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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	108
2	Journal of Hydrology	73
3	Desalination	72
4	Journal of Water Process Engineering	69
-	Water	69
6	CATENA	59
7	Agricultural Water Management	52
8	Ocean & Coastal Management	49
9	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	48
10	Applied Water Science	47
11	Water Resources Research	45
12	Natural Hazards	41
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	41
14	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
15	Water Air and Soil Pollution	38
16	Water Resources Management	36
17	npj Clean Water	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
19	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	32
-	Water Science and Technology	32
21	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	31
22	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
24	Journal of Water and Climate Change	29
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
28	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
-	Environmental Toxicology	27
-	Advances in Water Resources	27
31	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	26
32	Hydrological Processes	25
33	Water Research X	23
-	Exposure and Health	23
35	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	22
37	Water Resources and Industry	21
-	Water Supply	21
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
40	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	Water Environment Research	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
44	Irrigation Science	19
45	Journal of Hydroinformatics	18
-	Hydrology Research	18
47	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Hydrogeology Journal	17
-	Natural Hazards Review	17

51	River Research and Applications	16
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
54	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	China Ocean Engineering	15
-	Groundwater	15
58	Water Policy	14
59	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Mine Water and the Environment	13
-	Urban Water Journal	13
-	Irrigation and Drainage	13
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
66	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
68	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Water Resources	11
-	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
72	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Water International	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	10
79	Water Economics and Policy	8
-	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	8
82	Journal Awwa	7
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	7
84	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
-	Grundwasser	6
87	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Wasserwirtschaft	4