Environment and Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Nature Sustainability	ca. 25.7
2	Lancet Public Health	ca. 25.4
-	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	ca. 25.4
4	Lancet Planetary Health	ca. 24.1
5	Annual Review of Public Health	ca. 21.4
6	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	ca. 20.2
7	Lancet Global Health	ca. 19.9
8	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	ca. 16.7
9	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	ca. 16.3
10	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	ca. 16.2
11	Environmental Chemistry Letters	ca. 15
12	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 14.3
13	Nature Ecology & Evolution	ca. 13.9
14	Chemical Engineering Journal	ca. 13.3
15	Journal of Hazardous Materials	ca. 12.2
16	Water Research	ca. 11.4
17	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 11.2
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	ca. 11.2
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	ca. 11.1
20	Sustainable Production and Consumption	ca. 10.9
21	Global Change Biology	ca. 10.8
-	ISME Journal	ca. 10.8
-	Environmental Science & Technology	ca. 10.8
24	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	ca. 10.6
25	Sustainable Cities and Society	ca. 10.5
26	npj Clean Water	ca. 10.4
27	Environmental Health Perspectives	ca. 10.1
28	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 10
29	Sustainable Development	ca. 9.9
30	Journal of Cleaner Production	ca. 9.7
31	American Journal of Public Health	ca. 9.6
32	Green Chemistry	ca. 9.3
-	Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry	ca. 9.3
34	Journal of Travel Medicine	ca. 9.1
35	Renewable Energy	ca. 9
-	Current Forestry Reports	ca. 9
37	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	ca. 8.9
38	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	ca. 8.7
39	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	ca. 8.6
-	Sustainable Materials and Technologies	ca. 8.6
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	ca. 8.6
42	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	ca. 8.4
43	Desalination	ca. 8.3
44	Dialogues in Human Geography	ca. 8.2
45	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 7.9
46	European Journal of Epidemiology	ca. 7.7
-	Conservation Letters	ca. 7.7
-	Environmental Research	ca. 7.7
49	Ecology Letters	ca. 7.6
-	Plant Phenomics	ca. 7.6

-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	ca. 7.6
-	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	ca. 7.6
53	ChemSusChem	ca. 7.5
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	ca. 7.5
55	Current Environmental Health Reports	ca. 7.4
56	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	ca. 7.3
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	ca. 7.3
58	Water Research X	ca. 7.2
-	Economic Geography	ca. 7.2
60	Ecological Monographs	ca. 7.1
-	BMJ Global Health	ca. 7.1
-	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	ca. 7.1
-	Building and Environment	ca. 7.1
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	ca. 7.1
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	ca. 7.1
-	Materials Today Sustainability	ca. 7.1
-	Waste Management	ca. 7.1
68	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	ca. 6.9
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	ca. 6.9
70	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	ca. 6.8
71	Environmental Technology & Innovation	ca. 6.7
72	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.6
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	ca. 6.6
74	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	ca. 6.5
-	Advanced Sustainable Systems	ca. 6.5
76	Postharvest Biology and Technology	ca. 6.4
-	Current Pollution Reports	ca. 6.4
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	ca. 6.4
-	International Journal of Epidemiology	ca. 6.4
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	ca. 6.4
81	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Water Process Engineering	ca. 6.3
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	ca. 6.3
-	Progress in Human Geography	ca. 6.3
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6.3
87	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	ca. 6.1
-	Ecosystem Services	ca. 6.1
89	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 6
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	ca. 6
-	GIScience & Remote Sensing	ca. 6
92	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	ca. 5.9
-	Globalization and Health	ca. 5.9
-	Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Occupational Health Psychology	ca. 5.9
-	Agricultural Water Management	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Hydrology	ca. 5.9
98	Ecological Informatics	ca. 5.8
-	Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews	ca. 5.8
-	Ambio	ca. 5.8
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 5.8
102	Journal of Transport Geography	ca. 5.7
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	ca. 5.7
-	Applied Water Science	ca. 5.7
105	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	ca. 5.6
-	Rice Science	ca. 5.6
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	ca. 5.6
-	Field Crops Research	ca. 5.6
-	Industrial Crops and Products	ca. 5.6
110	Molecular Ecology Resources	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Adolescent Health	ca. 5.5
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	ca. 5.5
-	Harmful Algae	ca. 5.5
114	CATENA	ca. 5.4
-	Ecography	ca. 5.4
116	Marine Pollution Bulletin	ca. 5.3
-	Journal of Ecology	ca. 5.3
-	Environmental Health	ca. 5.3
-	International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology	ca. 5.3
120	Conservation Biology	ca. 5.2
121	Sustainability Science	ca. 5.1
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	ca. 5.1
-	Journal of Rural Studies	ca. 5.1
124	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 5
-	American Journal of Epidemiology	ca. 5
126	Pathogens and Global Health	ca. 4.9
-	Biological Conservation	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	ca. 4.9
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	ca. 4.9
-	Social Science & Medicine	ca. 4.9
132	Environmental Modelling & Software	ca. 4.8
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	ca. 4.8
-	Rice	ca. 4.8
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	ca. 4.8
136	Political Geography	ca. 4.7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	ca. 4.7
-	Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	ca. 4.7
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Polymers and the Environment	ca. 4.7
-	Epidemiology	ca. 4.7
145	Functional Ecology	ca. 4.6
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	ca. 4.6
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	ca. 4.6
-	Sustainable Environment Research	ca. 4.6
-	Ecological Processes	ca. 4.6
-	Diversity and Distributions	ca. 4.6
-	Water Resources Research	ca. 4.6
-	Energy Sustainability and Society	ca. 4.6
153	European Journal of Agronomy	ca. 4.5
-	Molecular Ecology	ca. 4.5
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	ca. 4.5
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	ca. 4.5
-	Journal of Global Health	ca. 4.5
-	GPS Solutions	ca. 4.5
-	Water Resources and Industry	ca. 4.5
-	International Journal for Equity in Health	ca. 4.5
-	Exposure and Health	ca. 4.5
162	Ecology	ca. 4.4
-	Environmental Toxicology	ca. 4.4
-	Geo-Spatial Information Science	ca. 4.4
-	Regional Studies	ca. 4.4
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	ca. 4.4
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	ca. 4.4
-	Preventing Chronic Disease	ca. 4.4
-	Drones	ca. 4.4
170	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	ca. 4.3
-	Mammal Review	ca. 4.3
-	American Journal of Preventive Medicine	ca. 4.3
-	Indoor Air	ca. 4.3
-	Ecological Applications	ca. 4.3
-	Geohealth	ca. 4.3

-	Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	ca. 4.3
-	Preventive Medicine	ca. 4.3
178	Remote Sensing	ca. 4.2
-	People and Nature	ca. 4.2
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	ca. 4.2
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	ca. 4.2
182	Aquatic Toxicology	ca. 4.1
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	ca. 4.1
-	One Health	ca. 4.1
-	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	ca. 4.1
186	Forest Policy and Economics	ca. 4
-	Drug Safety	ca. 4
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 4
-	Applied Geography	ca. 4
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	ca. 4
-	Tobacco Control	ca. 4
-	Landscape Ecology	ca. 4
-	Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine	ca. 4
-	Advances in Water Resources	ca. 4
-	Zoological Research	ca. 4
196	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.9
-	Plant and Soil	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Community Health	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Safety Research	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	ca. 3.9

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