New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar54.435
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters49.373
3 Energy & Environmental Science37.919
4 Nature Sustainability31.651
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry27.007
6 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology24.778
7 Water Research22.496
8 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.201
9 Journal of Cleaner Production22.191
10 Lancet Planetary Health21.396
11 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.221
12 Nature Climate Change20.689
13 Remote Sensing of Environment20.478
14 Chemosphere19.465
15 Science of the Total Environment19.370
16 Energy Policy18.855
17 Global Change Biology18.730
18 Environment International18.691
19 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.653
20 Journal of Hazardous Materials18.503
21 Environmental Science & Technology18.437
22 Environmental Science and Pollution Research18.399
23 npj Clean Water17.940
24 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews17.618
25 Environment Development and Sustainability16.802
26 One Earth16.482
27 Current Pollution Reports16.094
28 Environmental Research15.933
29 Environmental Pollution15.431
30 Ecological Indicators14.892
31 Journal of Environmental Management14.777
32 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability14.377
33 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.847
34 Ecosystem Services13.678
35 Waste Management13.380
36 Environmental Technology & Innovation13.131
37 Environmental Health Perspectives13.005
38 Urban Climate12.889
39 NanoImpact12.657
40 Earths Future12.587
41 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.399
42 Ecological Economics12.281
43 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water11.989
44 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.897
45 Environmental Science & Policy11.693
46 Journal of Environmental Sciences11.613
47 Communications Earth & Environment11.345
48 Environmental Health11.299
49 Environmental Science & Technology Letters11.020
50 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering10.977
51 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.797
52 Biogeochemistry10.786
53 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.758
54 Environmental Sciences Europe10.711
55 Environmental Evidence10.395
56 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.380
57 Bioenergy Research9.964
58 Water Resources Research9.708
59 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.335
60 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment9.261
61 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology9.126
62 Reviews on Environmental Health9.124
63 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.092
64 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment9.077
65 Sustainable Environment Research9.000
66 Remote Sensing8.968
- Sustainability Science8.968
68 Environmental Reviews8.950
69 Sustainability8.894
70 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.808
71 Toxics8.789
72 Utilities Policy8.673
73 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.589
74 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.574
75 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology8.333
76 Environmental Development8.227
77 Ambio8.188
78 Climate Risk Management8.137
79 Ecological Applications8.074
80 Environmental Research Letters8.064
81 Waste Management & Research7.988
82 Geocarto International7.985
83 Ecological Engineering7.969
84 Biological Conservation7.909
85 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.869
86 Environmental Modelling & Software7.750
87 Climatic Change7.481
88 Advances in Climate Change Research7.471
89 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.189
90 Conservation Biology7.108
91 Climate Services7.031
92 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7.003
93 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.966
94 Atmospheric Environment6.945
95 Ecological Processes6.914
96 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.744
97 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.713
98 Applied Catalysis A-General6.685
99 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.617
100 Anthropocene6.582
101 Water6.541
102 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6.489
103 Regional Environmental Change6.428
104 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.313
105 Anthropocene Review6.310
106 Natural Resources Forum6.260
107 Environmental Toxicology6.214
108 Geohealth6.199
109 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6.160
110 Water Science and Technology6.096
111 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.056
112 Environmental Earth Sciences6.033
113 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.023
114 Atmospheric Pollution Research5.979
115 International Journal of Sediment Research5.962
116 Land Degradation & Development5.850
117 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.813
118 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.759
119 Journal of Hydroinformatics5.755
120 Chinese Geographical Science5.702
121 Environmental Science-Nano5.632
122 Journal of Arid Land5.585
123 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.368
124 Environmental Engineering Research5.356
125 Geomicrobiology Journal5.333
126 Atmosphere5.331
127 Chemistry and Ecology5.322
128 Carbon Balance and Management5.301
129 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.262
130 Geobiology5.261
131 Journal of Water and Health5.244
132 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.239
133 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.189
134 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5.166
135 International Journal of Biometeorology5.151
136 Journal of Aerosol Science5.143
137 Ecohealth5.127
138 Biodiversity and Conservation5.124
139 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.107
140 Arctic Science5.062
141 International Journal of Environmental Research5.031
142 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.008
143 Water Resources and Economics4.971
144 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.924
145 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.888
146 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.835
147 Aerosol and Air Quality Research4.729
148 Marine Environmental Research4.721
149 Water Research X4.719
150 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.680
151 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.667
152 Environmental Management4.636
153 Food and Environmental Virology4.607
154 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.588
155 Journal of Mountain Science4.523
156 Journal of Arid Environments4.493
157 Water Supply4.480
158 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment4.460
159 Environmental Conservation4.416
160 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.402
161 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.372
162 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.336
163 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.301
164 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.134
165 Environmental Chemistry4.110
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.110
167 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.104
168 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology4.083
- Vadose Zone Journal4.083
170 Ecotoxicology4.020
171 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts3.982
172 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.964
173 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management3.955
174 Estuaries and Coasts3.903
175 Journal of Environmental Quality3.897
176 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.854
177 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.822
178 Wetlands3.798
179 Conservation Physiology3.751
180 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.749
181 Environmental Research Communications3.733
182 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.731
183 Aquatic Sciences3.679
184 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.674
185 Aerosol Science and Technology3.663
186 Aerobiologia3.645
187 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.518
188 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.488
189 Water Environment Research3.486
190 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.484
191 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.419
192 Arid Land Research and Management3.319
193 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.301
194 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.216
195 Environmental Technology3.199
196 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.194
197 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.158
198 Carbon Management3.122
199 Ecohydrology3.077
200 Climate Research3.040
201 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.019
202 Microbial Risk Analysis2.990
203 River Research and Applications2.972
204 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.970
205 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.933
206 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.849
207 Coastal Management2.847
208 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2.812
209 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.748
210 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.737
211 Journal of Paleolimnology2.722
212 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.707
213 Antarctic Science2.690
214 Mountain Research and Development2.636
215 Water and Environment Journal2.624
216 Agricultural & Environmental Letters2.598
217 Natural Resource Modeling2.591
218 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.583
219 Environmetrics2.553
220 Journal of Radiological Protection2.512
221 Environmental Forensics2.423
222 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies2.407
223 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.394
224 Bioremediation Journal2.386
225 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.333
- Journal of Environmental Informatics2.333
227 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.238
228 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2.195
229 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.194
230 Radioprotection2.165
231 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.143
232 Physical Geography2.076
233 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2.033
234 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.026
235 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2.024
236 Industrial Health1.903
237 Grundwasser1.890
238 African Journal of Range & Forage Science1.883
239 Environment1.800
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.712
241 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.546
242 Polar Record1.531
243 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.496
244 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.485
245 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.403
246 Health Physics1.249
247 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.174
248 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.031
249 Arctic1.021
250 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.929
251 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.927
252 Journal of Coastal Research0.922
253 International Journal of Global Warming0.653
- Global Nest Journal0.653
255 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.621
256 Journal of Elementology0.551
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.168
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.043
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