New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

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 Sustainability55393
2 Science of the Total Environment27632
3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health21862
4 Remote Sensing20225
5 Journal of Cleaner Production16544
6 Water15346
7 Journal of Environmental Management14596
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials13527
9 Environmental Research10696
10 Chemosphere10691
11 Environmental Science & Technology9370
12 Environmental Pollution8331
13 Water Research6827
14 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6719
15 Atmosphere6589
16 Ecological Indicators6030
17 Frontiers in Environmental Science5741
18 Marine Pollution Bulletin5426
19 Toxics4043
20 Water Air and Soil Pollution3904
21 Environmental Research Letters3570
22 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3302
23 Communications Earth & Environment3197
24 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3154
25 Environment International3030
26 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2984
27 Water Resources Research2696
28 Journal of Environmental Sciences2671
29 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2461
30 Energy & Environmental Science2425
31 Global Change Biology2394
32 Resources Conservation and Recycling2389
33 Environmental Technology & Innovation2319
34 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2302
35 Atmospheric Environment2291
36 Environmental Earth Sciences2281
37 Waste Management2235
38 Land Degradation & Development2158
39 Marine Environmental Research2100
40 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1966
- Remote Sensing of Environment1966
42 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1948
43 Energy Policy1924
44 Applied Catalysis A-General1920
45 Biological Conservation1910
46 Waste and Biomass Valorization1844
47 Environmental Science and Pollution Research1789
48 Urban Climate1763
49 Environmental Research Communications1654
50 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy1586
51 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1453
52 Water Science and Technology1359
53 Earths Future1321
54 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1300
55 Environmental Science-Nano1292
56 Atmospheric Pollution Research1291
57 Environmental and Experimental Botany1271
58 Nature Climate Change1270
59 Environmental Modelling & Software1266
60 Ecological Economics1247
61 Environmental Science & Policy1233
62 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1184
63 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1183
64 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management1173
65 Environmental Toxicology1171
66 Journal of Soils and Sediments1158
67 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy1152
68 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry1112
69 Environmental Technology1110
70 Journal of Mountain Science1080
71 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1059
72 Ecological Engineering1051
73 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1023
74 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1002
75 Water Supply979
76 Biodiversity and Conservation949
77 Environmental Science & Technology Letters947
78 Nature Sustainability945
79 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology944
80 Global Nest Journal930
81 International Journal of Biometeorology916
82 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing907
83 International Journal of Environmental Health Research902
84 Water Environment Research901
85 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity897
86 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts895
87 Environmental Health Perspectives891
- Conservation Biology891
89 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems870
90 Journal of Coastal Research855
91 Geocarto International836
92 Climatic Change830
93 One Earth825
94 Environmental Management821
95 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health806
96 Environmental Sciences Europe782
97 Ecological Applications777
98 International Journal of Phytoremediation737
99 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing736
100 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology731
101 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology720
102 International Journal of Environmental Research709
103 Lancet Planetary Health707
104 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management698
105 Sustainability Science684
106 Environmental Development683
107 Health Physics682
108 River Research and Applications679
109 Regional Environmental Change678
110 Ambio676
111 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation673
112 Journal of Great Lakes Research665
113 Journal of Arid Environments663
114 Estuaries and Coasts649
115 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal647
116 Utilities Policy641
117 Global Biogeochemical Cycles631
118 Environmental Microbiology Reports620
119 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment606
120 Ecohydrology605
121 Journal of Industrial Ecology596
122 Waste Management & Research575
123 Journal of Aerosol Science572
124 Journal of Water and Health546
125 International Journal of Global Warming543
126 Journal of Environmental Quality536
127 Ecotoxicology534
128 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering514
- Rangeland Ecology & Management514
130 Wetlands509
131 Clean-Soil Air Water505
132 Journal of Environmental Engineering503
133 Journal of Hydroinformatics498
134 Advances in Climate Change Research485
- Geohealth485
136 Journal of Flood Risk Management482
137 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology468
138 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment457
139 Journal of Radiological Protection452
140 Environmental Chemistry Letters448
141 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine446
- Aquatic Sciences446
143 Environmental Health441
144 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions440
145 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions439
146 Ecosystem Services432
147 Natural Resources Forum428
148 npj Clean Water424
149 Aerosol Science and Technology419
150 Aerosol and Air Quality Research408
151 Soil & Sediment Contamination402
152 Water Research X400
153 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene386
154 Journal of Arid Land382
155 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering367
156 International Soil and Water Conservation Research366
157 Climate Services357
158 Chinese Geographical Science351
159 International Journal of Sediment Research348
160 Journal of Coastal Conservation346
161 Climate Risk Management341
162 Conservation Physiology339
163 Environmental Engineering Research328
164 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering322
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change322
166 Geomicrobiology Journal319
- Vadose Zone Journal319
168 Ecological Processes317
169 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences316
170 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability314
171 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene310
- Environmetrics310
173 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability307
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society307
175 Environmental Modeling & Assessment304
176 Arctic Science302
177 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology301
178 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues300
179 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association299
180 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes291
181 Wetlands Ecology and Management277
182 Water and Environment Journal276
183 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water273
184 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology266
185 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology262
186 Environment Development and Sustainability260
187 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis251
188 Journal of Elementology249
189 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment248
190 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition247
191 Chemistry and Ecology246
192 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics245
- Carbon Balance and Management245
194 Bioremediation Journal224
- Environmental Reviews224
196 NanoImpact221
197 Environmental Fluid Mechanics220
- Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft220
199 Radioprotection211
200 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability210
201 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research206
202 Antarctic Science205
203 Geobiology203
204 Industrial Health202
205 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research199
206 Anthropocene198
207 Environmental and Ecological Statistics195
208 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment194
- Current Pollution Reports194
210 Ozone-Science & Engineering189
211 Reviews on Environmental Health186
212 Human Dimensions of Wildlife178
213 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering177
214 Food and Environmental Virology172
215 Aerobiologia171
216 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies168
217 Environment160
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology160
219 International Journal of Environment and Pollution159
- Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management159
221 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences158
222 Carbon Management157
223 Biogeochemistry150
224 Environmental Forensics148
225 Environmental Conservation147
- Arctic147
227 Journal of Paleolimnology145
- Bioenergy Research145
229 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry143
230 Sustainable Environment Research138
231 Agricultural & Environmental Letters132
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health132
233 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry130
234 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management128
- Environmental Chemistry128
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental128
237 African Journal of Range & Forage Science127
238 Natural Resource Modeling123
239 Microbial Risk Analysis121
240 Arid Land Research and Management119
- Mountain Research and Development119
242 Polar Record118
243 Anthropocene Review115
244 Environmental Evidence113
245 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research112
246 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology107
247 Coastal Management104
248 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics101
- Ecohealth101
250 Grundwasser100
251 Journal of Environmental Science and Management95
- Physical Geography95
253 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews78
254 Journal of Environmental Informatics75
255 Climate Research73
256 Water Resources and Economics69
257 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement67
258 Biochar42
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