New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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 Sensing85
2 Journal of Hydrology73
3 Gondwana Research68
4 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing66
5 Earth System Science Data64
6 Nature Geoscience62
7 Earth-Science Reviews61
8 CATENA60
9 Geophysical Research Letters59
10 Engineering Geology58
11 Communications Earth & Environment56
12 Computers and Geotechnics53
- Geoscience Frontiers53
14 Earths Future51
15 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction48
16 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering47
17 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences42
- Natural Hazards42
19 Petroleum Exploration and Development40
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering40
21 Landslides38
22 Advances in Space Research37
- Marine and Petroleum Geology37
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment37
25 Geoscientific Model Development35
- International Journal of Coal Geology35
- Computers & Geosciences35
28 Science China-Earth Sciences34
29 Environmental Earth Sciences33
30 Global Biogeochemical Cycles32
- Frontiers in Earth Science32
- Geocarto International32
33 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences31
- Geothermics31
- Global and Planetary Change31
36 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering30
- Cold Regions Science and Technology30
- Natural Resources Research30
- Cryosphere30
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth30
41 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering29
- Earth System Dynamics29
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes29
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- Biogeosciences29
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk29
47 Journal of Cultural Heritage28
- Quaternary Science Reviews28
49 Canadian Geotechnical Journal27
- Geomorphology27
- Earth Science Informatics27
52 Landscape Ecology26
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources26
54 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences25
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences25
- Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology25
- Earth and Space Science25
58 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology24
59 Journal of African Earth Sciences23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Earth Planets and Space23
- Precambrian Research23
- Journal of Applied Geophysics23
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences23
65 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface22
- Soils and Foundations22
67 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science21
- Astrobiology21
- Journal of Structural Geology21
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms21
- Geological Journal21
72 Journal of South American Earth Sciences20
- Geomicrobiology Journal20
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering20
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research20
- Climate of the Past20
- Geological Society of America Bulletin20
- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment20
79 Journal of Archaeological Science19
- Biogeochemistry19
- Anthropocene19
- Quaternary International19
83 Geoheritage18
- Journal of Earth System Science18
- Basin Research18
- Marine Geology18
- Natural Hazards Review18
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology18
- Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment18
- Hydrogeology Journal18
91 Journal of the American Water Resources Association17
- Journal of the Geological Society of India17
- Mathematical Geosciences17
- Comptes Rendus Geoscience17
- Spatial Statistics17
- AAPG Bulletin17
- Journal of Marine Systems17
- Geoscience Letters17
- Geosphere17
100 Geosynthetics International16
- Groundwater16
- Journal of Glaciology16
103 Earth Surface Dynamics15
- Progress in Earth and Planetary Science15
- Quaternary Geochronology15
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences15
- Journal of the Geological Society15
- Computational Geosciences15
109 Geological Magazine14
- Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition14
- Bulletin of Volcanology14
- Geothermal Energy14
113 Anthropocene Review13
- Geobiology13
- International Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Journal of Quaternary Science13
- Geoscience Data Journal13
118 Boreas12
- Clays and Clay Minerals12
- Episodes12
- Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards12
- Holocene12
- Open Geosciences12
- Photogrammetric Record12
- Polar Science12
126 Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing11
- Terra Nova11
- Archaeometry11
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering11
130 Quaternary Research10
- American Journal of Science10
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences10
- Clay Minerals10
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics10
- Geotechnical Testing Journal10
136 Journal of Cold Regions Engineering9
- Antarctic Science9
- Archaeological Prospection9
- Australian Journal of Earth Sciences9
- Journal of Paleolimnology9
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology9
- Frontiers of Earth Science9
- Journal of Coastal Research9
- Doklady Earth Sciences9
- Petroleum Geoscience9
- Geoarchaeology-An International Journal9
- Russian Geology and Geophysics9
- Swiss Journal of Geosciences9
- Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems9
150 Annals of Glaciology8
- Journal of Petroleum Geology8
- New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics8
- Polar Research8
- Survey Review8
- Geosciences Journal8
- Environmental Archaeology8
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering8
- Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences8
159 Island Arc7
- International Journal of Astrobiology7
161 Bulletin of Geosciences6
- Physical Geography6
- Geo-Marine Letters6
- Russian Journal of Pacific Geology6
- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften6
- Italian Journal of Geosciences6
167 International Journal of Speleology5
- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh5
- Earth Sciences Research Journal5
- Brazilian Journal of Geology5
- Quaternaire5
- Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement5
173 Journal of Cave and Karst Studies4
- Environmental & Engineering Geoscience4
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas4
176 Acta Carsologica3
- Norwegian Journal of Geology3
- History of Geo- and Space Sciences3
179 Earth Sciences History2
180 Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie1
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