Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Sustainability	58664
2	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	36320
3	Science of the Total Environment	34097
4	Remote Sensing	22105
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	18405
6	Water	15909
7	Chemosphere	14632
8	Journal of Environmental Management	12418
9	Journal of Hazardous Materials	12340
10	Environmental Research	9646
11	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	8991
12	Environmental Pollution	8664
13	Environmental Science & Technology	8012
14	Atmosphere	7186
15	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	6094
16	Ecological Indicators	6028
17	Frontiers in Environmental Science	5850
18	Water Research	5629
19	Marine Pollution Bulletin	5158
20	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	4387
21	Environmental Research Letters	3696
22	Toxics	3325
23	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	3166
24	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3065
25	Environment International	2967
26	Water Air and Soil Pollution	2799
27	Water Resources Research	2650
28	Environmental Earth Sciences	2573
29	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2547
30	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2498
31	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2272
32	Global Change Biology	2256
33	Atmospheric Environment	2199
34	Waste Management	2177
35	Energy & Environmental Science	2087
36	Communications Earth & Environment	2065
37	Energy Policy	2003
38	Journal of Environmental Sciences	1937
39	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	1906
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	1906
41	Land Degradation & Development	1742
42	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1735
43	Applied Catalysis A-General	1715
44	Water Science and Technology	1708
45	Biological Conservation	1657
46	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1565
47	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1562
48	Urban Climate	1530
49	Marine Environmental Research	1491
50	Environment Development and Sustainability	1453

51	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1437
52	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1432
53	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1431
54	Water Supply	1403
55	Environmental Technology	1307
56	Nature Climate Change	1281
57	Ecological Economics	1275
58	Environmental Science-Nano	1253
-	Environmental Toxicology	1253
60	Environmental Science & Policy	1205
61	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1174
62	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1163
63	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1162
64	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1154
65	Earths Future	1151
66	Environmental Modelling & Software	1120
-	Journal of Coastal Research	1120
68	Environmental Research Communications	1097
69	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1078
70	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	1074
71	Ecological Engineering	1060
72	Environmental Health Perspectives	1050
73	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1022
74	Geocarto International	1011
75	Journal of Mountain Science	1008
76	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	986
77	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	972
78	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	954
79	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	953
80	Biodiversity and Conservation	889
81	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	868
82	One Earth	864
83	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	855
84	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	849
85	Ecological Applications	841
-	Climatic Change	841
87	Nature Sustainability	834
88	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	832
89	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	828
90	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	816
91	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	815
92	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	792
93	Conservation Biology	774
94	International Journal of Biometeorology	764
95	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	754
96	Global Nest Journal	744
97	Journal of Great Lakes Research	736
98	Lancet Planetary Health	716
99	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	714
100	Water Environment Research	712
101	Sustainability Science	710
102	River Research and Applications	687
103	Environmental Management	683
104	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	678
105	Journal of Arid Environments	655
106	Health Physics	652
107	International Journal of Phytoremediation	617
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	617
109	Regional Environmental Change	615
110	Ambio	614
111	Environmental Chemistry Letters	607
112	Environmental Sciences Europe	601
113	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	591
-	Estuaries and Coasts	591
115	Waste Management & Research	571
116	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	566
117	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	561
118	Utilities Policy	559
119	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	558
120	Journal of Water and Health	555
121	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	549
122	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	545
123	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	544
124	Journal of Industrial Ecology	542
125	Journal of Aerosol Science	538
126	Ecohydrology	535
127	Journal of Radiological Protection	530
128	Journal of Environmental Quality	499
129	Rangeland Ecology & Management	492
130	Journal of Hydroinformatics	490
131	Journal of Environmental Engineering	486
132	Ecotoxicology	480
133	Wetlands	479
-	International Journal of Global Warming	479
135	Environmental Microbiology Reports	465
136	Ecosystem Services	461
137	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	457
138	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	450
139	Geohealth	448
140	Environmental Health	447
141	International Journal of Environmental Research	434
142	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	419
143	Advances in Climate Change Research	415
144	Natural Resources Forum	412
145	Environmental Development	409
146	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	406
147	Aerosol Science and Technology	394
148	Clean-Soil Air Water	393
149	Journal of Flood Risk Management	391
150	Aquatic Sciences	382
151	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	377
152	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	365
153	Journal of Arid Land	364
154	Environmental Engineering Research	362
155	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	357
156	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	351
157	Bioenergy Research	345
158	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	344
159	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	340
160	International Journal of Sediment Research	339
161	npj Clean Water	336
162	Climate Services	325
163	Soil & Sediment Contamination	324
164	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	322
165	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	318
166	Geomicrobiology Journal	317
167	Conservation Physiology	312
168	Chinese Geographical Science	311
169	Vadose Zone Journal	306
170	Ecological Processes	303
171	Biogeochemistry	302
172	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	296
-	Climate Risk Management	296
174	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	293
175	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	291

176	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	290
177	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	289
178	Water and Environment Journal	288
179	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	286
180	Journal of Coastal Conservation	279
181	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	277
182	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	272
183	Environmetrics	270
184	Journal of Elementology	267
185	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	265
186	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	258
187	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	255
188	Arctic Science	250
189	Wetlands Ecology and Management	248
190	NanoImpact	247
191	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	245
192	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	240
193	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	235
194	Chemistry and Ecology	231
195	Industrial Health	230
196	Reviews on Environmental Health	228
197	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	227
198	Geobiology	224
199	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	212
200	Antarctic Science	203
201	Radioprotection	200
202	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	197
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	197
204	Water Research X	192
205	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	191
206	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	187
207	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	183
208	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	182
209	Environmental Reviews	177
210	Bioremediation Journal	175
211	Carbon Management	170
212	Current Pollution Reports	167
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	167
214	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	166
215	Arctic	163
216	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	162
-	Food and Environmental Virology	162
218	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	161
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	161
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	161
221	Anthropocene	160
222	Ecohealth	158
223	Sustainable Environment Research	156
224	Environmental Conservation	154
225	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	152
226	Mountain Research and Development	149
227	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	147
228	Aerobiologia	145
229	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	143
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	143
231	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	140
232	Environmental Forensics	138
233	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	137
-	Environment	137
235	Environmental Evidence	135
236	Natural Resource Modeling	134
237	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	133
238	Environmental Chemistry	130
239	Microbial Risk Analysis	122
240	Anthropocene Review	120
-	Polar Record	120
242	Carbon Balance and Management	119
-	Climate Research	119
244	Arid Land Research and Management	113
245	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	109
246	Biochar	106
-	Coastal Management	106
-	Grundwasser	106
249	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	104
250	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	98
251	Physical Geography	89
252	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	82
253	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	81
254	Water Resources and Economics	79
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	79
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	79
257	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	69
258	Journal of Environmental Informatics	64