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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	111
2	Journal of Hydrology	73
3	Desalination	70
4	Water	68
5	Journal of Water Process Engineering	67
6	CATENA	58
7	Agricultural Water Management	54
8	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	49
9	Ocean & Coastal Management	48
10	Applied Water Science	46
11	Water Resources Research	45
12	Environmental Modelling & Software	40
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	40
-	Natural Hazards	40
15	Water Resources Management	37
16	Water Air and Soil Pollution	36
17	npj Clean Water	33
18	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	32
-	Water Science and Technology	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
21	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	31
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	31
23	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
25	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
27	Environmental Toxicology	28
-	Journal of Water and Climate Change	28
-	Advances in Water Resources	28
30	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
31	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	25
32	Hydrological Processes	24
33	Exposure and Health	23
34	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Water Research X	22
38	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	21
40	Water Resources and Industry	20
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
43	Water Environment Research	19
44	Hydrology Research	18
-	Irrigation Science	18
46	Hydrogeology Journal	17
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
50	River Research and Applications	16

-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
-	Natural Hazards Review	16
-	China Ocean Engineering	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
55	Groundwater	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
57	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	14
-	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	14
-	Water Policy	14
60	Irrigation and Drainage	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Mine Water and the Environment	13
-	Urban Water Journal	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	13
67	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
68	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Water Resources	11
-	Water and Environment Journal	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
73	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
78	Water International	9
79	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
80	Journal Awwa	7
-	Water Economics and Policy	7
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	7
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	7
84	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
87	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
88	Wasserwirtschaft	4