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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	112
2	Journal of Hydrology	73
3	Desalination	69
4	CATENA	58
5	Agricultural Water Management	52
6	Ocean & Coastal Management	47
7	Water Resources Research	46
8	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	40
9	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
-	Natural Hazards	39
11	Water Air and Soil Pollution	37
12	Water Resources Management	36
13	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
15	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
17	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	29
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	29
19	Advances in Water Resources	28
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	28
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	28
-	Journal of Water and Climate Change	28
23	Environmental Toxicology	27
24	Hydrological Processes	26
25	Water Supply	22
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	22
27	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
28	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	20
30	Ecohydrology	18
-	Water Environment Research	18
32	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Irrigation Science	17
34	Hydrogeology Journal	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
-	China Ocean Engineering	16
-	Natural Hazards Review	16
39	Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
-	River Research and Applications	15
42	Mine Water and the Environment	14
-	Vadose Zone Journal	14
-	Groundwater	14
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	14
-	Journal of Water SAnitation and Hygiene for Development	14
47	Water Policy	13
-	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
50	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12

-	Irrigation and Drainage	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Urban Water Journal	12
54	Journal of Hydraulic Research	11
-	Water Resources	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Water and Environment Journal	11
58	Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering	10
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	10
-	International Journal of Water Resources Development	10
-	Water International	10
62	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Soil and Water Research	9
64	Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation	8
65	Journal Awwa	7
-	Canadian Water Resources Journal	7
67	Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental	6
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Lake and Reservoir Management	6
71	Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua	5
72	Wasserwirtschaft	4