New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Sustainability55323
2 Science of the Total Environment26964
3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health20682
4 Remote Sensing20050
5 Journal of Cleaner Production16565
6 Water15274
7 Journal of Environmental Management14751
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials13565
9 Environmental Research10660
10 Chemosphere10453
11 Environmental Science & Technology9452
12 Environmental Pollution8319
13 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6696
14 Water Research6673
15 Atmosphere6543
16 Ecological Indicators6014
17 Frontiers in Environmental Science5615
18 Marine Pollution Bulletin5461
19 Toxics4074
20 Water Air and Soil Pollution3952
21 Environmental Research Letters3601
22 Communications Earth & Environment3268
23 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3221
24 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3152
25 Environment International3030
26 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2963
27 Journal of Environmental Sciences2724
28 Water Resources Research2702
29 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2496
30 Energy & Environmental Science2484
31 Global Change Biology2383
32 Resources Conservation and Recycling2343
33 Environmental Technology & Innovation2325
34 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2287
35 Waste Management2273
36 Atmospheric Environment2269
37 Environmental Earth Sciences2241
38 Land Degradation & Development2204
39 Marine Environmental Research2055
40 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1989
41 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1946
42 Applied Catalysis A-General1928
43 Energy Policy1920
44 Waste and Biomass Valorization1848
45 Urban Climate1788
46 Remote Sensing of Environment1776
47 Biological Conservation1715
48 Environmental Research Communications1713
49 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1678
50 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy1530
51 Water Science and Technology1354
52 Earths Future1338
53 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1315
54 Environmental Science-Nano1313
- Atmospheric Pollution Research1313
56 Nature Climate Change1273
57 Environmental Modelling & Software1263
58 Ecological Economics1230
59 Environmental Science & Policy1218
60 Environmental Science and Pollution Research1202
61 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1198
62 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management1196
63 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1186
64 Journal of Soils and Sediments1177
65 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy1174
66 Environmental Toxicology1170
67 Environmental and Experimental Botany1157
68 Environmental Technology1108
69 Journal of Mountain Science1090
70 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry1088
71 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1039
72 Ecological Engineering1033
73 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1026
74 Radiation Protection Dosimetry984
75 Water Supply966
76 Environmental Science & Technology Letters959
77 Biodiversity and Conservation953
78 Nature Sustainability951
79 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology944
80 Global Nest Journal940
81 International Journal of Biometeorology927
82 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts922
83 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing921
84 International Journal of Environmental Health Research903
85 Conservation Biology895
86 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity892
87 Water Environment Research879
88 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems878
89 Journal of Coastal Research870
90 Environmental Health Perspectives866
91 Environmental Management852
92 Climatic Change833
93 One Earth819
94 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health817
95 Environmental Sciences Europe799
96 Geocarto International794
97 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing747
98 Ecological Applications746
99 International Journal of Phytoremediation743
100 International Journal of Environmental Research729
101 Lancet Planetary Health710
102 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management699
103 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology691
104 Regional Environmental Change683
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal683
- Health Physics683
107 Sustainability Science681
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology681
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation681
110 Ambio675
111 River Research and Applications670
112 Environmental Development666
113 Estuaries and Coasts661
114 Journal of Great Lakes Research657
115 Environmental Microbiology Reports625
116 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment624
117 Utilities Policy623
118 Global Biogeochemical Cycles622
119 Ecohydrology610
120 Journal of Industrial Ecology605
121 Waste Management & Research571
122 Journal of Arid Environments567
123 Journal of Aerosol Science561
124 Journal of Water and Health546
- Ecotoxicology546
126 International Journal of Global Warming544
127 Rangeland Ecology & Management529
128 Clean-Soil Air Water522
129 Journal of Environmental Quality519
130 Wetlands513
131 Journal of Environmental Engineering499
132 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering497
133 Geohealth496
134 Journal of Hydroinformatics494
135 Advances in Climate Change Research484
136 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology481
137 Journal of Flood Risk Management477
138 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions464
139 Aquatic Sciences459
140 Journal of Radiological Protection453
141 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine449
142 Environmental Chemistry Letters445
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment445
144 Environmental Health444
145 npj Clean Water433
146 Natural Resources Forum426
147 Aerosol Science and Technology421
148 Aerosol and Air Quality Research419
149 Ecosystem Services415
150 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions414
151 Soil & Sediment Contamination401
152 Water Research X400
153 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene390
154 Journal of Arid Land384
155 International Soil and Water Conservation Research365
156 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering363
157 Climate Services357
- Journal of Coastal Conservation357
159 Chinese Geographical Science352
160 Conservation Physiology346
161 International Journal of Sediment Research338
- Climate Risk Management338
163 Environmental Engineering Research337
164 Vadose Zone Journal331
165 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society325
166 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene323
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change323
168 Ecological Processes321
169 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability319
170 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences317
171 Geomicrobiology Journal316
172 Environmetrics309
173 Environmental Modeling & Assessment305
174 Arctic Science302
175 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues300
176 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability299
177 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association298
178 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes297
179 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology295
180 Wetlands Ecology and Management284
181 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water277
182 Water and Environment Journal276
183 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering268
184 Carbon Balance and Management263
185 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology261
186 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics254
187 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis252
188 Chemistry and Ecology249
189 Journal of Elementology244
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment244
191 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft231
192 Bioremediation Journal229
193 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition228
194 NanoImpact224
195 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology222
196 Environmental Fluid Mechanics220
197 Environmental Reviews215
198 Radioprotection213
199 Industrial Health210
200 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability209
201 Environment Development and Sustainability205
202 Environmental and Ecological Statistics201
- Geobiology201
204 Antarctic Science200
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research200
206 Current Pollution Reports196
207 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment194
208 Ozone-Science & Engineering188
- Anthropocene188
210 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research186
211 Human Dimensions of Wildlife182
- Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering182
213 Reviews on Environmental Health181
214 Aerobiologia178
215 Food and Environmental Virology175
216 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management166
- International Journal of Environment and Pollution166
218 Carbon Management162
219 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology160
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences160
- Environment160
222 Environmental Conservation149
223 Journal of Paleolimnology146
- Environmental Forensics146
225 Biogeochemistry144
226 Bioenergy Research139
227 Sustainable Environment Research138
228 African Journal of Range & Forage Science136
- Arctic136
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters136
231 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry135
232 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health133
233 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry130
234 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management125
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental125
236 Environmental Chemistry124
237 Natural Resource Modeling123
238 Microbial Risk Analysis122
239 Mountain Research and Development118
- Polar Record118
241 Arid Land Research and Management116
242 Anthropocene Review115
243 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research112
244 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology111
245 Environmental Evidence110
246 Coastal Management102
247 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics100
248 Grundwasser98
249 Physical Geography96
250 Ecohealth83
251 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews78
252 Journal of Environmental Science and Management77
253 Journal of Environmental Informatics75
254 Climate Research71
255 Water Resources and Economics69
256 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement67
257 Biochar36
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