Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	163
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	140
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	129
4	Energy & Environmental Science	128
5	Sustainability	126
6	Environmental Science & Technology	123
7	Journal of Environmental Management	122
8	Chemosphere	119
9	Water Research	115
10	Environmental Research	111
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	99
12	Environmental Pollution	95
13	Nature Sustainability	91
14	Remote Sensing	88
15	Global Change Biology	87
16	Resources Conservation and Recycling	85
17	Nature Climate Change	82
-	Environment International	82
-	Ecological Indicators	82
20	Remote Sensing of Environment	75
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	75
22	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	74
23	Water	73
-	Energy Policy	73
25	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	70
26	Communications Earth & Environment	62
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
28	Toxics	60
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	60
-	Lancet Planetary Health	60
31	Marine Pollution Bulletin	59
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	59
33	One Earth	57
-	Waste Management	57
35	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	55
36	Urban Climate	54
37	Earths Future	53
38	Water Resources Research	51
-	Ecological Economics	51
40	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	50
-	Environmental Research Letters	50
42	Environmental Health Perspectives	48
43	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	47
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	46
47	Atmosphere	45
48	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	43
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	43
50	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42

-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	42
-	Biological Conservation	42
53	npj Clean Water	40
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	40
-	Atmospheric Environment	40
56	Environment Development and Sustainability	37
57	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	36
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
59	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
62	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
68	Utilities Policy	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	33
-	Environmental Health	33
74	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	32
-	Waste Management & Research	32
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	32
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	32
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	32
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
82	Geocarto International	31
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	31
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
-	Environmental Development	31
88	Climatic Change	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Environmental Science-Nano	30
-	Biochar	30
-	Current Pollution Reports	30
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	30
94	Waste and Biomass Valorization	29
-	Environmental Toxicology	29
-	Water Science and Technology	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
98	Journal of Soils and Sediments	28
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Marine Environmental Research	28
101	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	27
102	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	26
-	Natural Resources Forum	26
105	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	25
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	25
-	NanoImpact	25
-	Environmental Research Communications	25
109	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	Journal of Mountain Science	24
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	24
-	Geohealth	24
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	24
114	Water Supply	23
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	23
-	Climate Risk Management	23
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	23
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	23
-	Environmental Reviews	23
120	Journal of Aerosol Science	22
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	22
122	Reviews on Environmental Health	21
-	Water Environment Research	21
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	21
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	21
-	Environmental Management	21
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	21
-	Climate Services	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
130	Environmental Technology	20
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	20
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	20
-	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	Journal of Water and Health	20
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	20
-	Bioenergy Research	20
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	20
-	Journal of Arid Land	20
139	Water Research X	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	19
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	19
151	Anthropocene	18
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Environmental Engineering Research	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Sustainable Environment Research	18
-	Carbon Balance and Management	18
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	18
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	18
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	18
160	River Research and Applications	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Wetlands	17
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	17
-	Environmental Evidence	17
170	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
-	Conservation Physiology	16
172	Aerosol Science and Technology	15
-	Aquatic Sciences	15
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	15
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	15

-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	15
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	15
180	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	Ecohydrology	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
-	Environmental Conservation	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Geobiology	14
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	14
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	14
189	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	13
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	13
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	13
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	13
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	13
199	Wetlands Ecology and Management	12
-	Food and Environmental Virology	12
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
203	Aerobiologia	11
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	11
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	11
-	Carbon Management	11
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	11
-	Water and Environment Journal	11
-	Antarctic Science	11
-	Environmetrics	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	11
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	11
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
216	Mountain Research and Development	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
-	Environmental Chemistry	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Health Physics	10
-	Coastal Management	10
224	Microbial Risk Analysis	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	9
-	Global Nest Journal	9
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
233	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Industrial Health	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	8
-	Climate Research	8
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	8
-	Environmental Forensics	8
241	Grundwasser	7
-	International Journal of Global Warming	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	7
-	Environment	7
-	Physical Geography	7
247	Polar Record	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	6
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	6
-	Arctic	6
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	6
253	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	5
-	Journal of Elementology	5
255	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	4
256	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
257	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	2