Water Resources: 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	Water Research	112
2	Journal of Hydrology	71
3	Desalination	67
4	CATENA	57
5	Agricultural Water Management	51
6	Water Resources Research	46
7	Ocean & Coastal Management	44
8	Natural Hazards	40
9	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
10	Water Resources Management	34
11	Water Science and Technology	31
12	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
13	Advances in Water Resources	29
14	Hydrological Processes	25
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
16	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
17	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
19	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
20	Water Environment Research	18
21	Irrigation Science	16
22	China Ocean Engineering	14
-	Mine Water and the Environment	14
24	Groundwater	13
25	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	12
26	Journal of Hydraulic Research	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water International	10
-	Water Resources	10
31	International Journal of Water Resources Development	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	9
34	Canadian Water Resources Journal	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
37	Wasserwirtschaft	4