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

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Sustainability	58980
2	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	45363
3	Science of the Total Environment	33800
4	Remote Sensing	21710
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	20827
6	Water	15747
7	Chemosphere	15536
8	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	14127
9	Journal of Hazardous Materials	11483
10	Journal of Environmental Management	9905
11	Environmental Pollution	9219
12	Environmental Research	8437
13	Environmental Science & Technology	7494
14	Atmosphere	7148
15	Ecological Indicators	5856
16	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	5807
17	Frontiers in Environmental Science	5212
18	Water Research	5174
19	Marine Pollution Bulletin	4863
20	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	4303
21	Environmental Research Letters	3708
22	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3244
23	Environment Development and Sustainability	3138
24	Environment International	3028
25	Journal of Coastal Research	2945
26	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	2805
27	Water Resources Research	2671
28	Environmental Earth Sciences	2594
29	Toxics	2558
30	Water Air and Soil Pollution	2491
31	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2416
32	Atmospheric Environment	2345
33	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2301
34	Energy Policy	2285
35	Global Change Biology	2279
36	Waste Management	2240
37	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	1981
38	Remote Sensing of Environment	1919
39	Water Science and Technology	1894
40	Applied Catalysis A-General	1756
41	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1734
42	Journal of Environmental Sciences	1701
43	Biological Conservation	1676
44	Energy & Environmental Science	1647
45	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1610
46	Water Supply	1591
47	Land Degradation & Development	1572
48	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	1484
49	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1421
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1399

51	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1366
52	Environmental Technology	1316
53	Communications Earth & Environment	1315
54	Marine Environmental Research	1251
55	Urban Climate	1237
56	Nature Climate Change	1220
57	Ecological Economics	1215
58	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1212
59	Environmental Toxicology	1205
60	Environmental Science & Policy	1186
61	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1172
62	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1165
63	Environmental Science-Nano	1157
64	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1120
65	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1113
66	Ecological Engineering	1076
67	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1074
68	Geocarto International	1060
69	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	1030
70	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1024
71	Environmental Modelling & Software	1018
72	Climatic Change	1016
73	Environmental Health Perspectives	999
74	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	985
75	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	963
76	Earths Future	954
77	Journal of Mountain Science	952
78	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	907
79	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	906
80	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	900
81	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	895
82	Ecological Applications	873
83	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	872
84	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	867
85	Biodiversity and Conservation	860
86	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	858
87	One Earth	855
88	Conservation Biology	819
89	Nature Sustainability	810
90	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	790
91	Journal of Great Lakes Research	763
92	Water Environment Research	750
93	International Journal of Biometeorology	745
94	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	731
95	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	729
96	Environmental Chemistry Letters	726
97	Journal of Arid Environments	711
98	River Research and Applications	694
99	Environmental Research Communications	686
100	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	685
101	Lancet Planetary Health	684
102	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	682
103	Sustainability Science	680
104	Health Physics	674
105	Environmental Management	672
106	Ambio	657
107	Waste Management & Research	648
108	International Journal of Phytoremediation	628
109	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	627
110	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	625
111	Estuaries and Coasts	620
112	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	618
113	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	600
114	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	586
115	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	582
116	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	580
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	580
118	Regional Environmental Change	579
119	Environmental Sciences Europe	554
120	Ecotoxicology	549
121	Utilities Policy	544
-	International Journal of Global Warming	544
123	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	543
124	Journal of Radiological Protection	542
125	Ecosystem Services	533
126	Bioenergy Research	531
127	Wetlands	521
128	Journal of Aerosol Science	520
129	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	511
130	Global Nest Journal	500
131	Journal of Water and Health	499
132	Journal of Environmental Quality	498
133	Journal of Industrial Ecology	495
134	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	493
135	Environmental Health	482
136	Ecohydrology	473
137	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	452
138	Rangeland Ecology & Management	445
139	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	438
140	Biogeochemistry	437
141	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	433
142	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	427
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	427
144	Geohealth	424
145	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	421
146	Journal of Hydroinformatics	420
147	Environmental Engineering Research	414
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	414
149	Environmental Microbiology Reports	413
150	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	408
151	Aerosol Science and Technology	387
152	Journal of Flood Risk Management	386
153	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	378
154	Clean-Soil Air Water	376
155	Water and Environment Journal	374
156	Environmental Development	366
157	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	361
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	361
159	Aquatic Sciences	351
160	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	346
161	Journal of Arid Land	344
162	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	340
163	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	334
164	Climate Risk Management	331
165	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	330
166	Conservation Physiology	328
167	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	324
168	International Journal of Environmental Research	322
169	Chinese Geographical Science	318
170	Geomicrobiology Journal	314
171	Journal of Elementology	312
172	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	309
173	International Journal of Sediment Research	304
174	Journal of Coastal Conservation	301
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	301

176	Reviews on Environmental Health	292
177	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	287
178	NanoImpact	284
179	Ecological Processes	283
180	Natural Resources Forum	279
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	279
182	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	277
183	Climate Services	273
184	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	271
185	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	267
186	Wetlands Ecology and Management	263
187	npj Clean Water	257
188	Environmetrics	253
-	Vadose Zone Journal	253
190	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	251
191	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	241
192	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	239
193	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	236
194	Geobiology	228
195	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	227
-	Chemistry and Ecology	227
197	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	222
198	Radioprotection	216
-	Arctic Science	216
200	Ozone-Science & Engineering	213
201	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	212
202	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	207
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	207
204	Antarctic Science	203
205	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	201
206	Ecohealth	199
207	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	196
208	Journal of Paleolimnology	188
209	Arctic	187
-	Industrial Health	187
211	Environmental Forensics	184
212	Environmental Conservation	178
213	Aerobiologia	177
214	Mountain Research and Development	176
215	Carbon Management	173
216	Environmental Reviews	172
217	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	166
218	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	165
219	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	164
220	Anthropocene	163
-	Sustainable Environment Research	163
222	Food and Environmental Virology	162
223	Water Research X	158
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	158
-	Current Pollution Reports	158
226	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	157
227	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	153
228	Biochar	152
229	Climate Research	151
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	151
231	Natural Resource Modeling	149
232	Bioremediation Journal	148
233	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	147
234	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	146
235	Polar Record	143
236	Environmental Evidence	141
237	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	139
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	139
239	Environment	130
240	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	126
-	Anthropocene Review	126
242	Arid Land Research and Management	121
243	Grundwasser	118
244	Physical Geography	116
245	Carbon Balance and Management	115
246	Microbial Risk Analysis	114
247	Environmental Chemistry	112
-	Coastal Management	112
249	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	106
250	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	103
251	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	95
252	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	90
-	Water Resources and Economics	90
254	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	89
255	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	88
256	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	68
257	Journal of Environmental Informatics	64
258	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	61
259	Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-Chemia i Inzynieria Ekologiczna S	31