Environmental Sciences: 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	Science of the Total Environment	162
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	141
3	Energy & Environmental Science	132
4	Sustainability	129
5	Journal of Hazardous Materials	126
6	Journal of Environmental Management	123
7	Environmental Science & Technology	121
8	Water Research	116
9	Chemosphere	115
10	Environmental Research	109
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	100
12	Environmental Pollution	95
13	Nature Sustainability	90
14	Remote Sensing	89
15	Global Change Biology	86
16	Nature Climate Change	83
-	Ecological Indicators	83
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	83
19	Environment International	80
20	Remote Sensing of Environment	75
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	75
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	75
23	Water	74
24	Energy Policy	72
25	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	66
26	Communications Earth & Environment	65
27	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
28	Toxics	60
29	Journal of Environmental Sciences	59
-	Lancet Planetary Health	59
31	Marine Pollution Bulletin	58
32	One Earth	57
-	Waste Management	57
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	57
35	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	56
36	Urban Climate	55
37	Earths Future	54
38	Water Resources Research	52
39	Environmental Research Letters	50
40	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
43	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	48
44	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	45
47	Atmosphere	43
48	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	42
-	Biological Conservation	42

-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	42
52	npj Clean Water	41
-	Atmospheric Environment	41
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	41
55	Environmental Sciences Europe	40
56	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
57	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	37
58	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	36
59	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
65	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	34
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
68	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	33
-	Utilities Policy	33
-	Waste Management & Research	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	33
79	Environmental Development	32
-	Environmental Health	32
-	Environmental Science-Nano	32
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	32
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	32
84	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
86	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	30
-	Geocarto International	30
-	Climatic Change	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Current Pollution Reports	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
94	Waste and Biomass Valorization	29
-	Environmental Toxicology	29
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	29
-	Marine Environmental Research	29
98	Journal of Soils and Sediments	28
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	28
-	Biochar	28
102	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	26
-	Natural Resources Forum	26
-	Environmental Research Communications	26
106	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	25
-	NanoImpact	25
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	25
109	Journal of Mountain Science	24
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
-	Climate Risk Management	24
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	24
-	Environmental Reviews	24
-	Geohealth	24
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	24
117	Water Supply	23
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	23
119	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
-	Environmental Management	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	22
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	22
124	International Journal of Environmental Research	21
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	21
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	Climate Services	21
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	21
132	Reviews on Environmental Health	20
-	Water Environment Research	20
-	Journal of Water and Health	20
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	20
-	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Bioenergy Research	20
-	Journal of Arid Land	20
140	Journal of Environmental Quality	19
-	Environmental Technology	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	19
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	19
-	Carbon Balance and Management	19
153	Water Research X	18
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
-	Anthropocene	18
-	Sustainable Environment Research	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Environmental Evidence	18
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	18
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	18
162	River Research and Applications	17
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Environmental Engineering Research	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Wetlands	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	17
171	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
173	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	15
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	15
-	Aquatic Sciences	15

-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	15
-	Geobiology	15
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	15
182	Soil & Sediment Contamination	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	14
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	14
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	14
190	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	13
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	13
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	13
199	Aerobiologia	12
-	Carbon Management	12
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Food and Environmental Virology	12
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	12
207	Environmental Chemistry	11
-	Bioremediation Journal	11
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	11
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	11
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Environmetrics	11
-	Ecohealth	11
215	Ozone-Science & Engineering	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	10
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Antarctic Science	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Health Physics	10
-	Coastal Management	10
224	Microbial Risk Analysis	9
-	Mountain Research and Development	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	9
-	Global Nest Journal	9
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	9
-	Environmental Forensics	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Climate Research	9
236	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Industrial Health	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
240	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	7
-	Environment	7
-	Grundwasser	7
-	International Journal of Global Warming	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
-	Physical Geography	7
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	7
247	Polar Record	6
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	6
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	6
-	Arctic	6
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	6
254	Journal of Elementology	5
255	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	4
256	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
257	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	2