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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Remote Sensing	82
2	Journal of Hydrology	70
3	Earth-Science Reviews	66
4	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	64
5	Geophysical Research Letters	61
6	CATENA	60
7	Nature Geoscience	59
8	Earth System Science Data	57
9	Engineering Geology	52
-	Geoscience Frontiers	52
11	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	51
12	Communications Earth & Environment	47
13	Earths Future	44
-	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	44
15	Computers and Geotechnics	43
16	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	42
17	Natural Hazards	37
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	37
19	Geoscientific Model Development	35
-	Landslides	35
-	Computers & Geosciences	35
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	35
-	Natural Resources Research	35
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	35
25	Frontiers in Earth Science	34
-	Advances in Space Research	34
27	Cryosphere	33
28	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	32
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	32
31	Geothermics	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	31
34	International Journal of Coal Geology	30
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	30
36	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	29
-	Geocarto International	29
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
39	Quaternary Science Reviews	28
-	Earth and Space Science	28
-	Earth System Dynamics	28
-	Geomorphology	28
-	Global and Planetary Change	28
-	Landscape Ecology	28
45	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	27
46	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	26
-	Precambrian Research	26
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	26
49	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	25

-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	25
52	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	24
-	Earth Science Informatics	24
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	24
55	Soils and Foundations	23
-	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	23
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	23
-	Astrobiology	23
-	Marine Geology	23
-	Climate of the Past	23
-	Biogeochemistry	23
62	Quaternary International	22
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	22
-	Journal of Structural Geology	22
-	Journal of Earth Science	22
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	22
-	Earth Planets and Space	22
68	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	21
-	Geological Society of America Bulletin	21
-	Journal of Applied Geophysics	21
71	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	20
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	20
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	20
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	20
75	Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment	19
-	Progress in Earth and Planetary Science	19
77	Geoscience Letters	18
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	18
79	Geoheritage	17
-	Journal of Earth System Science	17
-	Journal of Glaciology	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Bulletin of Volcanology	17
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	17
-	Spatial Statistics	17
-	Geological Journal	17
87	Anthropocene	16
-	Journal of the Geological Society	16
-	Basin Research	16
-	Natural Hazards Review	16
-	Earth Surface Dynamics	16
-	Mathematical Geosciences	16
93	Geomicrobiology Journal	15
-	AAPG Bulletin	15
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	15
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	15
-	Open Geosciences	15
-	Polar Science	15
99	Geological Magazine	14
-	Geosynthetics International	14
-	Quaternary Geochronology	14
-	Holocene	14
-	Journal of the Geological Society of India	14
-	Boreas	14
105	Frontiers of Earth Science	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Geoscience Data Journal	13
-	Geosphere	13
-	Groundwater	13
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	13
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	13
112	Episodes	12
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	12
-	Geothermal Energy	12
115	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	11
-	Swiss Journal of Geosciences	11
-	American Journal of Science	11
-	Archaeometry	11
-	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	11
-	Quaternary Research	11
-	Terra Nova	11
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	11
-	Anthropocene Review	11
-	Archaeological Prospection	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
126	Journal of Coastal Research	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	10
-	Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems	10
-	Antarctic Science	10
131	Russian Geology and Geophysics	9
-	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	9
-	Doklady Earth Sciences	9
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	9
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	9
-	Annals of Glaciology	9
-	Photogrammetric Record	9
138	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	8
-	Geo-Marine Letters	8
-	Island Arc	8
-	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics	8
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	8
-	Survey Review	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	8
146	Clay Minerals	7
-	Physical Geography	7
-	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	7
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	7
150	Italian Journal of Geosciences	6
-	Earth Sciences Research Journal	6
-	Russian Journal of Pacific Geology	6
153	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	5
-	Brazilian Journal of Geology	5
-	Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften	5
-	International Journal of Speleology	5
-	Acta Carsologica	5
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	5
159	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	4
-	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	4
-	Norwegian Journal of Geology	4
162	Quaternaire	3
-	History of Geo- and Space Sciences	3
164	Earth Sciences History	2