Geosciences, Multidisciplinary: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	26
2	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	25
3	Earth-Science Reviews	24
4	Nature Geoscience	21
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	21
6	Engineering Geology	20
7	Gondwana Research	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Geoscience Frontiers	17
-	Computers and Geotechnics	17
11	Earths Future	16
-	Journal of Hydrology	16
13	Landslides	15
-	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	15
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	15
-	CATENA	15
-	Landscape Ecology	15
18	Biogeochemistry	14
19	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	13
-	Communications Earth & Environment	13
-	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	13
22	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	12
-	Natural Resources Research	12
24	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	11
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	11
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	11
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	11
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	11
-	Earth System Dynamics	11
-	Remote Sensing	11
31	Geophysical Research Letters	10
-	Geothermal Energy	10
-	Geocarto International	10
-	Geothermics	10
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	10
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	10
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	10
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	10
-	Cryosphere	10
40	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	9
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	9
-	Soils and Foundations	9
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	9
-	Natural Hazards	9
-	Computers & Geosciences	9
-	Earth Science Informatics	9
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	9
-	Geoscientific Model Development	9
-	Journal of Earth Science	9
-	Biogeosciences	9

51	Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment	8
-	Global and Planetary Change	8
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	8
-	Anthropocene Review	8
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	8
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	8
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	8
-	Precambrian Research	8
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	8
60	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	7
-	Geoscience Letters	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	7
-	Climate of the Past	7
-	Natural Hazards Review	7
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	7
-	Spatial Statistics	7
-	Geomorphology	7
-	American Journal of Science	7
-	Anthropocene	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	7
-	Astrobiology	7
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	7
-	Earth Surface Dynamics	7
-	Geobiology	7
75	Hydrogeology Journal	6
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	6
-	Advances in Space Research	6
-	Journal of Earthquake Engineering	6
-	Journal of Glaciology	6
-	Journal of Marine Systems	6
-	Journal of Structural Geology	6
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	6
-	Marine Geology	6
-	Earth and Space Science	6
-	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	6
-	Frontiers in Earth Science	6
-	Quaternary International	6
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	6
-	Geosynthetics International	6
-	AAPG Bulletin	6
-	Basin Research	6
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	6
-	Mathematical Geosciences	6
-	Comptes Rendus Geoscience	6
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	6
-	Progress in Earth and Planetary Science	6
-	Quaternary Geochronology	6
-	Geoheritage	6
99	Swiss Journal of Geosciences	5
-	Geosphere	5
-	International Journal of Earth Sciences	5
-	Journal of Applied Geophysics	5
-	Journal of Earth System Science	5
-	Computational Geosciences	5
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	5
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	5
-	Journal of African Earth Sciences	5
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	5
-	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	5
-	Earth Planets and Space	5
-	Geological Magazine	5
112	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	4
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	4
-	Annals of Glaciology	4
-	Archaeological Prospection	4
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	4
-	Journal of the Geological Society	4
-	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	4
-	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics	4
-	Polar Science	4
-	Geological Journal	4
-	Geological Society of America Bulletin	4
-	Terra Nova	4
-	Holocene	4
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	4
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	4
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	4
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	4
-	Frontiers of Earth Science	4
-	Quaternary Research	4
131	Geoscience Data Journal	3
-	Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems	3
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	3
-	Italian Journal of Geosciences	3
-	Antarctic Science	3
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	3
-	Boreas	3
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	3
-	Clay Minerals	3
-	Open Geosciences	3
-	Petroleum Geoscience	3
-	Environmental Archaeology	3
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering	3
-	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	3
-	Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften	3
-	Geosciences Journal	3
-	Groundwater	3
-	Archaeometry	3
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	3
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	3
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	3
-	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	3
-	Physical Geography	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	3
-	Geo-Marine Letters	3
157	Island Arc	2
-	Doklady Earth Sciences	2
-	Russian Geology and Geophysics	2
-	Survey Review	2
-	International Journal of Speleology	2
-	Journal of the Geological Society of India	2
-	Earth Sciences Research Journal	2
-	Episodes	2
165	History of Geo- and Space Sciences	1
-	Acta Carsologica	1
-	Journal of Coastal Research	1
-	Photogrammetric Record	1
-	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	1
-	Quaternaire	1
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	1
-	Russian Journal of Pacific Geology	1
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	1
-	Brazilian Journal of Geology	1
-	Norwegian Journal of Geology	1

176	Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement	0
-	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	0
-	Earth Sciences History	0
-	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	0