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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar57.453
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters42.123
3 Energy & Environmental Science38.328
4 Nature Sustainability32.711
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry25.591
6 Lancet Planetary Health24.901
7 Resources Conservation and Recycling22.303
8 Nature Climate Change21.582
9 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology21.377
10 Water Research21.134
11 Journal of Cleaner Production20.912
12 Remote Sensing of Environment20.771
13 Energy Policy20.378
14 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology20.235
15 Journal of Hazardous Materials20.010
16 Environment International19.884
17 Chemosphere19.771
18 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions19.098
19 Environmental Science & Technology18.314
20 Global Change Biology18.029
21 Science of the Total Environment17.756
22 Environmental Science and Pollution Research17.437
23 Environmental Research16.003
24 Environmental Pollution15.570
25 Environment Development and Sustainability15.078
26 One Earth14.813
27 Journal of Environmental Management14.702
28 npj Clean Water14.432
29 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews14.319
30 Environmental Technology & Innovation14.196
31 Ecological Indicators14.192
32 Ecosystem Services14.022
33 Waste Management13.871
34 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment13.213
35 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.170
36 Current Pollution Reports13.088
37 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability12.926
38 Ecological Economics12.563
39 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.490
40 NanoImpact12.151
41 Environmental Science & Technology Letters11.997
42 Earths Future11.897
43 Urban Climate11.824
44 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.760
45 Environmental Health Perspectives11.474
46 Environmental Science & Policy11.382
47 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.077
48 Environmental Health10.707
49 Environmental Evidence10.328
50 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.208
51 Communications Earth & Environment10.002
52 Environmental and Experimental Botany9.987
53 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.932
54 Bioenergy Research9.897
55 Sustainable Environment Research9.776
56 Biogeochemistry9.691
57 Environmental Sciences Europe9.665
58 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health9.615
59 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering9.404
60 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.248
61 Ecological Applications9.034
62 Water Resources Research9.015
63 Ecological Engineering8.854
64 Ambio8.778
65 Water Research X8.756
66 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.738
67 Environmental Research Letters8.718
68 Sustainability Science8.680
69 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.618
70 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.544
71 Utilities Policy8.539
72 Remote Sensing8.386
73 Advances in Climate Change Research8.261
74 Climatic Change8.131
75 Environmental Reviews8.052
76 Sustainability8.040
77 Environmental Modelling & Software8.038
78 Climate Risk Management7.916
79 Biological Conservation7.814
80 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.813
81 Geocarto International7.784
82 Journal of Industrial Ecology7.751
83 Reviews on Environmental Health7.718
84 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.617
85 Frontiers in Environmental Science7.607
86 Toxics7.488
87 Atmospheric Environment7.313
88 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment7.212
89 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment7.200
90 Anthropocene7.198
91 Waste Management & Research7.197
92 Environmental Development7.163
93 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene7.003
94 Applied Catalysis A-General6.802
95 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy6.672
96 Conservation Biology6.651
97 Ecological Processes6.644
98 Regional Environmental Change6.469
99 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.352
100 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.338
101 Environmental Toxicology6.336
102 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.303
103 Carbon Balance and Management6.215
104 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.177
105 Climate Services6.130
106 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences6.128
107 International Journal of Sediment Research6.095
108 Environmental Science-Nano6.006
109 Geohealth5.960
110 Water5.881
111 Water Science and Technology5.742
112 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.724
113 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy5.718
114 Land Degradation & Development5.691
115 Chinese Geographical Science5.659
116 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology5.633
117 Anthropocene Review5.626
118 Journal of Great Lakes Research5.602
119 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability5.589
120 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.482
121 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management5.436
122 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change5.328
123 Environmental Earth Sciences5.319
124 Journal of Arid Land5.317
125 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.093
126 Water Resources and Economics5.089
127 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.075
128 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.045
129 Atmosphere5.038
130 Journal of Arid Environments5.025
131 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.971
132 Biodiversity and Conservation4.950
133 Carbon Management4.947
134 Food and Environmental Virology4.866
135 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.863
136 Aerosol and Air Quality Research4.814
137 Geomicrobiology Journal4.756
138 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.739
139 Journal of Aerosol Science4.726
140 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.674
141 International Journal of Biometeorology4.659
142 Environmental Management4.637
143 Journal of Water and Health4.579
144 International Journal of Environmental Research4.561
145 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.536
146 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.534
147 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.531
148 Environmental Engineering Research4.503
149 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.497
150 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.468
151 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.465
152 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.428
153 Ecotoxicology4.341
154 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.339
155 Marine Environmental Research4.314
156 Journal of Hydroinformatics4.303
157 Natural Resources Forum4.271
158 Journal of Mountain Science4.265
159 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.254
160 Geobiology4.250
161 Arctic Science4.245
162 Water Supply4.202
163 Ecohealth4.195
164 Environmental Conservation4.158
165 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.122
166 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.099
167 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.000
168 Waste and Biomass Valorization3.994
169 Chemistry and Ecology3.988
170 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.979
171 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry3.958
172 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.955
173 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management3.938
174 Conservation Physiology3.895
175 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.877
176 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.779
177 Estuaries and Coasts3.755
178 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.740
179 Journal of Environmental Quality3.695
180 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.645
181 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.601
182 Vadose Zone Journal3.598
183 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.586
184 Agricultural & Environmental Letters3.566
185 Wetlands3.552
186 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.519
187 Aerosol Science and Technology3.500
188 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.491
189 Environmental Research Communications3.445
190 Microbial Risk Analysis3.427
191 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.390
192 Water Environment Research3.373
193 Environmental Chemistry3.323
194 Aerobiologia3.279
195 Journal of Radiological Protection3.276
196 Climate Research3.275
197 Ecohydrology3.257
198 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition3.220
199 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.187
200 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.162
201 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.161
202 Aquatic Sciences3.083
203 River Research and Applications3.060
204 Coastal Management3.053
205 Environmental and Ecological Statistics3.025
206 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems2.978
207 Environmental Technology2.946
208 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.933
209 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis2.888
210 Water and Environment Journal2.849
211 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.833
212 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.733
213 Mountain Research and Development2.707
214 Journal of Paleolimnology2.649
215 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.620
216 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.592
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.592
218 Industrial Health2.525
219 Arid Land Research and Management2.496
220 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.455
221 Antarctic Science2.424
222 Natural Resource Modeling2.375
223 Radioprotection2.363
224 Environmental Forensics2.286
225 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.283
226 Environmetrics2.280
227 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.234
228 Polar Record2.231
229 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.214
230 Human Dimensions of Wildlife1.984
231 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1.978
232 Bioremediation Journal1.967
233 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.946
234 Environment1.913
235 Journal of Environmental Informatics1.907
236 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.893
237 Physical Geography1.881
238 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1.868
239 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.778
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.689
241 Grundwasser1.637
242 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.628
243 Arctic1.589
244 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.484
245 Health Physics1.337
246 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.230
247 International Journal of Global Warming1.122
248 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.056
249 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.962
250 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0.917
251 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.895
252 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0.821
253 Journal of Coastal Research0.681
254 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.453
255 Journal of Elementology0.437
256 Global Nest Journal0.435
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.176
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.057
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