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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	159
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	143
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	143
4	Energy & Environmental Science	134
-	Chemosphere	134
6	Journal of Environmental Management	125
7	Environmental Science & Technology	120
8	Sustainability	112
9	Water Research	111
10	Environmental Research	107
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	101
12	Environmental Pollution	100
13	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	95
14	Resources Conservation and Recycling	90
15	Environment International	89
16	Ecological Indicators	87
17	Remote Sensing	86
18	Nature Sustainability	84
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	83
20	Global Change Biology	82
21	Nature Climate Change	81
22	Energy Policy	80
23	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	73
24	Environmental Chemistry Letters	72
25	Water	68
26	Lancet Planetary Health	63
27	Environmental Technology & Innovation	60
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	60
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
30	Waste Management	59
31	Journal of Environmental Sciences	56
-	One Earth	56
33	Communications Earth & Environment	55
-	Environmental Research Letters	55
35	Urban Climate	54
36	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	51
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
-	Toxics	51
39	Earths Future	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
41	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
42	Ecological Economics	48
43	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	47
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	45
-	Water Resources Research	45
-	Atmosphere	45
49	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	43
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	41

51	Environmental Modelling & Software	40
-	Biological Conservation	40
53	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	38
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	38
-	Ecological Engineering	38
56	Environmental Sciences Europe	36
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	36
-	Atmospheric Environment	36
59	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	35
-	Biochar	35
61	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
64	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	npj Clean Water	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
68	Climatic Change	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	32
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	32
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	32
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	Water Science and Technology	32
79	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	31
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Geocarto International	31
-	Utilities Policy	31
-	Environmental Health	31
-	Environmental Science-Nano	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
86	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
89	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	29
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	29
-	Ecological Applications	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
93	Environmental Toxicology	28
-	Waste Management & Research	28
-	Environmental Development	28
96	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
98	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	26
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	26
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	26
-	NanoImpact	26
103	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	25
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
-	Regional Environmental Change	25
-	Current Pollution Reports	25
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
-	Marine Environmental Research	25
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	25
-	Geohealth	25
111	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
-	Climate Risk Management	24
113	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	23
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	23
-	Bioenergy Research	23
118	Journal of Mountain Science	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	Water Research X	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Environmental Research Communications	22
-	Environmental Reviews	22
124	Journal of Arid Environments	21
-	Journal of Water and Health	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	21
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	21
130	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	20
-	Environmental Management	20
-	Environmental Technology	20
-	Biogeochemistry	20
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	20
-	Climate Services	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	20
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	20
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	20
-	Natural Resources Forum	20
143	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Anthropocene	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Water Environment Research	19
-	Ecological Processes	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
150	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	18
-	Journal of Arid Land	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
155	Ecohydrology	17
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	17
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	17
164	River Research and Applications	16
-	Carbon Balance and Management	16
-	Environmental Evidence	16
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	16
168	Carbon Management	15
-	Conservation Physiology	15
-	Environmental Engineering Research	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	15
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	15
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	15
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	15

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