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	Desalination	67
4	CATENA	57
5	Agricultural Water Management	51
6	Water Resources Research	46
7	Ocean & Coastal Management	44
8	Natural Hazards	40
9	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
10	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
11	Water Resources Management	34
12	Water Science and Technology	31
13	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
15	Advances in Water Resources	29
16	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25
-	Hydrological Processes	25
18	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
19	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
21	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
22	Water Environment Research	18
23	Irrigation Science	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
25	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	15
-	Hydrogeology Journal	15
27	Mine Water and the Environment	14
-	China Ocean Engineering	14
29	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Water Policy	13
-	Groundwater	13
32	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	12
33	Journal of Hydraulic Research	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water Resources	10
-	Water International	10
38	Wetlands Ecology and Management	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	9
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	9
42	Grundwasser	6
-	Journal Awwa	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	6
-	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
47	Wasserwirtschaft	4