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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Biochar35
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters21
3 Energy & Environmental Science19
4 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry16
5 Journal of Cleaner Production13
6 Remote Sensing of Environment12
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology12
- Chemosphere12
- Resources Conservation and Recycling12
- Water Research12
11 Science of the Total Environment11
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions11
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology11
- Energy Policy11
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research11
16 Nature Sustainability10
- Environment International10
- Journal of Hazardous Materials10
19 Environment Development and Sustainability9
- Environmental Science & Technology9
- Environmental Pollution9
22 npj Clean Water8
- Ecosystem Services8
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions8
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment8
- Waste Management8
- Global Change Biology8
- Ecological Indicators8
- Environmental Research8
30 International Soil and Water Conservation Research7
- Journal of Environmental Management7
- Journal of Environmental Sciences7
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews7
- Urban Climate7
- Biogeochemistry7
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability7
37 Bioenergy Research6
- Current Pollution Reports6
- Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6
- Environmental Health6
- Environmental Technology & Innovation6
- Marine Pollution Bulletin6
- NanoImpact6
- Sustainable Environment Research6
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water6
- Ecological Economics6
- Environmental and Experimental Botany6
- Environmental Science & Policy6
49 Water Resources Research5
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health5
- Ecological Applications5
- Ecological Engineering5
- Lancet Planetary Health5
- One Earth5
- Remote Sensing5
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering5
- Geocarto International5
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics5
- Earths Future5
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment5
61 Nature Climate Change4
- Regional Environmental Change4
- Sustainability4
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy4
- Utilities Policy4
- Water Research X4
- Frontiers in Environmental Science4
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles4
- Atmospheric Environment4
- Biological Conservation4
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment4
- Climate Services4
- Ecological Processes4
- Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering4
- Environmental Development4
- Environmental Evidence4
- Environmental Modelling & Software4
- Advances in Climate Change Research4
- Ambio4
- Sustainability Science4
- Toxics4
- Applied Catalysis A-General4
- Climate Risk Management4
- Climatic Change4
- Communications Earth & Environment4
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology4
- Journal of Industrial Ecology4
- Environmental Health Perspectives4
- Environmental Research Letters4
- Environmental Sciences Europe4
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters4
- Environmental Toxicology4
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology4
- Anthropocene4
95 Reviews on Environmental Health3
- Waste Management & Research3
- Anthropocene Review3
- Carbon Balance and Management3
- International Journal of Phytoremediation3
- Conservation Biology3
- Journal of Arid Land3
- Ecohealth3
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology3
- Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene3
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3
- Journal of Great Lakes Research3
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management3
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability3
- Environmental Reviews3
- Environmental Science-Nano3
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research3
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change3
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment3
- Water3
- Water Resources and Economics3
- Water Science and Technology3
- Atmospheric Pollution Research3
- Biodiversity and Conservation3
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation3
- Carbon Management3
- Chinese Geographical Science3
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy3
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment3
- International Journal of Sediment Research3
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences3
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3
- Journal of Hydroinformatics3
- Environmental Earth Sciences3
- Environmental Engineering Research3
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health3
- Journal of Soils and Sediments3
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues3
- Land Degradation & Development3
135 Microbial Risk Analysis2
- Waste and Biomass Valorization2
- Water Air and Soil Pollution2
- Water Environment Research2
- Water Supply2
- Food and Environmental Virology2
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology2
- Geobiology2
- Arctic Science2
- Geohealth2
- Atmosphere2
- International Journal of Biometeorology2
- Climate Research2
- Journal of Aerosol Science2
- Journal of Coastal Conservation2
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity2
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research2
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering2
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2
- Marine Environmental Research2
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry2
- Rangeland Ecology & Management2
- SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research2
- Wetlands2
- Estuaries and Coasts2
- Aquatic Sciences2
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment2
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology2
- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry2
- Chemistry and Ecology2
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2
- Conservation Physiology2
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics2
- Journal of Arid Environments2
- Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2
- Ecotoxicology2
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences2
- Environmental Chemistry2
- Environmental Conservation2
- Journal of Mountain Science2
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics2
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association2
- Environmental Management2
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment2
- Journal of Water and Health2
- Aerosol Science and Technology2
- Air Quality Atmosphere and Health2
182 Mountain Research and Development1
- Ozone-Science & Engineering1
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics1
- Radioprotection1
- River Research and Applications1
- Soil & Sediment Contamination1
- Wetlands Ecology and Management1
- Environmetrics1
- Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology1
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife1
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management1
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research1
- Coastal Management1
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing1
- Journal of Environmental Engineering1
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics1
- Journal of Flood Risk Management1
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis1
- Environmental Forensics1
- Journal of Radiological Protection1
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing1
- Environmental Microbiology Reports1
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1
- Environmental Research Communications1
- Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts1
- African Journal of Range & Forage Science1
- Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1
- Antarctic Science1
- Natural Resources Forum1
- Physical Geography1
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry1
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition1
- Vadose Zone Journal1
- Water and Environment Journal1
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems1
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health1
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research1
- Arid Land Research and Management1
- Geomicrobiology Journal1
- Bioremediation Journal1
- Industrial Health1
- International Journal of Environmental Research1
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1
- Ecohydrology1
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management1
- Journal of Environmental Informatics1
- Journal of Environmental Quality1
- Journal of Paleolimnology1
- Aerobiologia1
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters1
- Environmental Technology1
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1
235 Natural Resource Modeling0
- Polar Record0
- Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry0
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0
- Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management0
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society0
- Arctic0
- Health Physics0
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0
- Clean-Soil Air Water0
- International Journal of Environment and Pollution0
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene0
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental0
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment0
- Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0
- Global Nest Journal0
- Grundwasser0
- International Journal of Global Warming0
- Journal of Coastal Research0
- Journal of Elementology0
- Journal of Environmental Science and Management0
- Environment0
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