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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Chemical Engineering Journal156
2 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental144
3 Journal of Cleaner Production141
4 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
5 Sustainability129
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials126
7 Environmental Science & Technology121
8 Water Research116
9 Environmental Research109
10 Renewable Energy108
11 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
12 Sustainable Cities and Society93
13 Nature Sustainability90
14 Remote Sensing89
15 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering88
16 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing87
17 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report86
- Global Change Biology86
19 Resources Conservation and Recycling83
20 Frontiers in Public Health80
21 Journal of Hydrology79
22 Process Safety and Environmental Protection78
- Green Chemistry78
24 Desalination77
25 Journal of Water Process Engineering76
- Building and Environment76
27 Environmental Chemistry Letters75
- Remote Sensing of Environment75
29 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing74
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering74
- Water74
32 Lancet Global Health72
- Agriculture-Basel72
- Agronomy-Basel72
35 Industrial Crops and Products71
36 Sustainable Production and Consumption70
- BMC Public Health70
38 Nature Ecology & Evolution68
39 Lancet Public Health65
40 Sustainable Development61
- Drones61
- Landscape and Urban Planning61
43 Ecological Informatics59
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
- Lancet Planetary Health59
- CATENA59
47 ISME Journal58
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing58
- Marine Pollution Bulletin58
- Green Energy & Environment58
51 Environmental Technology & Innovation57
- Waste Management57
- One Earth57
54 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy56
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment56
56 Agricultural Water Management55
57 Water Resources Research52
- Field Crops Research52
59 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction51
60 Frontiers in Marine Science50
- Ocean & Coastal Management50
62 Accident Analysis and Prevention49
- Ecological Economics49
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
- Environmental Health Perspectives49
66 Postharvest Biology and Technology48
- ChemSusChem48
68 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology47
- Ecology Letters47
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters47
- Journal of Rural Studies47
72 Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments46
73 Aquaculture45
- BMJ Global Health45
- Forests45
76 Social Science & Medicine44
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology44
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
79 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters43
80 Journal of Transport Geography42
- Water Air and Soil Pollution42
- Biological Conservation42
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment42
- Applied Geography42
- Natural Hazards42
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation42
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences42
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine42
89 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions41
- npj Clean Water41
- Forest Ecology and Management41
- European Journal of Agronomy41
- Water Resources Management41
- Applied Water Science41
95 Crop Journal40
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems40
97 Journal of Global Health39
- Energy for Sustainable Development39
- Journal of Infection and Public Health39
- Digital Health39
101 International Journal for Equity in Health38
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution38
- International Journal of Digital Earth38
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control38
- Environmental Modelling & Software38
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development38
107 Patient Education and Counseling37
- Plant and Soil37
- Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry37
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy37
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific37
- Global Ecology and Biogeography37
113 One Health36
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance36
- Aquatic Toxicology36
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment36
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine36
- American Journal of Public Health36
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy36
- BMC Womens Health36
- Molecular Ecology36
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution36
123 Materials Today Sustainability35
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences35
- Ecosystem Services35
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health35
- European Journal of Epidemiology35
- Journal of Ecology35
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information35
- Ecology35
131 Molecular Ecology Resources34
- Ecology and Evolution34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism34
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth34
- Public Health34
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability34
- International Journal of Epidemiology34
- Ecological Engineering34
140 Waste Management & Research33
- Sustainability Science33
- Conservation Biology33
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology33
- Functional Ecology33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
- Environment Development and Sustainability33
- Pest Management Science33
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies33
- Advanced Sustainable Systems33
- Ambio33
- Diversity-Basel33
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering33
153 Journal of Safety Research32
- People and Nature32
- Plant Phenomics32
- Preventive Medicine32
- Journal of Adolescent Health32
- Journal of Applied Ecology32
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology32
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk32
- GPS Solutions32
- Health & Place32
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment32
- Fishes32
- Environmental Health32
166 Biogeosciences31
- Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- Cold Regions Science and Technology31
- Fire-Switzerland31
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease31
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences31
- Journal of Water and Climate Change31
173 Political Geography30
- Regional Studies30
- Current Pollution Reports30
- American Journal of Epidemiology30
- Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies30
- Ecological Applications30
- Geocarto International30
- Water Science and Technology30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Microbial Ecology30
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology30
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research30
- Annual Review of Public Health30
- Ecography30
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change30
- IET Renewable Power Generation30
189 Marine Environmental Research29
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health29
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
- Ecological Modelling29
- Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews29
- Health Expectations29
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science29
- JMIR Serious Games29
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
- Ecosphere29
- Environmental Toxicology29
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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