New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing20.877
2 Earth System Science Data20.149
3 Geoscience Frontiers19.055
4 Earth-Science Reviews18.595
5 Petroleum Exploration and Development18.006
6 Nature Geoscience17.619
7 Gondwana Research17.533
8 Engineering Geology14.652
9 Computers and Geotechnics12.654
10 Journal of Hydrology12.468
11 Earths Future12.416
12 Communications Earth & Environment11.921
13 Landscape Ecology11.802
14 CATENA11.388
15 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences11.005
16 Biogeochemistry10.931
17 Landslides10.824
18 International Journal of Coal Geology10.803
19 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.626
20 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction9.996
21 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.456
22 Remote Sensing9.054
23 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.987
24 Natural Resources Research8.927
25 Earth System Dynamics8.797
26 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences8.796
27 Geoscientific Model Development8.400
28 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.235
29 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources8.199
30 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science8.191
31 Marine and Petroleum Geology8.048
32 Computers & Geosciences7.857
33 Geothermics7.618
34 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.587
35 Geophysical Research Letters7.384
36 Geocarto International7.380
37 Earth Science Informatics7.325
38 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.275
39 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.246
40 Geothermal Energy7.193
41 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth7.167
42 Science China-Earth Sciences7.138
43 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.093
44 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment7.076
45 Biogeosciences6.900
46 Natural Hazards6.899
47 Soils and Foundations6.740
48 Cryosphere6.717
49 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.635
50 Anthropocene Review6.617
51 Environmental Earth Sciences6.546
52 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.392
53 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.341
54 Anthropocene6.266
55 Journal of Earth Science6.263
56 Global and Planetary Change6.141
57 Quaternary Science Reviews6.064
58 Climate of the Past5.762
59 Spatial Statistics5.686
60 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.613
61 Mathematical Geosciences5.597
62 Geomicrobiology Journal5.547
63 Precambrian Research5.530
64 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering5.510
65 Geomorphology5.485
66 Geobiology5.383
67 Natural Hazards Review5.328
68 Geoscience Letters5.301
69 Astrobiology5.285
70 American Journal of Science5.224
71 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.172
72 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.161
73 Earth Surface Dynamics5.109
74 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.094
75 Advances in Space Research5.071
76 Earth and Space Science5.043
77 Comptes Rendus Geoscience4.963
78 AAPG Bulletin4.815
79 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface4.797
80 Journal of Structural Geology4.785
81 Geosynthetics International4.759
82 Quaternary Geochronology4.677
83 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science4.582
84 Clays and Clay Minerals4.549
85 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology4.418
86 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research4.390
87 Journal of Glaciology4.389
88 Hydrogeology Journal4.375
89 Frontiers in Earth Science4.333
90 Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards4.296
91 Journal of African Earth Sciences4.249
92 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences4.218
93 Marine Geology4.216
94 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms4.213
95 Earth Planets and Space4.191
96 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics4.163
97 Journal of Applied Geophysics4.143
98 Journal of Earthquake Engineering4.122
99 Geoheritage4.107
100 Computational Geosciences4.022
101 Journal of Archaeological Science3.993
102 Basin Research3.925
103 Geosphere3.845
104 Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology3.819
105 Journal of Marine Systems3.729
106 Quaternary International3.717
107 Journal of the Geological Society3.716
108 Geological Journal3.620
109 Geoscience Data Journal3.531
110 International Journal of Earth Sciences3.519
111 Swiss Journal of Geosciences3.439
112 Journal of Earth System Science3.422
113 Boreas3.342
114 Holocene3.319
115 Annals of Glaciology3.229
116 Groundwater3.218
117 Geological Magazine3.215
118 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences3.187
119 Journal of Cold Regions Engineering3.119
120 Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition3.097
121 Journal of the American Water Resources Association3.063
122 Geological Society of America Bulletin3.057
123 Episodes3.027
124 Journal of Quaternary Science3.000
125 Frontiers of Earth Science2.996
126 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences2.952
127 Journal of South American Earth Sciences2.912
128 Clay Minerals2.886
129 Polar Science2.850
130 Journal of Paleolimnology2.836
131 Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences2.800
132 Geotechnical Testing Journal2.751
133 Antarctic Science2.690
134 Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems2.655
135 Quaternary Research2.654
136 Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing2.640
137 Archaeological Prospection2.623
138 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics2.568
139 Petroleum Geoscience2.546
140 Photogrammetric Record2.540
141 Terra Nova2.535
142 Open Geosciences2.484
143 Australian Journal of Earth Sciences2.444
144 Geosciences Journal2.270
145 International Journal of Astrobiology2.205
146 Bulletin of Geosciences2.194
147 Geoarchaeology-An International Journal2.113
148 Survey Review2.110
149 Geo-Marine Letters2.041
150 Italian Journal of Geosciences2.010
151 Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology2.000
152 Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften1.972
153 Physical Geography1.969
154 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering1.957
155 Environmental Archaeology1.956
156 Journal of the Geological Society of India1.941
157 Russian Geology and Geophysics1.773
158 Archaeometry1.727
159 Island Arc1.724
160 Journal of Petroleum Geology1.654
161 Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1.612
162 Polar Research1.488
163 International Journal of Speleology1.359
164 Doklady Earth Sciences1.352
165 Brazilian Journal of Geology1.328
166 Earth Sciences Research Journal1.289
167 Acta Carsologica1.148
168 History of Geo- and Space Sciences1.108
169 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology1.068
170 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas1.059
171 Norwegian Journal of Geology0.897
172 Journal of Coastal Research0.878
173 Environmental & Engineering Geoscience0.816
174 Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement0.561
175 Quaternaire0.529
176 Journal of Cave and Karst Studies0.361
177 Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie0.175
178 Earth Sciences History0.152
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