New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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 Remote Sensing89
2 Journal of Hydrology79
3 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing74
4 Gondwana Research70
5 Nature Geoscience66
6 Communications Earth & Environment65
- Earth System Science Data65
8 Earth-Science Reviews63
9 Engineering Geology60
10 CATENA59
11 Computers and Geotechnics57
- Geophysical Research Letters57
13 Earths Future54
14 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering51
- Geoscience Frontiers51
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction51
17 Petroleum Exploration and Development43
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering43
19 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences42
- Natural Hazards42
21 Landslides39
22 Geoscientific Model Development38
23 Advances in Space Research37
24 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment36
25 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences35
- Frontiers in Earth Science35
27 International Journal of Coal Geology34
- Marine and Petroleum Geology34
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth34
30 Environmental Earth Sciences33
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology33
- Earth Science Informatics33
- Science China-Earth Sciences33
34 Global Biogeochemical Cycles32
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk32
36 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering31
- Biogeosciences31
- Cold Regions Science and Technology31
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes31
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering31
41 Natural Resources Research30
- Geothermics30
- Computers & Geosciences30
- Geocarto International30
45 Quaternary Science Reviews29
- Global and Planetary Change29
47 Cryosphere28
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources28
- Geomorphology28
50 Journal of Cultural Heritage27
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal27
- Landscape Ecology27
- Earth and Space Science27
54 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences26
55 Journal of African Earth Sciences25
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences25
- Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology25
58 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology23
- Earth System Dynamics23
- Geological Journal23
63 Precambrian Research22
- Journal of Applied Geophysics22
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences22
- Soils and Foundations22
67 Astrobiology21
- Earth Planets and Space21
- Journal of Structural Geology21
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms21
71 Journal of South American Earth Sciences20
- Spatial Statistics20
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering20
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface20
- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment20
76 Journal of Archaeological Science19
- Mathematical Geosciences19
- Geoheritage19
- Geomicrobiology Journal19
- Hydrogeology Journal19
- Journal of Earth System Science19
- Biogeochemistry19
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research19
- Climate of the Past19
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology19
86 Anthropocene18
- Natural Hazards Review18
- Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment18
- Quaternary International18
- Geological Society of America Bulletin18
91 Groundwater17
- AAPG Bulletin17
- Journal of the American Water Resources Association17
- Earth Surface Dynamics17
- Progress in Earth and Planetary Science17
- Geosynthetics International17
- Journal of Glaciology17
- Marine Geology17
99 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences16
- Journal of the Geological Society of India16
- Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards16
- Journal of Marine Systems16
- Geoscience Letters16
- Geothermal Energy16
105 Basin Research15
- Comptes Rendus Geoscience15
- Quaternary Geochronology15
- Geobiology15
- Journal of the Geological Society15
110 Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition14
- Computational Geosciences14
112 Holocene13
- Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing13
- Geological Magazine13
- International Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Anthropocene Review13
- Journal of Quaternary Science13
- Geosphere13
119 Episodes12
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences12
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics12
- Open Geosciences12
- Photogrammetric Record12
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering12
- Geoscience Data Journal12
126 Clays and Clay Minerals11
- Quaternary Research11
- Polar Science11
- Geotechnical Testing Journal11
130 American Journal of Science10
- Journal of Cold Regions Engineering10
- Archaeometry10
- Journal of Paleolimnology10
- Frontiers of Earth Science10
- Terra Nova10
- Antarctic Science10
- Archaeological Prospection10
- Boreas10
- Geoarchaeology-An International Journal10
140 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics9
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology9
- Geosciences Journal9
- Journal of Coastal Research9
- Annals of Glaciology9
- Australian Journal of Earth Sciences9
- Clay Minerals9
- Doklady Earth Sciences9
- Petroleum Geoscience9
- Russian Geology and Geophysics9
- Swiss Journal of Geosciences9
- Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences9
- Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems9
153 Journal of Petroleum Geology8
- Survey Review8
- Environmental Archaeology8
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering8
157 Physical Geography7
- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften7
- International Journal of Astrobiology7
- Italian Journal of Geosciences7
161 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh6
- Earth Sciences Research Journal6
- Geo-Marine Letters6
- Russian Journal of Pacific Geology6
- Island Arc6
- Bulletin of Geosciences6
167 International Journal of Speleology5
- Polar Research5
- Environmental & Engineering Geoscience5
170 Brazilian Journal of Geology4
- History of Geo- and Space Sciences4
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas4
173 Norwegian Journal of Geology3
- Acta Carsologica3
- Quaternaire3
- Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement3
177 Journal of Cave and Karst Studies2
- Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie2
- Earth Sciences History2
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