Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The 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	Papers
1	Sustainability	58978
2	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	44752
3	Science of the Total Environment	33928
4	Remote Sensing	21769
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	20831
6	Water	15721
7	Chemosphere	15540
8	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	13637
9	Journal of Hazardous Materials	11694
10	Journal of Environmental Management	10049
11	Environmental Pollution	9277
12	Environmental Research	8492
13	Environmental Science & Technology	7546
14	Atmosphere	7164
15	Ecological Indicators	5849
16	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	5769
17	Frontiers in Environmental Science	5275
18	Water Research	5251
19	Marine Pollution Bulletin	4897
20	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	4335
21	Environmental Research Letters	3757
22	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3239
23	Environment International	3035
24	Environment Development and Sustainability	2992
25	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	2883
26	Journal of Coastal Research	2751
27	Water Resources Research	2672
28	Toxics	2616
29	Environmental Earth Sciences	2605
30	Water Air and Soil Pollution	2511
31	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2414
32	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2392
33	Atmospheric Environment	2352
34	Global Change Biology	2266
35	Energy Policy	2263
36	Waste Management	2217
37	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2036
38	Remote Sensing of Environment	1944
39	Water Science and Technology	1894
40	Applied Catalysis A-General	1760
41	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1723
-	Energy & Environmental Science	1723
43	Biological Conservation	1684
44	Journal of Environmental Sciences	1683
45	Land Degradation & Development	1603
46	Water Supply	1596
47	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1595
48	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	1524
49	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1439
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1396

51	Communications Earth & Environment	1378
52	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1374
53	Urban Climate	1319
54	Environmental Technology	1306
55	Marine Environmental Research	1272
56	Environmental Toxicology	1241
57	Ecological Economics	1228
58	Nature Climate Change	1225
59	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1214
60	Environmental Science-Nano	1198
61	Environmental Science & Policy	1174
62	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1172
63	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1171
64	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1130
65	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1124
66	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1114
67	Ecological Engineering	1065
68	Geocarto International	1055
69	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	1024
70	Environmental Modelling & Software	1021
71	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1020
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	1020
73	Climatic Change	998
74	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	991
75	Earths Future	985
76	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	981
77	Journal of Mountain Science	937
78	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	920
79	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	919
80	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	918
81	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	892
82	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	872
83	Biodiversity and Conservation	866
84	Ecological Applications	863
85	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	858
86	One Earth	854
87	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	846
88	Conservation Biology	832
89	Nature Sustainability	818
90	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	791
91	Journal of Great Lakes Research	758
92	International Journal of Biometeorology	752
93	Water Environment Research	749
94	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	744
95	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	741
96	Environmental Chemistry Letters	717
97	Environmental Research Communications	705
98	Journal of Arid Environments	702
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	702
100	River Research and Applications	693
-	Lancet Planetary Health	693
102	Health Physics	686
103	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	685
104	Sustainability Science	680
105	Ambio	679
106	Environmental Management	676
107	Waste Management & Research	656
108	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	646
109	International Journal of Phytoremediation	635
110	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	634
111	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	624
112	Estuaries and Coasts	613
113	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	597
114	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	596
115	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	588
116	Regional Environmental Change	584
117	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	582
118	Journal of Environmental Engineering	575
119	Environmental Sciences Europe	561
120	International Journal of Global Warming	560
121	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	558
122	Journal of Radiological Protection	548
123	Utilities Policy	531
124	Journal of Aerosol Science	530
125	Ecotoxicology	529
126	Wetlands	521
127	Global Nest Journal	515
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	515
129	Ecosystem Services	510
130	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	507
131	Journal of Water and Health	505
132	Journal of Environmental Quality	498
133	Journal of Industrial Ecology	495
134	Bioenergy Research	485
135	Environmental Health	483
136	Ecohydrology	476
137	Rangeland Ecology & Management	471
138	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	444
139	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	441
140	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	439
141	Journal of Hydroinformatics	429
-	Geohealth	429
143	Biogeochemistry	427
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	427
145	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	426
146	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	421
147	Environmental Microbiology Reports	418
148	Environmental Engineering Research	417
149	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	413
150	Aerosol Science and Technology	397
151	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	390
152	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	388
153	Journal of Flood Risk Management	386
154	Clean-Soil Air Water	381
155	Water and Environment Journal	373
156	Advances in Climate Change Research	368
-	Environmental Development	368
158	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	362
159	Aquatic Sciences	355
160	Journal of Arid Land	344
161	Climate Risk Management	341
162	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	340
163	International Journal of Environmental Research	337
164	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	334
165	Conservation Physiology	332
166	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	331
167	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	326
168	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	316
169	Geomicrobiology Journal	315
170	Chinese Geographical Science	310
171	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	304
172	Soil & Sediment Contamination	302
173	Journal of Coastal Conservation	301
174	Natural Resources Forum	300
175	International Journal of Sediment Research	293

-	Journal of Elementology	293
177	Reviews on Environmental Health	289
178	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	287
179	Ecological Processes	284
180	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	280
181	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	277
182	NanoImpact	275
183	Climate Services	273
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	273
185	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	268
186	Vadose Zone Journal	267
187	Wetlands Ecology and Management	264
188	Environmetrics	258
189	npj Clean Water	257
190	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	251
191	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	250
192	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	239
193	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	236
194	Chemistry and Ecology	229
195	Geobiology	228
196	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	222
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	222
198	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	220
199	Arctic Science	218
200	Ozone-Science & Engineering	213
201	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	209
202	Radioprotection	205
203	Antarctic Science	203
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	203
205	Ecohealth	200
206	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	199
207	Industrial Health	194
-	Arctic	194
209	Journal of Paleolimnology	193
210	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	184
211	Environmental Forensics	183
212	Aerobiologia	178
213	Environmental Conservation	177
214	Mountain Research and Development	176
215	Environmental Reviews	172
216	Carbon Management	168
217	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	167
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	167
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	167
-	Food and Environmental Virology	167
221	Sustainable Environment Research	163
-	Anthropocene	163
223	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	162
-	Current Pollution Reports	162
-	Water Research X	162
-	Bioremediation Journal	162
227	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	156
228	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	155
229	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	150
230	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	149
-	Biochar	149
232	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	148
233	Climate Research	146
234	Natural Resource Modeling	145
-	Polar Record	145
236	Environmental Evidence	142
237	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	140
238	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	137
239	Environment	136
240	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	129
241	Anthropocene Review	124
242	Arid Land Research and Management	119
243	Carbon Balance and Management	118
244	Physical Geography	117
-	Grundwasser	117
246	Environmental Chemistry	114
247	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	113
248	Coastal Management	112
249	Microbial Risk Analysis	110
250	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	97
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	97
252	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	94
253	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	90
254	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	89
255	Water Resources and Economics	87
256	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	86
257	Journal of Environmental Informatics	69
258	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	59
259	Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-Chemia i Inzynieria Ekologiczna S	31