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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar62.014
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters44.577
3 Energy & Environmental Science41.204
4 Nature Sustainability32.542
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.056
6 Lancet Planetary Health24.283
7 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.336
8 Resources Conservation and Recycling22.933
9 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.178
10 Remote Sensing of Environment22.037
11 Water Research21.643
12 Journal of Cleaner Production21.305
13 Nature Climate Change20.927
14 Chemosphere20.188
15 Journal of Hazardous Materials20.174
16 Energy Policy19.661
17 Environment International19.414
18 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.879
19 Environmental Science & Technology18.588
20 Science of the Total Environment18.377
21 Global Change Biology18.160
22 Environmental Science and Pollution Research18.010
23 Environment Development and Sustainability16.468
24 npj Clean Water16.149
25 Environmental Research15.509
26 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews15.440
27 One Earth15.315
28 Environmental Pollution15.311
29 Ecosystem Services14.385
30 Waste Management14.355
31 Journal of Environmental Management14.283
32 Current Pollution Reports14.257
33 Ecological Indicators14.166
34 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability13.347
35 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.883
36 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.863
37 NanoImpact12.726
38 Ecological Economics12.519
39 Urban Climate12.323
40 Environmental Health Perspectives12.320
41 Earths Future12.246
42 Environmental Science & Technology Letters12.156
43 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.134
44 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions12.092
45 Environmental Technology & Innovation11.952
46 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water11.239
47 Environmental Health11.169
48 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.148
49 Environmental Science & Policy11.039
50 Environmental Evidence10.877
51 Sustainable Environment Research10.616
52 Bioenergy Research10.395
53 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.392
54 Communications Earth & Environment10.354
55 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.077
56 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.972
57 Environmental Sciences Europe9.939
58 Biogeochemistry9.606
59 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering9.384
60 Water Resources Research9.283
61 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.065
62 Sustainability Science9.041
63 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.952
64 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.759
65 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.710
66 Remote Sensing8.691
67 Environmental Research Letters8.689
68 Environmental Reviews8.654
69 Ambio8.611
70 Climate Risk Management8.538
71 Ecological Engineering8.521
72 Sustainability8.413
73 Utilities Policy8.351
74 Advances in Climate Change Research8.176
75 Ecological Applications8.164
76 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.157
77 Reviews on Environmental Health8.100
78 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.079
79 Environmental Development8.041
80 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology8.025
81 Geocarto International7.940
82 Toxics7.932
83 Environmental Modelling & Software7.865
84 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment7.864
85 Biological Conservation7.810
86 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.664
87 Climatic Change7.616
88 Anthropocene7.511
89 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene7.501
90 Waste Management & Research7.496
91 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.034
92 Applied Catalysis A-General6.973
93 Conservation Biology6.943
94 Atmospheric Environment6.910
95 Ecological Processes6.783
96 Regional Environmental Change6.714
97 Environmental Science-Nano6.589
98 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.575
99 Climate Services6.468
100 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.433
101 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy6.424
102 International Journal of Sediment Research6.401
103 Environmental Toxicology6.386
104 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences6.301
105 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment6.248
106 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.191
107 Water6.181
108 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.150
109 Water Research X6.099
110 Geohealth6.090
111 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.074
112 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.024
113 Anthropocene Review5.982
114 Journal of Great Lakes Research5.904
115 Carbon Balance and Management5.900
116 Water Science and Technology5.855
117 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.819
118 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management5.752
119 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change5.731
120 Land Degradation & Development5.710
121 Chinese Geographical Science5.677
122 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.665
123 Journal of Aerosol Science5.627
124 Journal of Arid Land5.582
125 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.374
126 Aerosol and Air Quality Research5.326
127 Biodiversity and Conservation5.281
128 Environmental Earth Sciences5.243
129 Atmosphere5.156
130 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.139
131 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5.059
132 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.004
133 Journal of Water and Health4.980
134 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.937
135 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.918
136 International Journal of Biometeorology4.903
137 Natural Resources Forum4.868
138 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.845
139 Geomicrobiology Journal4.839
140 Environmental Engineering Research4.838
141 Journal of Arid Environments4.823
142 Ecohealth4.777
143 Environmental Management4.775
144 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.774
145 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.761
146 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.755
147 Water Resources and Economics4.734
148 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.715
149 Journal of Hydroinformatics4.675
150 Ecotoxicology4.667
151 Arctic Science4.650
152 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.626
153 International Journal of Environmental Research4.616
154 Food and Environmental Virology4.599
155 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.598
156 Marine Environmental Research4.557
157 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.545
158 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.466
159 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.457
160 Geobiology4.453
161 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.421
162 Carbon Management4.362
163 Water Supply4.336
164 Journal of Mountain Science4.320
165 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering4.270
166 Chemistry and Ecology4.225
167 Conservation Physiology4.220
168 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.118
169 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.117
170 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.044
171 Environmental Conservation4.007
172 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.966
173 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management3.908
174 Rangeland Ecology & Management3.900
175 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.852
176 Vadose Zone Journal3.812
177 Estuaries and Coasts3.789
178 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.755
179 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.725
180 Agricultural & Environmental Letters3.676
181 Journal of Environmental Quality3.667
182 Aerosol Science and Technology3.663
183 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.652
184 Climate Research3.641
185 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.605
186 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.593
187 Wetlands3.570
188 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.567
189 Environmental Research Communications3.559
190 Environmental Chemistry3.516
191 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.457
192 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.422
193 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.419
194 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.417
195 Water Environment Research3.371
196 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.280
197 Aerobiologia3.277
198 Aquatic Sciences3.262
199 Journal of Radiological Protection3.256
200 Coastal Management3.229
201 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.181
202 Microbial Risk Analysis3.140
203 Ecohydrology3.026
204 Environmental and Ecological Statistics3.025
205 Environmental Technology2.995
206 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.972
207 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems2.950
208 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.944
209 River Research and Applications2.890
210 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.872
211 Arid Land Research and Management2.870
212 Mountain Research and Development2.814
213 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.777
214 Water and Environment Journal2.712
215 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.704
216 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.643
217 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.631
218 Natural Resource Modeling2.593
219 Antarctic Science2.539
220 Journal of Paleolimnology2.526
221 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.457
222 Environmental Forensics2.422
223 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.415
224 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.409
225 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.377
226 Radioprotection2.345
227 Environmetrics2.326
228 Polar Record2.295
229 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.253
230 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.111
231 Bioremediation Journal2.101
232 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies2.055
233 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.026
234 Physical Geography1.989
235 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.980
236 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.976
- Industrial Health1.976
238 Environment1.868
239 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.857
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.753
241 Grundwasser1.612
242 Arctic1.533
243 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.491
244 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.423
245 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.371
246 Health Physics1.272
247 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.228
248 International Journal of Global Warming1.182
249 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.042
250 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.026
251 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1.001
252 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal1.000
253 Journal of Coastal Research0.812
254 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.547
255 Global Nest Journal0.509
256 Journal of Elementology0.455
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.186
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.065
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