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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Environmental Chemistry Letters39.106
2 Energy & Environmental Science33.787
3 Journal of Hazardous Materials22.367
4 Remote Sensing of Environment21.927
5 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.548
6 Water Research21.372
7 Nature Climate Change21.071
8 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.629
9 Journal of Cleaner Production20.474
10 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology19.993
11 Energy Policy19.953
12 Environment International19.413
13 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology19.329
14 Chemosphere18.892
15 Global Change Biology18.069
16 Environmental Science & Technology17.752
17 Science of the Total Environment17.014
18 Environmental Science and Pollution Research16.927
19 Environmental Research15.165
20 Environmental Pollution15.122
21 Journal of Environmental Management14.641
22 Environment Development and Sustainability14.567
23 Waste Management13.802
24 Ecological Indicators13.664
25 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews13.486
26 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.568
27 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability12.564
28 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.416
29 Ecological Economics12.279
30 Environmental Science & Policy11.506
31 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.152
32 Environmental Health Perspectives10.481
33 Environmental Health10.170
34 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.828
35 Bioenergy Research9.623
36 Environmental and Experimental Botany9.563
37 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.361
38 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health9.177
39 Ecological Applications9.158
40 Environmental Research Letters8.976
41 Utilities Policy8.909
42 Water Resources Research8.874
43 Biogeochemistry8.820
44 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.732
45 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.719
46 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.632
47 Ambio8.593
48 Environmental Modelling & Software8.553
49 Sustainability Science8.383
50 Ecological Engineering8.206
51 Climatic Change8.169
52 Advances in Climate Change Research7.993
53 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology7.947
54 Environmental Reviews7.923
55 Biological Conservation7.906
56 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.802
57 Waste Management & Research7.682
58 Geocarto International7.482
59 Applied Catalysis A-General7.183
60 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment7.115
61 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.090
62 Atmospheric Environment7.054
63 Reviews on Environmental Health6.964
64 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.822
65 Carbon Balance and Management6.667
66 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.632
67 Conservation Biology6.365
68 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment6.267
69 Regional Environmental Change6.170
70 International Journal of Sediment Research6.135
71 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.050
72 Journal of Aerosol Science6.043
73 Environmental Toxicology5.954
74 Chinese Geographical Science5.825
75 Land Degradation & Development5.792
76 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.769
77 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy5.738
78 Water Science and Technology5.583
79 Food and Environmental Virology5.534
80 Journal of Great Lakes Research5.473
81 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.461
82 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5.454
83 Carbon Management5.369
84 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology5.328
85 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.311
86 Environmental Earth Sciences5.289
87 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management5.243
88 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.198
89 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research5.168
90 Journal of Arid Land5.138
- International Journal of Phytoremediation5.138
92 Journal of Arid Environments5.079
93 Geomicrobiology Journal5.012
94 Biodiversity and Conservation4.951
95 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change4.940
96 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.825
97 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.819
98 International Journal of Environmental Research4.782
99 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition4.765
100 Environmental Management4.761
101 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.673
102 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.647
103 Marine Environmental Research4.635
104 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.615
105 International Journal of Biometeorology4.513
106 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.448
107 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.355
108 Ecotoxicology4.335
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.335
110 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.311
111 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.287
112 Journal of Water and Health4.284
113 Aerosol and Air Quality Research4.224
114 Environmental Conservation4.199
115 Journal of Mountain Science4.195
116 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.159
117 Geobiology4.118
118 Environmental Engineering Research4.106
119 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.086
120 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry3.967
121 Waste and Biomass Valorization3.959
- Water Supply3.959
123 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues3.942
124 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.866
125 Journal of Environmental Quality3.817
126 Natural Resources Forum3.805
127 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.783
128 Journal of Hydroinformatics3.761
129 Aerobiologia3.745
130 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.702
131 Estuaries and Coasts3.677
132 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.624
133 Chemistry and Ecology3.599
134 Ecohealth3.566
135 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.565
136 Vadose Zone Journal3.542
137 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.541
138 Aerosol Science and Technology3.537
139 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.510
140 Ecohydrology3.504
141 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.436
142 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.392
143 Water Environment Research3.376
144 Environmental Chemistry3.366
145 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.294
146 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.235
147 Journal of Radiological Protection3.216
148 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition3.209
149 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.180
150 Wetlands3.130
151 Climate Research3.071
152 River Research and Applications3.041
153 Environmental Technology2.946
154 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.943
155 Coastal Management2.942
156 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.916
157 Aquatic Sciences2.897
158 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.821
159 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.796
160 Journal of Paleolimnology2.787
161 Arid Land Research and Management2.748
162 Water and Environment Journal2.688
163 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis2.676
164 Mountain Research and Development2.615
165 Industrial Health2.594
166 Radioprotection2.588
167 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.580
168 Natural Resource Modeling2.484
169 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.478
170 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.431
171 Physical Geography2.403
172 Antarctic Science2.369
173 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.344
174 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.336
175 Environmental Forensics2.326
176 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.302
177 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.269
178 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.195
179 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.166
180 Environmetrics2.143
181 Polar Record2.130
182 Bioremediation Journal2.068
183 Environment1.987
184 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.930
185 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.784
186 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1.745
187 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.737
188 Journal of Environmental Informatics1.609
189 Clean-Soil Air Water1.538
190 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.533
191 Arctic1.431
192 Grundwasser1.366
193 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.346
194 Health Physics1.243
195 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.133
196 International Journal of Global Warming0.973
197 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.893
198 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental0.853
199 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0.811
200 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.775
201 Journal of Coastal Research0.668
202 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0.560
203 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.429
204 Journal of Elementology0.363
205 Global Nest Journal0.341
206 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.120
207 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.061
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