New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Remote Sensing20225
2 Water15346
3 Ocean Engineering13288
4 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9480
5 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing9080
6 Journal of Water Process Engineering7535
7 Geophysical Research Letters7469
8 Journal of Hydrology6996
9 Water Research6827
10 Atmosphere6589
11 Minerals5700
12 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing5347
13 Crystals5298
14 Frontiers in Earth Science5247
15 Advances in Space Research3948
16 Water Air and Soil Pollution3904
17 Crystal Growth & Design3882
18 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3730
19 Desalination3661
20 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3657
21 Environmental Research Letters3570
22 CATENA3525
23 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters3390
24 Communications Earth & Environment3197
25 Plant and Soil3162
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3154
27 Drones3097
28 JOM3065
29 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3056
30 CrystEngComm2966
31 Computers and Geotechnics2917
32 Natural Hazards2807
33 Water Resources Research2696
34 Agricultural Water Management2693
35 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2679
36 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2573
37 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2497
38 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2461
39 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies2454
40 Atmospheric Research2416
41 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2333
42 Atmospheric Environment2291
43 Environmental Earth Sciences2281
44 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2275
45 Applied Soil Ecology2265
46 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2207
47 Ore Geology Reviews2184
48 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology2176
49 Land Degradation & Development2158
50 Minerals Engineering2123
51 Polyhedron2026
52 Geophysical Journal International2025
53 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2017
54 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1966
- Remote Sensing of Environment1966
56 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1962
57 Geoderma1905
- Journal of Climate1905
59 Climate Dynamics1877
60 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1853
61 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1833
62 Chemical Geology1827
63 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1825
64 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1794
65 Quaternary Science Reviews1785
66 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1783
67 Urban Climate1763
68 International Journal of Climatology1759
69 Engineering Geology1744
70 Marine and Petroleum Geology1664
71 International Journal of Geomechanics1651
72 Ocean & Coastal Management1637
73 Applied Ocean Research1588
74 Geoscientific Model Development1571
75 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1543
76 Water Resources Management1537
77 International Journal of Remote Sensing1512
78 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1489
79 Lithos1452
80 Acta Geotechnica1450
81 Geomorphology1424
82 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1422
83 Soil & Tillage Research1411
84 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1403
85 Hydrological Processes1383
86 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1367
87 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1361
88 Geophysics1359
- Water Science and Technology1359
90 Transportation Geotechnics1332
91 Earth Science Informatics1329
92 Earths Future1321
93 Journal of Crystal Growth1317
94 Doklady Earth Sciences1291
95 Biogeosciences1290
96 Global and Planetary Change1284
97 Applied Clay Science1273
98 Nature Climate Change1270
99 Environmental Modelling & Software1266
100 Earth and Space Science1253
101 Journal of Applied Geophysics1250
102 Tectonophysics1248
103 Journal of African Earth Sciences1229
104 Cryosphere1221
105 Limnology and Oceanography1201
106 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1183
107 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1182
108 Marine Ecology Progress Series1176
- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1176
110 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science1173
- Earth System Science Data1173
112 Environmental Toxicology1171
113 Geological Journal1168
114 International Journal of Digital Earth1167
115 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1162
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth1162
117 Journal of Soils and Sediments1158
118 Earth-Science Reviews1156
119 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1125
- Applied Water Science1125
121 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1115
122 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1106
123 Applied Geochemistry1095
124 Geological Society of America Bulletin1081
- Seismological Research Letters1081
126 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1078
127 Cold Regions Science and Technology1072
128 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics1069
129 Quaternary International1068
130 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1060
131 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1054
132 Precambrian Research1046
133 Gondwana Research1041
134 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society1039
135 Nature Geoscience1033
136 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1023
137 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling1010
138 Journal of Biogeography1009
139 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1002
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal1002
141 Geothermics995
- Journal of the Geological Society of India995
143 Journal of Water and Climate Change986
- Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics986
145 Water Supply979
146 Science China-Earth Sciences977
147 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration970
148 Journal of Earth System Science953
149 Pure and Applied Geophysics947
150 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences943
151 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences923
152 International Journal of Biometeorology916
153 Geofluids915
154 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing907
155 Water Environment Research901
156 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials896
157 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications893
158 Landslides887
159 ICES Journal of Marine Science886
160 American Mineralogist880
161 Geology875
162 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering871
163 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems870
- Historical Biology870
165 Landscape and Urban Planning863
166 Rhizosphere859
167 Journal of Cultural Heritage856
168 Journal of Coastal Research855
169 Structural Chemistry846
170 Geocarto International836
171 Climatic Change830
172 Cretaceous Research824
173 GPS Solutions822
174 Earth Planets and Space819
175 Eurasian Soil Science816
176 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk799
177 Journal of Applied Crystallography797
178 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface795
179 Acta Petrologica Sinica791
180 Advances in Water Resources782
181 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research776
182 Meteoritics & Planetary Science763
183 Journal of Structural Geology745
184 Journal of Earth Science742
185 Journal of Geochemical Exploration738
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis738
187 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing736
188 Journal Awwa734
189 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology731
190 Global Ecology and Biogeography727
191 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques724
192 European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering721
193 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources719
194 European Journal of Soil Science718
195 Journal of Physical Oceanography713
196 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics703
197 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America702
198 Thalassas700
- Weather700
200 Progress in Oceanography698
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