Environment and ecology: 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Chemical Engineering Journal	165
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	160
3	Journal of Hazardous Materials	151
4	Applied Catalysis B-Environmental	149
5	Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	145
6	MMWR-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	126
7	Environmental Science & Technology	118
8	Water Research	114
9	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	111
-	Renewable Energy	111
11	Sustainability	108
12	Environmental Research	99
13	Sustainable Cities and Society	98
14	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	93
15	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	92
16	Resources Conservation and Recycling	91
17	Remote Sensing	85
18	Remote Sensing of Environment	83
19	Green Chemistry	81
20	Nature Sustainability	78
21	Sustainable Production and Consumption	76
-	Global Change Biology	76
-	ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering	76
24	Journal of Hydrology	73
25	BMC Public Health	72
26	Environmental Chemistry Letters	71
-	Frontiers in Public Health	71
28	Lancet Global Health	69
-	Desalination	69
-	Process Safety and Environmental Protection	69
31	Journal of Water Process Engineering	68
-	Building and Environment	68
33	ISME Journal	67
34	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	66
-	Waste Management	66
36	Marine Pollution Bulletin	65
37	Agronomy-Basel	64
-	Water	64
39	Environmental Technology & Innovation	63
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
41	Lancet Public Health	62
-	Lancet Planetary Health	62
43	Industrial Crops and Products	61
44	CATENA	60
45	ChemSusChem	59
46	BMJ Global Health	58
47	Agricultural Water Management	57
-	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy	57
49	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
-	Social Science & Medicine	56

51	Agriculture-Basel	55
52	One Earth	54
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	54
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	54
55	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	53
56	Aquaculture	52
57	Environment Development and Sustainability	51
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	51
59	Ecology Letters	50
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
62	Journal of Adolescent Health	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	49
65	Sustainable Development	48
-	Journal of Infection and Public Health	48
-	Frontiers in Marine Science	48
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Water Resources Research	48
70	Annual Review of Public Health	47
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
72	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	46
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	46
-	American Journal of Public Health	46
75	Forest Ecology and Management	44
-	Journal of Rural Studies	44
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	44
78	International Journal of Epidemiology	43
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	43
-	Molecular Ecology	43
-	Biological Conservation	43
-	Green Energy & Environment	43
-	Preventive Medicine	43
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	43
85	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	42
-	Fish & Shellfish Immunology	42
-	Ecological Informatics	42
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
89	Journal of Polymers and the Environment	41
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
91	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	40
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
-	Applied Water Science	40
-	Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry	40
-	Journal of Transport Geography	40
96	Ecosystem Services	39
-	Drones	39
-	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments	39
-	Public Health	39
-	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information	39
101	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
-	Field Crops Research	38
-	Natural Hazards	38
-	Forests	38
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	38
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	38
-	American Journal of Preventive Medicine	38
108	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	37
-	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	37
-	Journal of Hospital Infection	37
-	Globalization and Health	37
-	American Journal of Infection Control	37
113	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	36
-	Ambio	36
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	36
-	Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy	36
117	European Journal of Epidemiology	35
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	35
-	Advanced Sustainable Systems	35
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	35
-	Patient Education and Counseling	35
-	Plant and Soil	35
-	Crop Journal	35
124	JMIR Public Health and Surveillance	34
-	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Energy for Sustainable Development	34
-	SSM-Population Health	34
-	Pest Management Science	34
-	Psychiatric Services	34
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	34
-	Biogeosciences	34
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	34
-	International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control	34
-	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	34
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	34
-	American Journal of Epidemiology	34
-	International Journal for Equity in Health	34
139	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Health & Place	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
-	Aquatic Toxicology	33
-	Ecology	33
-	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	33
-	Water Resources Management	33
147	Journal of Global Health	32
-	Functional Ecology	32
-	Reproductive Health	32
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	32
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	32
-	Journal of Public Health	32
-	Ecological Engineering	32
-	Sustainability Science	32
-	Geoforum	32
156	European Journal of Agronomy	31
-	Indoor Air	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
-	Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities	31
-	Ecography	31
-	Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
163	International Journal of Remote Sensing	30
-	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	30
-	Geocarto International	30
-	GIScience & Remote Sensing	30
-	Diversity and Distributions	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control	30
-	Applied Geography	30
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	30
-	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health	30
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	30

-	One Health	30
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	30
-	Tobacco Control	30
179	Regional Studies	29
-	Landscape Ecology	29
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	29
-	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	29
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	29
-	IET Renewable Power Generation	29
-	Disability and Health Journal	29
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	29
-	Limnology and Oceanography	29
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	29
-	Waste Management & Research	29
-	Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology	29
-	Journal of Womens Health	29
-	Harmful Algae	29
-	Environmental Health	29
-	Environmental Toxicology	29
-	npj Clean Water	29
-	Palliative Medicine	29
-	Public Health Nutrition	29
-	Advances in Water Resources	29
199	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	28
-	GPS Solutions	28

(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)