New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Environmental Chemistry Letters51.658
2 Energy & Environmental Science40.798
3 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.725
4 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.694
5 Water Research22.682
6 Journal of Cleaner Production22.545
7 Remote Sensing of Environment21.547
8 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.073
9 Environmental Science and Pollution Research20.554
10 Nature Climate Change20.481
11 Science of the Total Environment19.809
12 Chemosphere19.547
13 Global Change Biology18.952
14 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.556
15 Journal of Hazardous Materials18.471
16 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews18.333
17 Environmental Science & Technology18.195
18 Environment International17.901
19 Environment Development and Sustainability17.732
20 Energy Policy17.405
21 Environmental Research15.880
22 Environmental Pollution15.485
23 Ecological Indicators15.458
24 Journal of Environmental Management15.335
25 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability14.492
26 Environmental Health Perspectives13.572
27 Waste Management13.520
28 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment13.167
29 Ecological Economics12.258
30 Environmental Science & Policy12.097
31 Environmental Health11.592
32 Journal of Environmental Sciences11.585
33 Environmental and Experimental Botany11.234
34 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.224
35 Biogeochemistry10.931
36 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.558
37 Water Resources Research9.984
38 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment9.889
39 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.466
40 Sustainability Science9.342
41 Utilities Policy9.340
42 Reviews on Environmental Health9.221
43 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.215
44 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment9.119
45 Journal of Industrial Ecology9.036
46 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.857
47 Environmental Reviews8.679
48 Ambio8.376
49 Biological Conservation8.293
50 Environmental Modelling & Software8.284
51 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.235
52 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology8.161
53 Ecological Engineering7.985
54 Waste Management & Research7.844
55 Environmental Research Letters7.760
56 Advances in Climate Change Research7.486
57 Ecological Applications7.450
58 Climatic Change7.414
59 Geocarto International7.380
60 Conservation Biology7.312
61 Atmospheric Environment7.183
62 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7.132
63 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.093
64 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation7.003
65 Applied Catalysis A-General6.961
66 Natural Resources Forum6.756
67 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.704
68 Environmental Earth Sciences6.546
69 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6.529
70 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.514
71 Regional Environmental Change6.411
72 Environmental Toxicology6.297
73 Water Science and Technology6.282
74 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.243
75 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.167
76 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6.161
77 International Journal of Sediment Research6.136
78 Journal of Hydroinformatics6.128
79 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.099
80 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.989
81 Land Degradation & Development5.824
82 Chinese Geographical Science5.759
83 Journal of Arid Land5.698
84 Chemistry and Ecology5.675
85 Environmental Engineering Research5.555
86 Geomicrobiology Journal5.547
87 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.521
88 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.417
89 Geobiology5.383
- Journal of Water and Health5.383
91 Carbon Balance and Management5.338
92 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.331
93 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.324
94 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.167
95 Biodiversity and Conservation5.150
96 Ecohealth5.145
97 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5.124
98 Aerosol and Air Quality Research5.098
99 International Journal of Environmental Research5.056
100 Journal of Aerosol Science5.055
101 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.990
102 International Journal of Biometeorology4.959
103 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.895
104 Marine Environmental Research4.830
105 Environmental Management4.763
- International Journal of Phytoremediation4.763
107 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.667
108 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.610
109 Journal of Arid Environments4.605
110 Water Supply4.580
111 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.571
112 Food and Environmental Virology4.491
113 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.446
114 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.418
115 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment4.414
116 Journal of Mountain Science4.367
117 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.324
118 Ecotoxicology4.209
119 Environmental Conservation4.174
120 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.113
121 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.110
122 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.064
123 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.046
124 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.026
125 Estuaries and Coasts3.956
126 Vadose Zone Journal3.955
127 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.930
128 Environmental Chemistry3.919
129 Journal of Environmental Quality3.892
130 Wetlands3.889
131 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.853
132 Aerosol Science and Technology3.808
133 Aquatic Sciences3.795
134 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.724
135 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.672
136 Water Environment Research3.594
137 Aerobiologia3.579
138 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.523
139 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.519
140 Carbon Management3.457
141 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.409
142 Environmental Technology3.310
143 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.280
144 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.274
145 Climate Research3.254
146 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.248
147 Arid Land Research and Management3.216
148 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.166
149 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.155
150 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research3.120
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.120
152 River Research and Applications3.052
153 International Journal of Environmental Health Research3.032
154 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.965
155 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.925
156 Journal of Paleolimnology2.836
157 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.802
158 Natural Resource Modeling2.756
159 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.732
- Wetlands Ecology and Management2.732
161 Mountain Research and Development2.720
162 Antarctic Science2.690
163 Water and Environment Journal2.656
164 Bioremediation Journal2.572
165 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.547
166 Journal of Radiological Protection2.534
167 Environmental Forensics2.473
168 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.422
169 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.416
170 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.319
171 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2.316
172 Coastal Management2.294
173 Radioprotection2.263
174 Environment2.169
175 Grundwasser2.133
176 Environmetrics2.126
177 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2.095
178 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.088
179 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2.033
180 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1.973
181 Physical Geography1.969
182 Industrial Health1.752
183 African Journal of Range & Forage Science1.750
184 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.731
185 Clean-Soil Air Water1.693
186 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.666
187 Polar Record1.619
188 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.576
189 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.524
190 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.288
191 Health Physics1.278
192 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.060
193 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.985
194 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.918
195 Journal of Coastal Research0.878
196 Arctic0.846
197 Global Nest Journal0.704
198 International Journal of Global Warming0.695
199 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.610
200 Journal of Elementology0.545
201 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.175
202 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.043
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