New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Chemical Engineering Journal157
2 Journal of Cleaner Production142
3 Applied Catalysis B-Environmental140
4 Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews138
5 Sustainability130
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials128
7 Environmental Science & Technology122
8 Water Research115
9 Environmental Research110
10 Renewable Energy105
11 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health101
12 Sustainable Cities and Society94
13 Nature Sustainability92
14 Remote Sensing89
15 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing88
16 Global Change Biology86
17 MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report85
18 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering84
- Resources Conservation and Recycling84
20 Green Chemistry82
21 Frontiers in Public Health81
22 Journal of Hydrology79
23 Desalination78
- Process Safety and Environmental Protection78
25 Water76
- Building and Environment76
- ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing76
- Environmental Chemistry Letters76
29 Remote Sensing of Environment75
30 Journal of Water Process Engineering73
- BMC Public Health73
- Agriculture-Basel73
- Agronomy-Basel73
- Industrial Crops and Products73
35 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering72
36 Sustainable Production and Consumption71
37 Lancet Global Health70
38 Nature Ecology & Evolution68
39 Lancet Public Health64
40 Sustainable Development63
41 Drones62
- Landscape and Urban Planning62
43 Ecological Informatics61
44 CATENA60
45 Trends in Ecology & Evolution59
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing59
- Environmental Technology & Innovation59
48 Waste Management58
- Marine Pollution Bulletin58
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment58
- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy58
- Lancet Planetary Health58
- Green Energy & Environment58
54 One Earth57
- ISME Journal57
56 Agricultural Water Management54
57 Water Resources Research53
58 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction52
- Field Crops Research52
60 Frontiers in Marine Science51
61 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening50
- Postharvest Biology and Technology50
- Ecological Economics50
64 Journal of Rural Studies49
- Ocean & Coastal Management49
66 Environmental Health Perspectives48
- ChemSusChem48
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters48
69 Aquaculture47
70 Accident Analysis and Prevention46
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
- Agricultural and Forest Meteorology46
- Ecology Letters46
74 Social Science & Medicine45
- BMJ Global Health45
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments45
- Forests45
78 Natural Hazards44
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters44
80 Applied Geography43
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation43
- Journal of Polymers and the Environment43
- npj Clean Water43
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences43
85 Water Resources Management42
- Forest Ecology and Management42
- Journal of Transport Geography42
- Water Air and Soil Pollution42
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions42
- Applied Water Science42
91 Journal of Global Health41
- Biological Conservation41
93 Computers Environment and Urban Systems40
- Crop Journal40
- Journal of Infection and Public Health40
- Digital Health40
97 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine39
98 BMC Womens Health38
- International Journal for Equity in Health38
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy38
- International Journal of Digital Earth38
- International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control38
- Environmental Modelling & Software38
104 Aquatic Toxicology37
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment37
- Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry37
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution37
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine37
- Global Ecology and Biogeography37
- Energy for Sustainable Development37
111 Molecular Ecology36
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information36
- European Journal of Epidemiology36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Journal of Ecology36
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific36
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance36
- One Health36
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health36
120 Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development35
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy35
- Ecological Engineering35
- Ecology35
- Ecosystem Services35
126 Sustainability Science34
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth34
- Ambio34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Environmental Health34
- Conservation Biology34
- Materials Today Sustainability34
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences34
- Fishes34
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution34
- Ecology and Evolution34
137 Pest Management Science33
- Advanced Sustainable Systems33
- Public Health33
- International Journal of Epidemiology33
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment33
- Fire-Switzerland33
- Functional Ecology33
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk33
- GPS Solutions33
- Health & Place33
- People and Nature33
- Sustainable Materials and Technologies33
- Plant and Soil33
- Plant Phenomics33
- Molecular Ecology Resources33
- American Journal of Public Health33
- Journal of Adolescent Health33
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
156 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology32
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability32
- Journal of Industrial Ecology32
- Cold Regions Science and Technology32
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology32
- Waste Management & Research32
- American Journal of Epidemiology32
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology32
- Diversity-Basel32
165 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease31
- Biogeosciences31
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences31
- Microbial Ecology31
- JMIR Serious Games31
- Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews31
- Journal of Water and Climate Change31
- Preventive Medicine31
- Journal of Applied Ecology31
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics31
- Annual Review of Public Health31
- Frontiers in Forests and Global Change31
- Environment Development and Sustainability31
178 Water Science and Technology30
- Environmental Toxicology30
- Journal of Safety Research30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
- Current Pollution Reports30
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology30
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health30
- Forest Policy and Economics30
- Ecological Applications30
- Ecological Modelling30
- IET Renewable Power Generation30
189 International Journal of Geographical Information Science29
- Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies29
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research29
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control29
- Ecosphere29
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water29
- Marine Environmental Research29
196 Current Environmental Health Reports28
- Current Forestry Reports28
- Landscape Ecology28
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics28
- Preventing Chronic Disease28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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