Environmental Sciences: 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	187
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	158
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	148
4	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	130
5	Energy & Environmental Science	129
6	Chemosphere	126
7	Environmental Science & Technology	119
8	Journal of Environmental Management	114
9	Water Research	111
10	Sustainability	109
11	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	108
12	Environmental Pollution	103
13	Environmental Research	96
14	Nature Climate Change	89
-	Environment International	89
16	Resources Conservation and Recycling	87
17	Nature Sustainability	86
18	Remote Sensing	85
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	82
20	Ecological Indicators	81
21	Global Change Biology	76
22	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	75
23	Energy Policy	74
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	74
25	Environmental Research Letters	66
26	Waste Management	65
27	Marine Pollution Bulletin	64
28	Water	63
29	Lancet Planetary Health	62
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	62
31	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	57
32	One Earth	55
33	Environment Development and Sustainability	54
34	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	52
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	52
36	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	49
37	Water Resources Research	48
38	Frontiers in Environmental Science	47
-	Ecological Economics	47
-	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	47
42	Environmental Health Perspectives	46
43	Biological Conservation	45
44	Communications Earth & Environment	44
-	Earths Future	44
46	Urban Climate	43
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	43
48	Atmosphere	42
49	Atmospheric Environment	41
50	Toxics	40

-	Ecosystem Services	40
52	Applied Catalysis A-General	39
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	39
54	Environmental and Experimental Botany	38
55	Conservation Biology	37
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	37
57	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	36
59	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	35
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	35
61	Atmospheric Pollution Research	34
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	34
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	34
-	Ambio	34
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	34
66	Sustainability Science	33
-	Climatic Change	33
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	33
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	33
-	Biochar	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
72	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	32
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	32
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	32
75	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	31
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	31
-	Ecological Engineering	31
-	Land Degradation & Development	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
83	Ecological Applications	30
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
86	Water Science and Technology	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Environmental Health	29
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	29
-	Environmental Toxicology	29
91	Waste and Biomass Valorization	28
-	Waste Management & Research	28
93	International Journal of Phytoremediation	27
-	Environmental Science-Nano	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	npj Clean Water	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	27
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	27
100	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	26
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	26
-	Environmental Development	26
-	Utilities Policy	26
-	Geocarto International	26
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	26
106	Geohealth	25
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	25
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	25
-	Current Pollution Reports	25
-	Journal of Arid Environments	25
111	NanoImpact	24
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	24
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	24
-	Regional Environmental Change	24
-	Water Research X	24
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	24
-	Environmental Management	24
118	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	23
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	23
-	Ecological Processes	23
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	23
122	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
-	Biogeochemistry	22
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	22
-	Bioenergy Research	22
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	22
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	22
128	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	21
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	21
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	21
-	Water Environment Research	21
-	Water Supply	21
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	21
-	Journal of Mountain Science	21
136	Climate Risk Management	20
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	20
-	Environmental Research Communications	20
-	Environmental Technology	20
140	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	Journal of Arid Land	19
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	19
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	19
-	Environmental Reviews	19
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	19
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	19
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	19
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	19
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	19
-	Estuaries and Coasts	19
154	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	18
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	18
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	18
159	Chinese Geographical Science	17
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	17
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	17
162	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	16
-	Water and Environment Journal	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Health Physics	16
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	16
-	Anthropocene	16
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	16
-	Climate Services	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	Environmental Engineering Research	16
-	Journal of Water and Health	16
174	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	15
-	Carbon Management	15

-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Environmental Evidence	15
-	Food and Environmental Virology	15
-	River Research and Applications	15
-	Journal of Coastal Research	15
181	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	14
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	14
-	Geobiology	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	14
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	14
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	14
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	14
-	Arctic Science	14
-	Carbon Balance and Management	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
193	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	13
-	Environmental Forensics	13
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
198	Natural Resources Forum	12
-	Vadose Zone Journal	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	12
-	Aerobiologia	12
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	12
-	Aquatic Sciences	12
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	12
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	12
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	12
-	Coastal Management	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
213	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Bioremediation Journal	11
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	11
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	11
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	11
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	11
221	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Environmetrics	10
-	Radioprotection	10
-	Industrial Health	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Climate Research	10
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	10
229	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	9
-	Mountain Research and Development	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	International Journal of Global Warming	9
-	Environment	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
235	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	8
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	8
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	Arctic	8
242	Physical Geography	7
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	7
-	Polar Record	7
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
248	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
251	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	5
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	5
253	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	4
-	Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-Chemia i Inzynieria Ekologiczna S	4
-	Journal of Elementology	4
256	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	3
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	3
-	Global Nest Journal	3
-	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	3