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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar64.028
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters46.569
3 Energy & Environmental Science42.609
4 Nature Sustainability30.158
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.557
6 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.665
7 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.568
8 Resources Conservation and Recycling22.342
9 Lancet Planetary Health21.595
10 Journal of Cleaner Production21.590
11 Remote Sensing of Environment21.362
12 Water Research21.154
13 Nature Climate Change21.017
14 Journal of Hazardous Materials20.505
15 Chemosphere20.502
16 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions19.661
17 Energy Policy19.409
18 Environment International19.070
19 Science of the Total Environment18.652
20 Environmental Science and Pollution Research18.493
21 Environmental Science & Technology18.275
22 Global Change Biology18.250
23 Environment Development and Sustainability16.906
24 npj Clean Water16.773
25 Environmental Research15.895
26 One Earth15.562
27 Environmental Pollution15.094
28 Current Pollution Reports14.957
29 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews14.855
30 Journal of Environmental Management14.317
31 Ecological Indicators14.100
32 Waste Management13.950
33 Ecosystem Services13.831
34 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability13.515
35 NanoImpact12.919
36 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.914
37 Environmental Health Perspectives12.524
38 Urban Climate12.509
39 Ecological Economics12.473
40 Earths Future12.367
41 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.354
42 Environmental Technology & Innovation12.340
43 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.037
44 Environmental Science & Technology Letters12.031
45 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.682
46 Environmental Health11.456
47 Environmental Science & Policy11.265
48 Environmental Evidence10.976
49 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.849
50 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.828
51 Bioenergy Research10.721
52 Communications Earth & Environment10.519
53 Sustainable Environment Research10.484
54 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.416
55 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.187
56 Environmental Sciences Europe10.071
57 Biogeochemistry9.929
58 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.458
59 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering9.364
60 Water Resources Research9.304
61 Sustainability Science9.217
62 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment9.211
63 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.129
64 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology9.049
65 Climate Risk Management8.938
66 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.832
67 Remote Sensing8.796
68 Environmental Research Letters8.713
69 Environmental Reviews8.678
70 Ambio8.617
71 Ecological Engineering8.594
72 Sustainability8.556
73 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.543
74 Reviews on Environmental Health8.461
75 Utilities Policy8.441
76 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.237
77 Ecological Applications8.192
78 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment8.167
79 Advances in Climate Change Research8.114
80 Toxics8.105
81 Geocarto International7.828
82 Waste Management & Research7.819
83 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.730
84 Environmental Modelling & Software7.680
85 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene7.639
86 Biological Conservation7.593
87 Climatic Change7.533
88 Environmental Development7.385
89 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.296
90 Ecological Processes7.244
91 Anthropocene7.193
92 Conservation Biology7.046
93 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology6.960
94 Atmospheric Environment6.940
95 Applied Catalysis A-General6.917
96 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.900
97 Regional Environmental Change6.875
98 Environmental Science-Nano6.793
99 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy6.770
100 Environmental Toxicology6.509
101 Climate Services6.478
102 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.416
103 International Journal of Sediment Research6.410
104 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.409
105 Water6.281
106 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment6.233
107 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.173
108 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.158
109 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.157
110 Journal of Soils and Sediments6.053
111 Geohealth6.013
112 Water Science and Technology5.963
113 Anthropocene Review5.945
114 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management5.932
115 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.870
116 Chinese Geographical Science5.815
117 Journal of Arid Land5.772
118 Land Degradation & Development5.759
119 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change5.753
120 Journal of Aerosol Science5.520
121 Aerosol and Air Quality Research5.518
122 Carbon Balance and Management5.483
123 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.388
124 Environmental Earth Sciences5.351
125 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.255
126 Atmosphere5.231
127 Biodiversity and Conservation5.212
128 International Journal of Biometeorology5.161
129 Natural Resources Forum5.135
130 Journal of Water and Health5.114
131 Environmental Engineering Research5.075
132 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5.047
133 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.032
134 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health5.023
135 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.021
136 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.985
137 Journal of Arid Environments4.967
138 Ecohealth4.966
139 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.938
140 Journal of Hydroinformatics4.932
141 Water Research X4.925
142 Water Resources and Economics4.899
143 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.882
- Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.882
145 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.861
- Journal of Flood Risk Management4.861
147 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.836
148 Environmental Management4.794
149 Food and Environmental Virology4.754
150 Geomicrobiology Journal4.730
151 Ecotoxicology4.681
152 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.665
153 Geobiology4.660
154 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.646
155 International Journal of Environmental Research4.645
156 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.635
157 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.570
158 Arctic Science4.495
159 Marine Environmental Research4.461
160 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.443
161 Water Supply4.409
162 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.403
163 Carbon Management4.397
164 Chemistry and Ecology4.394
165 Journal of Mountain Science4.369
166 Conservation Physiology4.363
167 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.260
168 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.213
169 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering4.125
170 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.099
171 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.088
172 Environmental Conservation4.086
173 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.022
174 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.015
175 Vadose Zone Journal3.899
176 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.868
177 Estuaries and Coasts3.859
178 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.752
179 Aerosol Science and Technology3.689
180 Journal of Environmental Quality3.687
181 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.678
182 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.670
183 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.660
184 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.657
185 Climate Research3.650
186 Wetlands3.622
187 Environmental Research Communications3.600
188 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.599
189 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.586
190 Agricultural & Environmental Letters3.573
191 Environmental Chemistry3.559
192 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.476
193 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.452
194 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.429
195 Aerobiologia3.408
196 Water Environment Research3.392
197 Aquatic Sciences3.382
198 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.360
199 Coastal Management3.253
200 Environmental and Ecological Statistics3.238
201 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.228
202 Environmental Technology3.075
203 Wetlands Ecology and Management3.047
204 Journal of Environmental Engineering3.018
205 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems2.990
206 Arid Land Research and Management2.983
207 Journal of Radiological Protection2.964
208 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.956
209 Ecohydrology2.939
210 River Research and Applications2.873
211 Microbial Risk Analysis2.832
212 Water and Environment Journal2.831
213 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.770
214 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.754
215 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.641
216 Journal of Paleolimnology2.578
217 Mountain Research and Development2.549
218 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.505
219 Antarctic Science2.498
220 Radioprotection2.474
221 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.467
222 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.415
223 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.407
224 Natural Resource Modeling2.402
225 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.385
226 Environmetrics2.366
227 Polar Record2.312
228 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.272
229 Bioremediation Journal2.208
230 Environmental Forensics2.153
231 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.128
232 Physical Geography2.124
233 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies2.110
234 Industrial Health2.093
235 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1.958
236 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.948
- Environment1.948
238 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.918
239 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.897
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.817
241 Grundwasser1.616
242 Arctic1.569
243 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.553
244 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.427
245 Health Physics1.350
246 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.269
247 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.267
248 International Journal of Global Warming1.190
249 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.151
250 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.133
251 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal1.049
252 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1.021
253 Journal of Coastal Research0.858
254 Global Nest Journal0.526
255 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.494
256 Journal of Elementology0.490
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.210
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.073
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