Geosciences, Multidisciplinary: 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Remote Sensing	85
2	Journal of Hydrology	73
3	Gondwana Research	68
4	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	66
5	Earth System Science Data	64
6	Nature Geoscience	62
7	Earth-Science Reviews	61
8	CATENA	60
9	Geophysical Research Letters	59
10	Engineering Geology	58
11	Communications Earth & Environment	56
12	Geoscience Frontiers	53
-	Computers and Geotechnics	53
14	Earths Future	51
15	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	48
16	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	47
17	Natural Hazards	42
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	42
19	Petroleum Exploration and Development	40
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	40
21	Landslides	38
22	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	37
-	Advances in Space Research	37
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	37
25	Computers & Geosciences	35
-	Geoscientific Model Development	35
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	35
28	Science China-Earth Sciences	34
29	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
30	Frontiers in Earth Science	32
-	Geocarto International	32
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	32
33	Global and Planetary Change	31
-	Geothermics	31
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	31
36	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	30
-	Natural Resources Research	30
-	Cryosphere	30
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	30
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	30
41	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
-	Earth System Dynamics	29
-	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	29
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	29
47	Quaternary Science Reviews	28
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	28
49	Earth Science Informatics	27
-	Geomorphology	27

-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	27
52	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	26
-	Landscape Ecology	26
54	Earth and Space Science	25
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	25
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	25
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
58	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	24
59	Journal of Applied Geophysics	23
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	23
-	Earth Planets and Space	23
-	Precambrian Research	23
-	Journal of African Earth Sciences	23
-	Journal of Earth Science	23
65	Soils and Foundations	22
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	22
67	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	21
-	Geological Journal	21
-	Astrobiology	21
-	Journal of Structural Geology	21
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	21
72	Geological Society of America Bulletin	20
-	Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment	20
-	Journal of Earthquake Engineering	20
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	20
-	Climate of the Past	20
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	20
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	20
79	Quaternary International	19
-	Anthropocene	19
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
83	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	18
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	18
-	Hydrogeology Journal	18
-	Journal of Earth System Science	18
-	Basin Research	18
-	Marine Geology	18
-	Geoheritage	18
91	Geoscience Letters	17
-	Geosphere	17
-	AAPG Bulletin	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Spatial Statistics	17
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	17
-	Journal of the Geological Society of India	17
-	Mathematical Geosciences	17
-	Comptes Rendus Geoscience	17
100	Journal of Glaciology	16
-	Geosynthetics International	16
-	Groundwater	16
103	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	15
-	Journal of the Geological Society	15
-	Computational Geosciences	15
-	Earth Surface Dynamics	15
-	Progress in Earth and Planetary Science	15
-	Quaternary Geochronology	15
109	Geothermal Energy	14
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	14
-	Bulletin of Volcanology	14
-	Geological Magazine	14
113	Geoscience Data Journal	13
-	International Journal of Earth Sciences	13
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Anthropocene Review	13
118	Open Geosciences	12
-	Photogrammetric Record	12
-	Polar Science	12
-	Episodes	12
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	12
-	Holocene	12
-	Boreas	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
126	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	11
-	Archaeometry	11
-	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	11
-	Terra Nova	11
130	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics	10
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	10
-	American Journal of Science	10
-	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	10
-	Clay Minerals	10
-	Quaternary Research	10
136	Doklady Earth Sciences	9
-	Petroleum Geoscience	9
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	9
-	Russian Geology and Geophysics	9
-	Swiss Journal of Geosciences	9
-	Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	9
-	Frontiers of Earth Science	9
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Archaeological Prospection	9
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	9
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	9
150	Environmental Archaeology	8
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering	8
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	8
-	Polar Research	8
-	Survey Review	8
-	Geosciences Journal	8
-	Annals of Glaciology	8
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	8
159	International Journal of Astrobiology	7
-	Island Arc	7
161	Italian Journal of Geosciences	6
-	Physical Geography	6
-	Geo-Marine Letters	6
-	Russian Journal of Pacific Geology	6
-	Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften	6
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
167	Quaternaire	5
-	Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement	5
-	Brazilian Journal of Geology	5
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	5
-	Earth Sciences Research Journal	5
-	International Journal of Speleology	5
173	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	4
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	4
-	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	4

176	History of Geo- and Space Sciences	3
-	Norwegian Journal of Geology	3
-	Acta Carsologica	3
179	Earth Sciences History	2
180	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	1