Geosciences, Multidisciplinary: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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	TQCC
1	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	26
2	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	24
-	Earth-Science Reviews	24
4	Nature Geoscience	22
5	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19
-	Engineering Geology	19
7	Geoscience Frontiers	18
8	Gondwana Research	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
10	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	16
-	Journal of Hydrology	16
12	Bulletin of Volcanology	15
-	CATENA	15
-	Computers and Geotechnics	15
15	Earths Future	14
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	14
17	Landslides	13
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	13
-	Biogeochemistry	13
-	Landscape Ecology	13
21	Communications Earth & Environment	12
-	Natural Resources Research	12
-	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	12
24	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	11
-	Geothermics	11
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	11
-	Earth System Dynamics	11
-	Remote Sensing	11
-	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	11
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	11
31	Geocarto International	10
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	10
-	Geophysical Research Letters	10
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	10
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	10
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	10
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	10
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	10
39	Global and Planetary Change	9
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	9
-	Anthropocene	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	9
-	Computers & Geosciences	9
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	9
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	9
-	Cryosphere	9
48	Geothermal Energy	8
-	Astrobiology	8
-	Climate of the Past	8

-	Natural Hazards	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	8
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	8
-	Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment	8
-	Soils and Foundations	8
-	Journal of Earth Science	8
-	Precambrian Research	8
-	Geomorphology	8
-	Geoscientific Model Development	8
60	AAPG Bulletin	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	7
-	Journal of Structural Geology	7
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	7
-	Marine Geology	7
-	Earth Science Informatics	7
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	7
-	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	7
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	7
-	Comptes Rendus Geoscience	7
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	7
-	Geoheritage	7
75	Hydrogeology Journal	6
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	6
-	American Journal of Science	6
-	Journal of Glaciology	6
-	Basin Research	6
-	Natural Hazards Review	6
-	Earth and Space Science	6
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	6
-	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	6
-	Quaternary International	6
-	Geosphere	6
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	6
-	Advances in Space Research	6
-	Anthropocene Review	6
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	6
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	6
-	Earth Surface Dynamics	6
-	Progress in Earth and Planetary Science	6
-	Quaternary Geochronology	6
-	Geobiology	6
-	Spatial Statistics	6
-	Geosynthetics International	6
97	Journal of Applied Geophysics	5
-	Journal of Earthquake Engineering	5
-	Computational Geosciences	5
-	Frontiers in Earth Science	5
-	Swiss Journal of Geosciences	5
-	Geoscience Letters	5
-	Journal of African Earth Sciences	5
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	5
-	Mathematical Geosciences	5
-	Earth Planets and Space	5
-	Geological Magazine	5
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	5
109	International Journal of Earth Sciences	4
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	4
-	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	4
-	Journal of Earth System Science	4
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	4
-	Journal of the Geological Society	4
-	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics	4
-	Petroleum Geoscience	4
-	Polar Science	4
-	Geological Journal	4
-	Geological Society of America Bulletin	4
-	Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems	4
-	Holocene	4
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	4
-	Antarctic Science	4
-	Boreas	4
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	4
-	Frontiers of Earth Science	4
-	Quaternary Research	4
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	4
-	Terra Nova	4
131	International Journal of Astrobiology	3
-	Italian Journal of Geosciences	3
-	Archaeometry	3
-	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	3
-	Clay Minerals	3
-	Open Geosciences	3
-	Environmental Archaeology	3
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering	3
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	3
-	Geoscience Data Journal	3
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	3
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	3
-	Groundwater	3
-	Annals of Glaciology	3
-	Archaeological Prospection	3
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	3
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	3
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	3
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	3
-	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Geo-Marine Letters	3
-	Geosciences Journal	3
154	History of Geo- and Space Sciences	2
-	Island Arc	2
-	Brazilian Journal of Geology	2
-	Russian Geology and Geophysics	2
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	2
-	Journal of the Geological Society of India	2
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	2
-	Earth Sciences Research Journal	2
-	Physical Geography	2
-	Episodes	2
-	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	2
-	Survey Review	2
166	Journal of Coastal Research	1
-	Doklady Earth Sciences	1
-	Photogrammetric Record	1
-	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	1
-	Quaternaire	1
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	1
-	Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement	1
-	International Journal of Speleology	1
-	Acta Carsologica	1
-	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	1

-	Norwegian Journal of Geology	1
-	Russian Journal of Pacific Geology	1
-	Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften	1
179	Earth Sciences History	0
-	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	0