New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Water Resources

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Water Research21.154
2 npj Clean Water16.773
3 Desalination16.269
4 Agricultural Water Management12.384
5 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.354
6 Water Resources and Industry11.932
7 Journal of Hydrology11.386
8 CATENA10.991
9 Applied Water Science10.920
10 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.849
11 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences10.188
12 Ocean & Coastal Management9.555
13 Journal of Water Process Engineering9.306
14 Water Resources Research9.304
15 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction9.014
16 Water Resources Management8.982
17 Exposure and Health8.279
18 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences8.151
19 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science7.884
20 Environmental Modelling & Software7.680
21 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.586
22 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology6.960
23 Advances in Water Resources6.938
24 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.900
25 Natural Hazards6.872
26 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth6.653
27 Environmental Toxicology6.509
28 Journal of Water and Climate Change6.435
29 International Journal of Sediment Research6.410
30 Water6.281
31 Water Science and Technology5.963
32 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.870
33 Irrigation Science5.536
34 Hydrology Research5.492
35 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.432
36 Environmental Earth Sciences5.351
37 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.985
38 Journal of Hydroinformatics4.932
39 Water Research X4.925
40 Water Resources and Economics4.899
41 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques4.888
42 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.861
43 Natural Hazards Review4.854
44 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.836
45 Hydrological Processes4.788
46 China Ocean Engineering4.697
47 Hydrogeology Journal4.529
48 Water Supply4.409
49 Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology4.184
50 Vadose Zone Journal3.899
51 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies3.894
52 Water Policy3.873
53 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation3.803
54 Mine Water and the Environment3.780
55 Journal of Hydraulic Research3.644
56 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.599
57 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.476
58 Journal of Hydraulic Engineering3.448
59 Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice3.443
60 International Journal of Water Resources Development3.435
61 Water Environment Research3.392
62 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.360
63 Journal of the American Water Resources Association3.174
64 Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development3.166
65 Soil and Water Research3.143
66 Wetlands Ecology and Management3.047
67 Urban Water Journal3.021
68 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems2.990
69 Ecohydrology2.939
70 River Research and Applications2.873
71 Water and Environment Journal2.831
72 Groundwater2.813
73 Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering2.763
74 Water International2.753
75 Canadian Water Resources Journal2.716
76 Irrigation and Drainage2.677
77 Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering2.453
78 Lake and Reservoir Management1.961
79 Clean-Soil Air Water1.817
80 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management1.690
81 Water Economics and Policy1.646
82 Grundwasser1.616
83 Water Resources1.573
84 Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental1.391
85 Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation1.233
86 Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua0.514
87 Journal Awwa0.357
88 Wasserwirtschaft0.321
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