New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar56.680
2 Reviews of Geophysics40.122
3 Annual Review of Marine Science31.418
4 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.520
5 Soil Biology & Biochemistry23.407
6 Water Research22.514
7 Remote Sensing of Environment21.905
8 Landscape and Urban Planning21.505
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing21.033
10 Nature Climate Change20.855
11 Earth System Science Data20.116
12 Geoscience Frontiers19.659
13 Current Climate Change Reports19.654
14 npj Clean Water18.995
15 Petroleum Exploration and Development18.889
16 Earth-Science Reviews18.804
17 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences18.519
18 Nature Geoscience17.654
19 Gondwana Research17.408
20 Desalination16.929
21 Engineering Geology14.984
22 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials14.768
23 Geoderma13.877
24 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences13.757
25 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering13.626
26 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water13.474
27 Soil & Tillage Research13.365
28 Water Resources and Industry12.881
29 Computers and Geotechnics12.856
30 Earths Future12.597
31 Urban Climate12.564
32 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.509
33 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.500
34 Journal of Hydrology12.421
35 Communications Earth & Environment12.258
36 Plant Phenomics12.232
37 Landscape Ecology12.225
38 Agricultural Water Management11.742
39 CATENA11.464
40 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science11.445
41 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology11.079
42 Landslides11.001
43 Applied Clay Science10.960
44 GIScience & Remote Sensing10.930
45 Surveys in Geophysics10.846
46 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences10.841
47 International Journal of Coal Geology10.836
48 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.738
49 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine10.694
50 Geotechnique10.580
51 Journal of Water Process Engineering10.421
52 Ocean & Coastal Management10.361
53 Drones10.209
54 Biology and Fertility of Soils10.206
55 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10.175
56 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction10.060
- Biogeochemistry10.060
58 Water Resources Research10.018
59 Acta Geotechnica9.954
60 Ocean Engineering9.899
61 Applied Water Science9.840
62 Global Ecology and Biogeography9.651
63 Weather and Climate Extremes9.638
64 Minerals Engineering9.469
65 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.440
66 Journal of Geographical Sciences9.345
67 Earth System Dynamics9.146
68 Climate Risk Management9.114
69 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering9.074
70 Soil9.029
71 International Journal of Digital Earth9.021
72 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.016
73 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences9.013
74 Remote Sensing9.012
75 Earth and Planetary Science Letters8.970
76 Natural Resources Research8.779
77 Applied Soil Ecology8.758
78 GPS Solutions8.743
79 Economic Geology8.623
80 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science8.537
81 Water Resources Management8.507
82 Environmental Modelling & Software8.466
83 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.429
84 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.319
85 Marine and Petroleum Geology8.268
86 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources8.262
87 Applied Ocean Research8.260
88 International Journal of Geographical Information Science8.199
89 Computers & Geosciences8.151
90 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.014
91 Transportation Geotechnics7.950
92 Geothermics7.856
93 Environmental Research Letters7.831
94 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics7.815
95 Pedosphere7.783
96 Atmospheric Research7.745
97 Climate Services7.672
98 Advances in Climate Change Research7.571
99 Earth Science Informatics7.511
100 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth7.474
101 Journal of Water and Climate Change7.461
- Geophysical Research Letters7.461
103 Geoscientific Model Development7.395
104 Climatic Change7.357
105 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.351
- Cold Regions Science and Technology7.351
107 Atmospheric Environment7.331
108 Geothermal Energy7.297
109 Geocarto International7.286
110 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.272
111 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.242
112 Journal of Geodesy7.236
113 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review7.188
114 Geology7.177
115 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing7.152
116 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems7.139
117 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.128
118 Science China-Earth Sciences7.106
119 European Journal of Soil Biology7.051
120 Exposure and Health7.045
121 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.037
122 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment7.035
123 Natural Hazards7.002
124 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation6.978
125 Water6.946
126 Biogeosciences6.909
127 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.906
128 Mineralium Deposita6.855
129 Soils and Foundations6.824
130 Cryosphere6.784
131 Environmental Earth Sciences6.717
132 Rhizosphere6.713
133 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.708
134 Journal of Sea Research6.695
135 Earthquake Spectra6.678
136 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.627
137 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.556
138 Journal of Cultural Heritage6.495
139 Anthropocene6.489
140 Geo-Spatial Information Science6.477
141 Journal of Earth Science6.445
142 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.431
143 Progress in Oceanography6.429
144 Applied Geochemistry6.408
145 Chemical Geology6.406
146 Water Science and Technology6.394
147 Anthropocene Review6.392
148 Journal of Hydroinformatics6.363
149 Ore Geology Reviews6.343
150 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.319
151 IUCrJ6.308
152 International Journal of Sediment Research6.306
153 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences6.284
154 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.283
155 European Journal of Soil Science6.267
156 Advances in Water Resources6.219
157 Global and Planetary Change6.138
158 Environmental Toxicology6.102
159 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.052
160 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications6.039
161 Journal of Petrology6.029
162 Quaternary Science Reviews6.001
163 Crystals5.957
164 Geophysics5.943
165 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering5.942
166 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.913
167 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.904
168 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.853
169 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.838
170 European Journal of Remote Sensing5.837
171 Crystal Growth & Design5.824
172 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.810
173 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters5.807
174 Climate of the Past5.785
175 Plant and Soil5.754
176 Land Degradation & Development5.743
177 International Journal of Geomechanics5.711
178 Mathematical Geosciences5.678
179 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration5.627
180 SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering5.620
181 Geomicrobiology Journal5.584
182 American Journal of Science5.534
183 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.519
184 Soil Use and Management5.498
185 Atmosphere5.496
186 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.492
187 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.474
188 Water Resources and Economics5.468
189 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.462
190 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.437
191 Geomorphology5.432
192 Tectonics5.415
193 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.413
194 Geobiology5.364
195 Precambrian Research5.334
196 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5.325
197 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres5.313
198 Journal of Aerosol Science5.278
199 Sedimentary Geology5.261
200 China Ocean Engineering5.255
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