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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	189
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	157
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	147
4	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	132
5	Energy & Environmental Science	126
6	Chemosphere	123
7	Environmental Science & Technology	118
8	Journal of Environmental Management	112
9	Water Research	111
10	Sustainability	108
11	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	107
12	Environmental Pollution	103
13	Environmental Research	95
14	Environment International	91
15	Nature Climate Change	89
16	Nature Sustainability	88
17	Resources Conservation and Recycling	87
18	Remote Sensing	86
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	84
20	Ecological Indicators	79
21	Global Change Biology	76
-	Energy Policy	76
23	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	74
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	74
25	Environmental Research Letters	67
26	Waste Management	64
27	Marine Pollution Bulletin	63
-	Water	63
29	Lancet Planetary Health	61
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	61
31	One Earth	56
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	56
33	Environment Development and Sustainability	54
34	Journal of Environmental Sciences	51
35	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
36	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	49
-	Water Resources Research	49
38	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
39	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	47
41	Ecological Economics	46
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	46
43	Biological Conservation	45
44	Earths Future	44
45	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	43
-	Communications Earth & Environment	43
47	Urban Climate	42
-	Atmosphere	42
49	Atmospheric Environment	41
50	Ecosystem Services	40

51	Toxics	38
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	38
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	38
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	38
55	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	37
56	Conservation Biology	36
57	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	35
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	35
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	35
60	Ambio	34
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	34
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	34
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	34
64	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	33
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	33
-	Climatic Change	33
68	Sustainability Science	32
-	Biochar	32
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	32
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	32
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	32
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	32
74	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	31
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	31
-	Ecological Engineering	31
81	Journal of Industrial Ecology	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
-	Land Degradation & Development	30
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	30
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	30
86	Water Science and Technology	29
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	29
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	29
89	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	28
-	Environmental Health	28
91	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	27
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
-	Environmental Toxicology	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	npj Clean Water	27
-	Utilities Policy	27
-	Waste Management & Research	27
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	27
99	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
-	Geocarto International	26
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	26
-	Environmental Science-Nano	26
104	NanoImpact	25
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	25
-	Journal of Arid Environments	25
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	25
-	Environmental Development	25
109	Current Pollution Reports	24
-	Regional Environmental Change	24
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	24
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	24
-	Geohealth	24
114	Environmental Management	23
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	23
-	Bioenergy Research	23
-	Water Research X	23
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	23
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	23
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	23
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	23
-	Biogeochemistry	23
123	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	22
-	Ecological Processes	22
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	22
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	22
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
129	Journal of Environmental Quality	21
-	Journal of Mountain Science	21
-	Water Environment Research	21
-	Water Supply	21
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	21
135	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Environmental Technology	20
-	Climate Risk Management	20
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	20
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	20
140	International Journal of Environmental Research	19
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	19
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	19
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	19
-	Estuaries and Coasts	19
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	19
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	19
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	19
-	Environmental Research Communications	19
-	Environmental Reviews	19
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	19
153	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Sustainable Environment Research	18
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	18
-	Journal of Arid Land	18
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	18
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	18
160	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Chinese Geographical Science	17
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	17
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	17
164	Water and Environment Journal	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Climate Services	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	Environmental Engineering Research	16
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	16
-	Journal of Water and Health	16
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	16
-	Health Physics	16
173	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	15
-	Journal of Coastal Research	15
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	15

-	River Research and Applications	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Environmental Evidence	15
-	Anthropocene	15
-	Food and Environmental Virology	15
-	Geobiology	15
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	15
183	Carbon Balance and Management	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
-	Ecohydrology	14
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	14
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	14
188	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	13
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Arctic Science	13
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	13
-	Environmental Forensics	13
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	13
197	Natural Resources Forum	12
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	12
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	12
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	12
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	12
-	Aerobiologia	12
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	12
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	12
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	12
210	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Vadose Zone Journal	11
-	Coastal Management	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	11
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	11
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	11
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	11
-	Radioprotection	11
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	11
-	Aquatic Sciences	11
221	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	10
-	Antarctic Science	10
-	Environmetrics	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
228	Climate Research	9
-	Mountain Research and Development	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
231	Industrial Health	8
-	International Journal of Global Warming	8
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	8
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	8
-	Environment	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	8
-	Arctic	8
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	8
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	8
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
244	Physical Geography	7
-	Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Polar Record	7
247	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	6
251	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	5
-	Journal of Elementology	5
253	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	4
-	Global Nest Journal	4
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	4
-	Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-Chemia i Inzynieria Ekologiczna S	4
257	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	3
258	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	2
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2