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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Hydrology	71
2	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	67
3	Earth-Science Reviews	66
4	Geophysical Research Letters	58
5	CATENA	57
6	Engineering Geology	54
7	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	46
8	Computers and Geotechnics	45
9	Natural Hazards	40
10	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	38
11	Computers & Geosciences	36
12	Advances in Space Research	35
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	35
14	International Journal of Coal Geology	31
15	Geocarto International	30
-	Landscape Ecology	30
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	30
18	Geomorphology	29
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	29
20	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	28
-	Global and Planetary Change	28
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	28
-	Geothermics	28
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	28
25	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	26
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	26
27	Precambrian Research	25
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
29	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	24
30	Soils and Foundations	23
31	Journal of Applied Geophysics	22
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	22
33	Biogeochemistry	21
-	Journal of Structural Geology	21
35	Marine Geology	20
-	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	20
-	Quaternary International	20
38	Geological Society of America Bulletin	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	19
41	Journal of Earth System Science	18
-	Geological Journal	18
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	18
44	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	17
45	Basin Research	16
-	Journal of Glaciology	16
-	Bulletin of Volcanology	16
-	Journal of the Geological Society	16
49	Geosynthetics International	15
-	Journal of Marine Systems	15

-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	15
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	15
53	Journal of the Geological Society of India	14
-	AAPG Bulletin	14
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	14
56	Episodes	13
-	Geological Magazine	13
-	Groundwater	13
-	Holocene	13
60	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	12
61	Boreas	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	11
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	11
-	Polar Research	11
-	Terra Nova	11
67	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	10
-	Quaternary Research	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Photogrammetric Record	10
-	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	10
72	Annals of Glaciology	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Archaeometry	9
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	9
-	American Journal of Science	9
-	Archaeological Prospection	9
78	Doklady Earth Sciences	8
-	Geo-Marine Letters	8
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	8
-	Russian Geology and Geophysics	8
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	8
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	8
84	Physical Geography	7
-	Survey Review	7
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
-	Clay Minerals	7
-	Journal of Coastal Research	7
89	Acta Carsologica	5
-	Island Arc	5
-	International Journal of Speleology	5
92	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	4
-	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	4
94	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	3
95	Earth Sciences History	2
-	Quaternaire	2