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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	33457
2	Science of the Total Environment	32808
3	Journal of Cleaner Production	17709
4	Chemosphere	14056
5	Journal of Environmental Management	12830
6	Journal of Hazardous Materials	12595
7	Environmental Research	9173
8	Environmental Pollution	8685
9	Environmental Science & Technology	8230
10	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	7582
11	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	6213
12	Ecological Indicators	6069
13	Water Research	5722
14	Marine Pollution Bulletin	5209
15	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	4173
16	Environmental Research Letters	3643
17	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	3086
18	Environment International	3065
19	Water Air and Soil Pollution	3027
20	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	2965
21	Environmental Earth Sciences	2605
22	Water Resources Research	2598
23	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2585
24	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2451
25	Energy & Environmental Science	2318
26	Global Change Biology	2291
27	Atmospheric Environment	2162
28	Waste Management	2124
29	Journal of Environmental Sciences	2051
30	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	2009
31	Energy Policy	1949
32	Remote Sensing of Environment	1879
33	Land Degradation & Development	1802
34	Applied Catalysis A-General	1728
35	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1726
36	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1649
-	Biological Conservation	1649
38	Water Science and Technology	1627
39	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1581
40	Marine Environmental Research	1528
41	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1406
42	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1389
43	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1350
44	Water Supply	1322
45	Nature Climate Change	1273
46	Environmental Technology	1263
47	Ecological Economics	1242
48	Environmental Toxicology	1235
49	Environmental Science & Policy	1212
50	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1171

-	Environment Development and Sustainability	1171
52	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1167
53	Environmental Modelling & Software	1129
54	Journal of Coastal Research	1114
55	Ecological Engineering	1092
56	Environmental Health Perspectives	1084
57	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	1076
58	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1060
59	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	1030
60	Journal of Mountain Science	1009
61	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	992
62	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	987
63	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	985
64	Geocarto International	983
65	Biodiversity and Conservation	886
66	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	854
67	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	848
68	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	840
69	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	836
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	836
71	Climatic Change	822
72	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	819
73	Ecological Applications	817
74	Global Nest Journal	813
75	Conservation Biology	802
76	International Journal of Biometeorology	788
77	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	768
78	Water Environment Research	726
79	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	716
80	Environmental Management	714
81	Journal of Great Lakes Research	712
82	Sustainability Science	703
83	River Research and Applications	688
84	Health Physics	670
85	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	666
86	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	633
87	International Journal of Phytoremediation	629
88	Regional Environmental Change	623
89	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	611
90	Ambio	609
91	Estuaries and Coasts	606
92	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	603
93	Journal of Arid Environments	597
94	Environmental Chemistry Letters	592
95	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	589
96	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	570
97	Ecohydrology	557
98	Journal of Water and Health	556
99	Journal of Industrial Ecology	553
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	553
101	Waste Management & Research	551
102	Journal of Aerosol Science	532
103	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	531
104	Utilities Policy	519
-	International Journal of Global Warming	519
106	Journal of Radiological Protection	518
107	Rangeland Ecology & Management	505
108	Journal of Hydroinformatics	498
109	Journal of Environmental Quality	497
110	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	496
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	496
112	Wetlands	483
113	Environmental Microbiology Reports	480
114	International Journal of Environmental Research	467
115	Ecotoxicology	466
116	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	433
117	Environmental Health	429
118	Journal of Flood Risk Management	425
119	Advances in Climate Change Research	423
120	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	415
121	Natural Resources Forum	410
122	Aerosol Science and Technology	393
123	Aquatic Sciences	387
124	Clean-Soil Air Water	379
125	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	376
126	Journal of Arid Land	369
127	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	364
128	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	356
129	Environmental Engineering Research	350
130	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	335
131	Soil & Sediment Contamination	334
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	334
133	Geomicrobiology Journal	325
134	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	319
135	Bioenergy Research	316
136	Chinese Geographical Science	314
137	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	305
138	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	302
139	Vadose Zone Journal	297
140	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	296
141	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	293
142	Journal of Coastal Conservation	287
143	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	276
144	Environmetrics	273
145	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	271
146	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	270
147	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	268
148	Biogeochemistry	266
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	266
150	Journal of Elementology	262
151	Water and Environment Journal	260
152	Wetlands Ecology and Management	250
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	250
154	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	247
155	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	239
-	Industrial Health	239
157	Chemistry and Ecology	237
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	237
159	Geobiology	220
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	220
161	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	211
162	Antarctic Science	203
163	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	197
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	197
165	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	196
166	Radioprotection	194
167	Bioremediation Journal	191
168	Ozone-Science & Engineering	184
169	Environmental Reviews	181
170	Carbon Management	179
171	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	175
172	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	169
173	Journal of Paleolimnology	164
174	Food and Environmental Virology	161
175	Arctic	160

176	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	159
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	159
178	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	154
179	Aerobiologia	153
180	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	152
181	Environment	150
182	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	149
183	Environmental Conservation	146
184	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	145
185	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	143
-	Ecohealth	143
-	Mountain Research and Development	143
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	143
189	Environmental Chemistry	134
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	134
191	Environmental Forensics	132
192	Natural Resource Modeling	124
193	Polar Record	123
194	Carbon Balance and Management	117
195	Climate Research	113
196	Arid Land Research and Management	111
197	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	108
198	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	104
199	Coastal Management	103
200	Grundwasser	101
201	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	92
202	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	87
203	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	84
204	Physical Geography	77
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	77
206	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	72
207	Journal of Environmental Informatics	69