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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Biochar32
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters21
3 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry16
4 Energy & Environmental Science15
5 Remote Sensing of Environment13
6 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology12
- Journal of Cleaner Production12
- Water Research12
9 Resources Conservation and Recycling11
- Energy Policy11
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions11
- Chemosphere11
13 Science of the Total Environment10
- Journal of Hazardous Materials10
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research10
- Environment International10
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology10
18 Environmental Pollution9
- Environmental Research9
- Nature Sustainability9
- Environment Development and Sustainability9
22 Global Change Biology8
- Ecosystem Services8
- Environmental Science & Technology8
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment8
26 Biogeochemistry7
- Ecological Indicators7
- Waste Management7
- Journal of Environmental Management7
- Journal of Environmental Sciences7
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions7
- Environmental Technology & Innovation7
33 npj Clean Water6
- Environmental and Experimental Botany6
- Environmental Science & Policy6
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering6
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability6
- Ecological Economics6
- NanoImpact6
- Urban Climate6
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6
- Environmental Health6
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews6
- Bioenergy Research6
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health6
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research6
- Current Pollution Reports6
48 Water Resources Research5
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics5
- Earths Future5
- Marine Pollution Bulletin5
- Sustainable Environment Research5
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water5
- Environmental Evidence5
- Lancet Planetary Health5
- Ecological Applications5
- Ecological Engineering5
58 Reviews on Environmental Health4
- Sustainability4
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy4
- Utilities Policy4
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology4
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment4
- Environmental Research Letters4
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters4
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology4
- Anthropocene4
- Geocarto International4
- Climate Risk Management4
- Climatic Change4
- Communications Earth & Environment4
- One Earth4
- Remote Sensing4
- Sustainability Science4
- Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering4
- Environmental Modelling & Software4
- Advances in Climate Change Research4
- Ambio4
- Frontiers in Environmental Science4
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles4
- Atmospheric Environment4
- Biological Conservation4
- Ecological Processes4
84 Nature Climate Change3
- Regional Environmental Change3
- Waste Management & Research3
- Water Research X3
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences3
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences3
- Environmental Earth Sciences3
- Journal of Industrial Ecology3
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health3
- Journal of Soils and Sediments3
- Environmental Health Perspectives3
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues3
- Land Degradation & Development3
- Environmental Sciences Europe3
- Environmental Toxicology3
- Applied Catalysis A-General3
- Atmospheric Pollution Research3
- Biodiversity and Conservation3
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation3
- Carbon Management3
- Chinese Geographical Science3
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment3
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment3
- Toxics3
- Water3
- Water Resources and Economics3
- Water Science and Technology3
- Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene3
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3
- Journal of Great Lakes Research3
- Environmental Development3
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management3
- Environmental Reviews3
- Carbon Balance and Management3
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment3
- Climate Services3
- International Journal of Phytoremediation3
- Journal of Aerosol Science3
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology3
124 River Research and Applications2
- Waste and Biomass Valorization2
- Water Air and Soil Pollution2
- Water Supply2
- Wetlands Ecology and Management2
- Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2
- Ecotoxicology2
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering2
- Environmental Chemistry2
- Environmental Conservation2
- Journal of Hydroinformatics2
- Environmental Engineering Research2
- Journal of Mountain Science2
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics2
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association2
- Environmental Management2
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment2
- Journal of Water and Health2
- Aerobiologia2
- Aerosol Science and Technology2
- Air Quality Atmosphere and Health2
- Estuaries and Coasts2
- Aquatic Sciences2
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment2
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology2
- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry2
- Chemistry and Ecology2
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy2
- International Journal of Sediment Research2
- Conservation Physiology2
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2
- Journal of Arid Environments2
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change2
- Rangeland Ecology & Management2
- SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research2
- Wetlands2
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity2
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research2
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability2
- Marine Environmental Research2
- Environmental Science-Nano2
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research2
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry2
- Anthropocene Review2
- Food and Environmental Virology2
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology2
- Geobiology2
- Geohealth2
- Atmosphere2
- International Journal of Biometeorology2
- Climate Research2
- Conservation Biology2
- Journal of Arid Land2
- Ecohealth2
- Journal of Coastal Conservation2
181 Microbial Risk Analysis1
- Ozone-Science & Engineering1
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics1
- Radioprotection1
- Soil & Sediment Contamination1
- Water Environment Research1
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management1
- Journal of Environmental Informatics1
- Journal of Environmental Quality1
- Journal of Paleolimnology1
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters1
- Environmental Technology1
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems1
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health1
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research1
- Arid Land Research and Management1
- Geomicrobiology Journal1
- Bioremediation Journal1
- Industrial Health1
- International Journal of Environmental Research1
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1
- Ecohydrology1
- Natural Resources Forum1
- Physical Geography1
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition1
- Vadose Zone Journal1
- Water and Environment Journal1
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics1
- Journal of Flood Risk Management1
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis1
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering1
- Environmental Forensics1
- Journal of Radiological Protection1
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing1
- Environmental Microbiology Reports1
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1
- Environmental Research Communications1
- Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts1
- African Journal of Range & Forage Science1
- Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1
- Antarctic Science1
- Environmetrics1
- Arctic Science1
- Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology1
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife1
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management1
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research1
- Coastal Management1
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing1
- Journal of Environmental Engineering1
233 Mountain Research and Development0
- Natural Resource Modeling0
- Polar Record0
- Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry0
- Journal of Environmental Science and Management0
- Environment0
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment0
- Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0
- Global Nest Journal0
- Grundwasser0
- International Journal of Global Warming0
- Journal of Coastal Research0
- Journal of Elementology0
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry0
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental0
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene0
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0
- Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management0
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society0
- Arctic0
- Health Physics0
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0
- Clean-Soil Air Water0
- International Journal of Environment and Pollution0
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