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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	162
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	152
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	150
4	Chemosphere	135
5	Journal of Environmental Management	124
6	Environmental Science & Technology	117
7	Water Research	112
8	Environmental Research	103
9	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	102
10	Environmental Pollution	100
11	Resources Conservation and Recycling	91
12	Environment International	83
13	Remote Sensing of Environment	82
14	Energy Policy	78
15	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	70
16	Waste Management	61
17	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
18	Journal of Environmental Sciences	55
19	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
20	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
21	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
23	Water Resources Research	46
24	Biological Conservation	40
25	Environmental and Experimental Botany	39
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	39
27	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	37
28	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
30	Ecological Engineering	34
31	Climatic Change	33
32	Ecological Applications	32
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	32
-	Land Degradation & Development	32
35	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Ambio	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
39	Utilities Policy	30
-	Geocarto International	30
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
43	Waste Management & Research	29
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	29
45	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	27
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	27
47	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	26
-	Marine Environmental Research	26
49	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
50	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24

-	Journal of Aerosol Science	24
52	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
54	Journal of Arid Environments	22
55	Biogeochemistry	21
-	Environmental Technology	21
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	21
58	Ecotoxicology	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Environmental Management	20
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	20
62	Reviews on Environmental Health	19
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
66	Aerosol Science and Technology	18
-	Water Environment Research	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
69	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	17
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	17
-	Natural Resources Forum	17
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	17
73	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	16
74	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	15
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	15
77	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
78	Wetlands	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
80	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	12
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	12
84	Environmental Conservation	11
-	Health Physics	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	Aerobiologia	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
-	Chemistry and Ecology	11
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	11
91	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	10
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	10
-	Industrial Health	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	10
98	Antarctic Science	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	9
105	Coastal Management	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Polar Record	8
108	Physical Geography	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Environment	7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	7
-	Journal of Coastal Research	7
113	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	6
114	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	4
115	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
116	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
117	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	1