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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Sustainability	57372
2	Science of the Total Environment	31899
3	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	31593
4	Remote Sensing	21763
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	17716
6	Water	16020
7	Chemosphere	13718
8	Journal of Environmental Management	13343
9	Journal of Hazardous Materials	13090
10	Environmental Research	9708
11	Environmental Pollution	8651
12	Environmental Science & Technology	8423
13	Atmosphere	7137
14	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	6569
15	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	6523
16	Ecological Indicators	6262
17	Frontiers in Environmental Science	6030
18	Water Research	5987
19	Marine Pollution Bulletin	5186
20	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	4015
21	Toxics	3645
22	Environmental Research Letters	3629
23	Environment International	3142
24	Water Air and Soil Pollution	3118
25	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	3089
26	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	2956
27	Water Resources Research	2594
28	Environmental Earth Sciences	2568
29	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2557
30	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2460
31	Energy & Environmental Science	2437
32	Communications Earth & Environment	2432
33	Global Change Biology	2337
34	Waste Management	2204
35	Journal of Environmental Sciences	2164
36	Atmospheric Environment	2145
37	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2137
38	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	2074
39	Energy Policy	1929
40	Land Degradation & Development	1877
41	Remote Sensing of Environment	1876
42	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1749
43	Applied Catalysis A-General	1716
44	Biological Conservation	1707
45	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1703
46	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1655
47	Urban Climate	1633
48	Marine Environmental Research	1614
49	Water Science and Technology	1571
50	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1529

51	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1463
52	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1395
53	Environmental Science-Nano	1391
54	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1311
55	Environmental Science & Policy	1275
56	Nature Climate Change	1269
-	Environmental Technology	1269
58	Environmental Research Communications	1249
59	Water Supply	1243
60	Ecological Economics	1234
61	Environmental Modelling & Software	1225
62	Earths Future	1217
63	Environmental Toxicology	1211
64	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1205
65	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1160
66	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1140
67	Journal of Coastal Research	1118
68	Ecological Engineering	1114
69	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	1111
70	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	1078
71	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1054
72	Environmental Health Perspectives	1050
73	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	1044
74	Journal of Mountain Science	1026
75	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1023
76	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	1013
77	Environment Development and Sustainability	1001
78	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	1000
79	Geocarto International	973
80	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	889
81	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	885
82	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	869
83	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	861
84	One Earth	856
85	Nature Sustainability	853
86	Biodiversity and Conservation	852
87	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	850
88	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	844
89	Global Nest Journal	843
90	Conservation Biology	818
91	International Journal of Biometeorology	805
92	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	800
93	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	794
94	Ecological Applications	790
-	Climatic Change	790
96	Water Environment Research	753
97	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	735
98	Environmental Management	732
99	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	728
100	Journal of Great Lakes Research	707
101	Lancet Planetary Health	699
102	River Research and Applications	696
103	Sustainability Science	692
104	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	689
105	Health Physics	672
106	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	663
107	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	633
108	Regional Environmental Change	630
109	Environmental Sciences Europe	629
110	Journal of Arid Environments	624
111	International Journal of Phytoremediation	621
112	Ambio	619
113	Estuaries and Coasts	615
114	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	611
115	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	608
116	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	589
117	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	571
-	Ecohydrology	571
119	Journal of Water and Health	563
120	Environmental Development	562
121	Environmental Chemistry Letters	559
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	559
123	Journal of Industrial Ecology	554
124	Utilities Policy	553
-	Waste Management & Research	553
126	International Journal of Global Warming	534
127	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	524
128	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	519
129	Rangeland Ecology & Management	514
130	Journal of Environmental Engineering	510
131	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	508
132	Environmental Microbiology Reports	506
133	Journal of Radiological Protection	502
134	Journal of Environmental Quality	500
135	International Journal of Environmental Research	496
136	Journal of Hydroinformatics	495
137	Wetlands	491
138	Ecotoxicology	490
139	Geohealth	443
140	Journal of Flood Risk Management	438
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	438
142	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	429
143	Environmental Health	428
144	Advances in Climate Change Research	424
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	424
146	Natural Resources Forum	406
147	Ecosystem Services	400
148	Aerosol Science and Technology	399
-	Aquatic Sciences	399
150	Clean-Soil Air Water	389
151	npj Clean Water	378
152	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	372
153	Journal of Arid Land	371
154	Environmental Engineering Research	366
155	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	360
156	Conservation Physiology	358
157	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	357
158	Soil & Sediment Contamination	347
159	International Journal of Sediment Research	343
160	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	341
161	Climate Risk Management	335
162	Climate Services	330
163	Geomicrobiology Journal	329
164	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	328
165	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	322
166	Chinese Geographical Science	318
167	Ecological Processes	303
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	303
169	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	298
170	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	297
171	Bioenergy Research	296
172	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	293
173	Vadose Zone Journal	289
174	Journal of Coastal Conservation	288
175	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	287

176	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	283
177	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	280
-	Arctic Science	280
179	Environmetrics	279
180	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	274
181	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	273
182	Water and Environment Journal	272
183	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	267
184	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	266
185	Journal of Elementology	261
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	261
187	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	257
188	Wetlands Ecology and Management	255
189	Water Research X	252
190	Chemistry and Ecology	250
191	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	245
192	Biogeochemistry	243
193	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	238
194	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	236
195	Industrial Health	234
196	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	231
197	NanoImpact	227
198	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	226
199	Geobiology	217
200	Reviews on Environmental Health	211
201	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	207
202	Bioremediation Journal	205
203	Antarctic Science	201
204	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	198
205	Environmental Reviews	193
206	Ozone-Science & Engineering	192
207	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	188
208	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	186
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	186
-	Radioprotection	186
211	Current Pollution Reports	183
212	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	178
213	Carbon Management	174
214	Anthropocene	170
215	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	165
216	Food and Environmental Virology	162
217	Arctic	161
218	Journal of Paleolimnology	158
219	Sustainable Environment Research	157
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	157
221	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	156
-	Environmental Conservation	156
223	Aerobiologia	154
224	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	153
225	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	151
226	Environment	150
227	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	148
228	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	147
229	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	143
230	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	142
231	Ecohealth	138
232	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	137
233	Mountain Research and Development	136
234	Environmental Forensics	134
235	Environmental Evidence	133
-	Carbon Balance and Management	133
237	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	130
238	Polar Record	129
239	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	128
240	Environmental Chemistry	125
241	Anthropocene Review	116
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	116
243	Natural Resource Modeling	115
244	Arid Land Research and Management	114
245	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	111
-	Climate Research	111
247	Microbial Risk Analysis	108
248	Grundwasser	102
249	Coastal Management	94
250	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	93
251	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	88
252	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	86
253	Physical Geography	84
254	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	83
255	Biochar	79
256	Journal of Environmental Informatics	75
257	Water Resources and Economics	74
258	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	72