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	Journal of Water Process Engineering	70
4	Desalination	67
5	Water	63
6	CATENA	57
7	Agricultural Water Management	51
8	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	50
9	Water Resources Research	46
10	Applied Water Science	45
11	Ocean & Coastal Management	44
12	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	40
-	Natural Hazards	40
14	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
15	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
16	Water Resources Management	34
17	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
19	Water Science and Technology	31
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	31
21	npj Clean Water	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
24	Advances in Water Resources	29
25	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	28
26	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
-	Environmental Toxicology	27
28	Journal of Water and Climate Change	26
29	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	25
-	Hydrological Processes	25
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
32	Water Research X	24
-	Exposure and Health	24
34	Water Supply	23
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	23
36	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
37	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
39	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	19
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	19
42	Water Resources and Industry	18
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	18
-	Water Environment Research	18
45	Ecohydrology	17
-	Hydrology Research	17
47	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
49	Hydrogeology Journal	15
-	River Research and Applications	15

-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	15
-	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
54	Mine Water and the Environment	14
-	China Ocean Engineering	14
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
57	Groundwater	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
-	Water Policy	13
61	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Irrigation and Drainage	12
-	Urban Water Journal	12
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	12
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
67	Water Resources and Economics	11
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	11
69	Water Resources	10
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water International	10
74	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	9
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	9
-	Soil and Water Research	9
80	Water Economics and Policy	7
81	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	6
87	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Wasserwirtschaft	4