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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	108
2	Desalination	74
3	Journal of Hydrology	73
4	Water	71
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	69
6	CATENA	60
7	Agricultural Water Management	51
8	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
9	Applied Water Science	48
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	48
11	Water Resources Research	46
12	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	42
-	Natural Hazards	42
14	Water Resources Management	37
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	37
16	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
17	npj Clean Water	35
18	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
19	Water Science and Technology	32
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	32
21	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	31
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
23	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Journal of Water and Climate Change	30
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	30
26	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
28	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
30	Advances in Water Resources	27
31	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	25
32	Hydrological Processes	24
33	Exposure and Health	23
34	Water Research X	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
37	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
-	Water Resources and Industry	21
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	21
40	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
43	Water Environment Research	19
-	Hydrology Research	19
45	Irrigation Science	18
-	Natural Hazards Review	18
-	Hydrogeology Journal	18
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	18
49	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	17
-	Ecohydrology	17

-	River Research and Applications	17
52	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Groundwater	16
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
55	China Ocean Engineering	15
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
58	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	14
-	Irrigation and Drainage	14
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
61	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Water Policy	13
-	Mine Water and the Environment	13
-	Urban Water Journal	13
65	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
68	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	11
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	11
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Water Resources	11
74	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water International	10
79	Canadian Water Resources Journal	8
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
-	Water Economics and Policy	8
82	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	7
83	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	6
-	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
88	Wasserwirtschaft	5