New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Water Research22.682
2 npj Clean Water19.406
3 Desalination16.576
4 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water12.787
5 Journal of Hydrology12.468
6 Water Resources and Industry12.332
7 Agricultural Water Management11.926
8 CATENA11.388
9 International Soil and Water Conservation Research11.268
10 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences11.005
11 Ocean & Coastal Management10.262
12 Journal of Water Process Engineering10.125
13 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction9.996
14 Water Resources Research9.984
15 Applied Water Science9.609
16 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences8.796
17 Water Resources Management8.470
18 Environmental Modelling & Software8.284
19 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science8.191
20 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.587
21 Journal of Water and Climate Change7.317
22 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth7.167
23 Exposure and Health7.108
24 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.093
25 Natural Hazards6.899
26 Water6.820
27 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.704
28 Environmental Earth Sciences6.546
29 Advances in Water Resources6.387
30 Environmental Toxicology6.297
31 Water Science and Technology6.282
32 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.243
33 Hydrology Research6.153
34 International Journal of Sediment Research6.136
35 Journal of Hydroinformatics6.128
36 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.417
37 Natural Hazards Review5.328
38 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.324
39 Water Resources and Economics5.290
40 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.097
41 China Ocean Engineering5.029
42 Irrigation Science4.713
43 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques4.667
44 Water Research X4.620
45 Water Supply4.580
46 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.446
47 Hydrological Processes4.414
48 Hydrogeology Journal4.375
49 Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology4.221
50 Water Policy4.174
51 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies4.045
52 Vadose Zone Journal3.955
53 International Journal of Water Resources Development3.899
54 Journal of Hydraulic Engineering3.747
55 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation3.740
56 Water Environment Research3.594
57 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.566
58 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.523
59 Mine Water and the Environment3.488
60 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.409
61 Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development3.390
62 Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice3.317
63 Ecohydrology3.244
64 Groundwater3.218
65 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.166
66 Water International3.140
67 Canadian Water Resources Journal3.120
68 Soil and Water Research3.109
69 Journal of the American Water Resources Association3.063
70 River Research and Applications3.052
71 Urban Water Journal3.019
72 Journal of Hydraulic Research2.927
73 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.732
74 Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering2.701
75 Water and Environment Journal2.656
76 Irrigation and Drainage2.600
77 Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering2.482
78 Lake and Reservoir Management2.265
79 Grundwasser2.133
80 Clean-Soil Air Water1.693
81 Water Economics and Policy1.650
82 Water Resources1.509
83 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management1.467
84 Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental1.240
85 Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation1.226
86 Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua0.483
87 Journal Awwa0.370
88 Wasserwirtschaft0.284
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