New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environment and Ecology

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 Chemical Engineering Journal169
2 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
- Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
4 Journal of Hazardous Materials143
- Journal of Cleaner Production143
6 Environmental Science & Technology120
7 Renewable Energy119
8 Sustainability112
9 Water Research111
10 Environmental Research107
11 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing106
12 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report103
13 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
14 Sustainable Cities and Society97
15 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering90
- Resources Conservation and Recycling90
17 Remote Sensing86
18 Nature Sustainability84
19 Remote Sensing of Environment83
20 Global Change Biology82
21 Green Chemistry81
22 Building and Environment76
23 Sustainable Production and Consumption74
24 Frontiers in Public Health73
- Journal of Hydrology73
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection73
27 Industrial Crops and Products72
- Environmental Chemistry Letters72
29 Lancet Global Health71
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering71
31 Desalination70
32 Agronomy-Basel68
- Water68
34 Journal of Water Process Engineering67
35 BMC Public Health64
36 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing63
- Lancet Public Health63
- Lancet Planetary Health63
39 Nature Ecology & Evolution61
40 Agriculture-Basel60
- Environmental Technology & Innovation60
- Marine Pollution Bulletin60
43 Waste Management59
44 CATENA58
45 Trends in Ecology & Evolution57
46 One Earth56
47 Landscape and Urban Planning55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
49 ChemSusChem54
- Agricultural Water Management54
- Green Energy & Environment54
- Sustainable Development54
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing54
54 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
55 ISME Journal52
- BMJ Global Health52
- Drones52
- Ecological Informatics52
59 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
- Social Science & Medicine51
61 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions50
- Aquaculture50
63 Environmental Health Perspectives49
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction49
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology49
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
- Frontiers in Marine Science49
68 Accident Analysis and Prevention48
- Ocean & Coastal Management48
- Ecology Letters48
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology48
- Ecological Economics48
73 Environmental Science & Technology Letters47
- Environment Development and Sustainability47
75 Applied Water Science46
- Postharvest Biology and Technology46
77 Water Resources Research45
78 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
- Journal of Rural Studies44
80 Forests43
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments43
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution43
83 Field Crops Research42
- Forest Ecology and Management42
85 Global Ecology and Biogeography41
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine41
87 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences40
- Journal of Transport Geography40
- Natural Hazards40
- Biological Conservation40
- Environmental Modelling & Software40
92 Journal of Polymers and the Environment39
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation39
- Journal of Infection and Public Health39
- International Journal of Epidemiology39
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine39
- American Journal of Public Health39
98 Journal of Adolescent Health38
- Advanced Sustainable Systems38
- Ecological Engineering38
- Plant and Soil38
102 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control37
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information37
- Crop Journal37
- Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry37
- Water Resources Management37
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems37
108 Water Air and Soil Pollution36
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution36
- Molecular Ecology36
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment36
- European Journal of Agronomy36
- Preventive Medicine36
114 Journal of Applied Ecology35
- Public Health35
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific35
- GIScience & Remote Sensing35
- Energy for Sustainable Development35
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
120 Journal of Global Health34
- SSM-Population Health34
- Aquatic Toxicology34
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease34
- Ecosystem Services34
- Applied Geography34
- Molecular Ecology Resources34
127 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance33
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics33
- Annual Review of Public Health33
- Ambio33
- Digital Health33
- Functional Ecology33
- npj Clean Water33
- One Health33
- Patient Education and Counseling33
- Sustainability Science33
137 Agronomy for Sustainable Development32
- Journal of Safety Research32
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering32
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences32
- Materials Today Sustainability32
- Pest Management Science32
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy32
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies32
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment32
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research32
- Journal of Ecology32
- Conservation Biology32
- American Journal of Epidemiology32
- Environmental Earth Sciences32
- Water Science and Technology32
- European Journal of Epidemiology32
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment32
- Ecology and Evolution32
155 Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability31
- Environmental Health31
- Ecography31
- Ecology31
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth31
- Geocarto International31
- Health & Place31
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences31
164 International Journal of Digital Earth30
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology30
- International Journal for Equity in Health30
- Diversity-Basel30
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics30
- Preventive Medicine Reports30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Regional Studies30
- Journal of Hospital Infection30
- Cold Regions Science and Technology30
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health30
- BMC Womens Health30
176 Limnology and Oceanography29
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- Globalization and Health29
- JMIR Serious Games29
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology29
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy29
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk29
- Ecological Applications29
- Ecological Modelling29
- Tobacco Control29
187 Current Opinion in Insect Science28
- Ecosphere28
- Waste Management & Research28
- Environmental Toxicology28
- IET Renewable Power Generation28
- Indoor Air28
- Forest Policy and Economics28
- Psychiatric Services28
- Reproductive Health28
- Journal of Water and Climate Change28
- Annual Review of Marine Science28
- Biogeosciences28
- Advances in Water Resources28
- GPS Solutions28
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