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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	115
2	Journal of Hydrology	79
-	Desalination	79
4	Water	78
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	74
6	CATENA	61
7	Agricultural Water Management	56
8	Water Resources Research	53
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	53
10	Ocean & Coastal Management	50
11	Natural Hazards	45
12	npj Clean Water	44
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	44
14	Water Air and Soil Pollution	43
15	Water Resources Management	42
-	Applied Water Science	42
17	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
18	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	36
19	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	35
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	35
21	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
22	Journal of Water and Climate Change	32
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	32
24	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	31
25	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	30
-	Environmental Toxicology	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
30	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	29
31	Advances in Water Resources	26
32	Water Resources and Industry	25
33	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	24
-	Hydrological Processes	24
35	Water Supply	23
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	23
37	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	22
-	Water Environment Research	22
40	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	21
41	Hydrogeology Journal	20
-	Natural Hazards Review	20
-	Water Research X	20
-	Exposure and Health	20
45	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
46	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	18
-	Groundwater	18
48	River Research and Applications	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	China Ocean Engineering	17

51	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
54	Urban Water Journal	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Irrigation and Drainage	15
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	15
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Water Policy	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
61	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	14
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	14
63	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Mine Water and the Environment	13
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	13
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	13
-	Water and Environment Journal	13
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	13
69	Water International	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	12
72	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
73	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Water Resources	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
76	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	9
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	9
78	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	8
-	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Soil and Water Research	8
81	Journal Awwa	7
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	7
-	Grundwasser	7
84	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
85	Wasserwirtschaft	5
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	5
-	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Hydrology Research	1