New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environment and Ecology

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 Chemical Engineering Journal168
2 Journal of Hazardous Materials149
3 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental145
4 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews144
5 Journal of Cleaner Production143
6 Renewable Energy119
7 Environmental Science & Technology118
8 Water Research112
9 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report109
10 Environmental Research104
11 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
12 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
13 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
14 Global Change Biology82
15 Remote Sensing of Environment81
16 Green Chemistry75
17 Building and Environment74
18 Journal of Hydrology73
19 Environmental Chemistry Letters72
20 Process Safety and Environmental Protection71
21 Desalination69
- Industrial Crops and Products69
23 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing67
24 BMC Public Health63
25 Marine Pollution Bulletin62
26 Waste Management58
- CATENA58
28 Trends in Ecology & Evolution57
29 ChemSusChem56
30 Landscape and Urban Planning55
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy55
32 ISME Journal54
33 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
- Sustainable Development53
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions53
36 Environment Development and Sustainability52
- Agricultural Water Management52
38 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
- Ecological Informatics51
- Social Science & Medicine51
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening51
42 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing50
- Environmental Health Perspectives50
44 Aquaculture49
- Ecological Economics49
46 Ocean & Coastal Management47
- Accident Analysis and Prevention47
48 Methods in Ecology and Evolution46
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology46
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
- Ecology Letters46
- Water Resources Research46
53 Fish & Shellfish Immunology45
- Postharvest Biology and Technology45
55 Field Crops Research44
- Journal of Rural Studies44
57 Global Ecology and Biogeography40
- Forest Ecology and Management40
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences40
60 Natural Hazards39
- Journal of Transport Geography39
- Biological Conservation39
- Journal of Infection and Public Health39
- Environmental Modelling & Software39
- American Journal of Public Health39
66 Journal of Polymers and the Environment38
- International Journal of Epidemiology38
- Preventive Medicine38
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems38
- Journal of Adolescent Health38
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine38
72 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation37
- Plant and Soil37
- Molecular Ecology37
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control37
- Forests37
- Water Air and Soil Pollution37
78 Water Resources Management36
- Ecological Engineering36
80 Aquatic Toxicology35
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment35
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
83 Patient Education and Counseling34
- Molecular Ecology Resources34
- Functional Ecology34
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease34
- Public Health34
- Pest Management Science34
- European Journal of Agronomy34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Journal of Ecology34
92 Energy for Sustainable Development33
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
- European Journal of Epidemiology33
- Applied Geography33
- Sustainability Science33
- Journal of Applied Ecology33
99 Journal of Hospital Infection32
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment32
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences32
- Conservation Biology32
- American Journal of Epidemiology32
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics32
- Annual Review of Public Health32
- Ecography32
107 Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment31
- Geocarto International31
- Health & Place31
- Regional Studies31
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development31
- Ambio31
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability31
- Ecological Applications31
116 Environmental Health30
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology30
- Tobacco Control30
- Waste Management & Research30
- Water Science and Technology30
- Journal of Safety Research30
- Diversity-Basel30
- Ecology30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics30
- Harmful Algae30
- International Journal for Equity in Health30
128 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth29
- Reproductive Health29
- Geoforum29
- Globalization and Health29
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy29
- Cold Regions Science and Technology29
- Limnology and Oceanography29
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health29
- International Journal of Digital Earth29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
138 Journal of Water and Climate Change28
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology28
- Psychiatric Services28
- Advances in Water Resources28
- Ecological Modelling28
- Journal of Thermal Biology28
- Landscape Ecology28
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health28
- Indoor Air28
- AIDS and Behavior28
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health28
- BMC Womens Health28
- Journal of Applied Phycology28
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk28
- American Journal of Infection Control28
- Biogeosciences28
154 Progress in Human Geography27
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science27
- Conservation Letters27
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology27
- Environmental Toxicology27
- GPS Solutions27
- Quality of Life Research27
- Diversity and Distributions27
162 Marine Environmental Research26
- International Journal of Remote Sensing26
- Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space26
- Health Expectations26
- Political Geography26
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization26
- Annual Review of Marine Science26
- IET Renewable Power Generation26
- Hydrological Processes26
- Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy26
- Disability and Health Journal26
- Drug Safety26
174 Journal of Travel Medicine25
- Journal of Great Lakes Research25
- Statistics in Medicine25
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology25
- Microbial Ecology25
- ICES Journal of Marine Science25
- Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science25
- Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology25
- Global Change Biology Bioenergy25
- Public Health Nutrition25
- International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education25
- Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention25
186 Journal of Animal Ecology24
- Biodiversity and Conservation24
- Palliative Medicine24
189 Neobiota23
- Restoration Ecology23
- Epidemiology23
- European Planning Studies23
- Gesunde Pflanzen23
- Health & Social Care in the Community23
- Rice23
- European Journal of Public Health23
- Evolution23
- Journal of Biogeography23
- Geo-Spatial Information Science23
- Risk Analysis23
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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