering	76
5	Water	74
6	CATENA	59
7	Agricultural Water Management	55
8	Water Resources Research	52
9	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	51
10	Ocean & Coastal Management	50
11	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	42
-	Natural Hazards	42
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42
14	Water Resources Management	41
-	Applied Water Science	41
-	npj Clean Water	41
17	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
18	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	35
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	35
20	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	34
21	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	33
23	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	32
24	Journal of Water and Climate Change	31
25	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
29	Environmental Toxicology	29
30	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
31	Advances in Water Resources	26
32	Water Resources and Industry	24
33	Hydrological Processes	23
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	23
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	23
-	Water Supply	23
37	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
38	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	21
40	Water Environment Research	20
41	Exposure and Health	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Hydrogeology Journal	19
-	Hydrology Research	19
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	19
46	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Water Research X	18
48	China Ocean Engineering	17
-	Groundwater	17
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	17

-	River Research and Applications	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
53	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
56	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	15
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
59	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	14
-	Water Policy	14
-	Irrigation and Drainage	14
-	Urban Water Journal	14
63	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Mine Water and the Environment	13
68	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	12
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	12
-	Water International	12
73	International Journal of Water Resources Development	11
74	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
76	Canadian Water Resources Journal	9
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	9
-	Water Economics and Policy	9
-	Water Resources	9
80	Soil and Water Research	8
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	8
82	Grundwasser	7
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	7
84	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
86	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	5
-	Wasserwirtschaft	5
88	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	4