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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	115
2	Journal of Hydrology	79
3	Desalination	78
4	Water	76
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	73
6	CATENA	60
7	Agricultural Water Management	54
8	Water Resources Research	53
9	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	52
10	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
11	Natural Hazards	44
12	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	43
-	npj Clean Water	43
14	Water Resources Management	42
-	Applied Water Science	42
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42
17	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
18	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	36
19	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	34
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	34
21	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	33
23	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	32
24	Journal of Water and Climate Change	31
25	Water Science and Technology	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Environmental Toxicology	30
28	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	29
31	Advances in Water Resources	27
32	Water Resources and Industry	24
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	24
34	Hydrological Processes	23
-	Water Supply	23
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	23
37	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	22
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
39	Water Environment Research	21
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	21
41	Exposure and Health	20
-	Hydrogeology Journal	20
43	Natural Hazards Review	19
-	Water Research X	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	19
-	Hydrology Research	19
48	Groundwater	17
-	River Research and Applications	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17

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