New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar50.095
2 Reviews of Geophysics41.123
3 Annual Review of Marine Science23.574
4 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology23.500
5 Remote Sensing of Environment22.180
6 Earth System Science Data22.064
7 Nature Climate Change21.442
8 Water Research21.278
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing20.541
10 Soil Biology & Biochemistry20.518
11 Landscape and Urban Planning19.167
12 Earth-Science Reviews18.687
13 Geoscience Frontiers17.924
14 Nature Geoscience16.968
15 Current Climate Change Reports16.964
16 Gondwana Research16.871
17 Desalination15.950
18 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences15.248
19 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.669
20 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change14.605
21 Petroleum Exploration and Development14.412
22 International Soil and Water Conservation Research14.116
23 Engineering Geology13.775
24 npj Clean Water13.561
25 Geoderma13.223
26 Soil & Tillage Research12.978
27 Water Resources and Industry12.632
28 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials12.612
29 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences12.294
30 Journal of Hydrology12.038
31 Earth System Dynamics12.000
32 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering11.996
33 Agricultural Water Management11.742
34 GIScience & Remote Sensing11.528
35 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.458
36 Earths Future11.406
37 Bulletin of Volcanology11.348
38 Urban Climate11.343
39 Water Research X11.191
40 CATENA11.007
41 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.982
42 Global Ecology and Biogeography10.649
43 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.450
44 Applied Clay Science10.441
45 Surveys in Geophysics10.392
46 Computers and Geotechnics10.379
47 Minerals Engineering10.351
48 Applied Water Science10.310
49 Ocean & Coastal Management10.270
50 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences9.947
51 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water9.881
52 Weather and Climate Extremes9.803
53 Landslides9.790
54 Communications Earth & Environment9.685
55 International Journal of Coal Geology9.456
56 Applied Soil Ecology9.446
57 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.340
58 Natural Resources Research9.284
59 Geotechnique9.196
60 Acta Geotechnica9.101
61 Earth and Planetary Science Letters9.064
62 Biogeochemistry9.052
63 Landscape Ecology9.045
64 Ocean Engineering9.043
65 Journal of Water Process Engineering9.031
66 Journal of Geographical Sciences9.014
67 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.005
68 Biology and Fertility of Soils8.953
69 Water Resources Research8.918
70 Environmental Research Letters8.851
71 Plant Phenomics8.828
72 Transportation Geotechnics8.759
73 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.724
74 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.592
75 Computers & Geosciences8.507
76 Environmental Modelling & Software8.426
77 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction8.415
78 Pedosphere8.369
79 Remote Sensing8.280
80 Advances in Climate Change Research8.211
81 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science8.181
82 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.163
83 Climatic Change8.159
84 Water Resources Management8.149
85 Drones7.949
86 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology7.895
87 Applied Ocean Research7.830
88 Anthropocene7.795
89 Atmospheric Research7.775
90 Geothermics7.743
- Geoscientific Model Development7.743
92 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences7.625
93 Economic Geology7.621
94 Advances in Water Resources7.590
95 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.570
96 Geophysical Research Letters7.557
97 Geocarto International7.553
98 Exposure and Health7.545
99 Global and Planetary Change7.490
100 Science China-Earth Sciences7.428
101 Soil7.411
102 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science7.390
103 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.341
104 Geology7.337
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.337
106 Climate Risk Management7.296
107 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.254
108 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth7.227
109 International Journal of Geographical Information Science7.225
110 Atmospheric Environment7.212
111 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7.166
112 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences7.081
113 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.028
114 Cryosphere6.976
115 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.952
116 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk6.949
117 Marine and Petroleum Geology6.939
118 GPS Solutions6.895
119 Rhizosphere6.869
120 Progress in Oceanography6.862
121 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics6.816
122 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering6.753
123 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources6.747
124 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment6.720
125 Geo-Spatial Information Science6.717
126 Acta Geophysica6.702
127 Biogeosciences6.628
128 Applied Geochemistry6.600
129 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.587
130 Astrobiology6.583
131 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems6.574
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing6.574
133 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene6.472
134 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.458
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review6.458
136 Chemical Geology6.455
137 Soils and Foundations6.389
138 Mineralium Deposita6.377
139 Ore Geology Reviews6.282
140 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.250
141 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.204
142 International Journal of Sediment Research6.193
143 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.187
144 Journal of Aerosol Science6.155
145 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.133
146 International Journal of Digital Earth6.073
147 Environmental Toxicology6.064
148 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences6.029
149 Journal of Earth Science6.014
150 Natural Hazards5.976
151 Climate Services5.915
152 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.867
153 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.850
154 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.828
155 European Journal of Remote Sensing5.826
156 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.797
157 Water5.795
158 Land Degradation & Development5.792
159 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.787
160 Quaternary Science Reviews5.778
161 Journal of Geodesy5.751
162 Water Science and Technology5.743
163 Earthquake Spectra5.700
164 Journal of Water and Climate Change5.694
165 Soil Use and Management5.667
166 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.666
167 European Journal of Soil Biology5.653
- Plant and Soil5.653
169 Geomorphology5.589
170 European Journal of Soil Science5.577
171 Climate of the Past5.561
172 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.551
173 Earth Surface Dynamics5.526
174 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications5.494
175 Precambrian Research5.491
176 International Journal of Geomechanics5.489
177 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.459
178 Crystal Growth & Design5.441
179 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.434
180 IUCrJ5.422
181 Environmental Earth Sciences5.402
182 Anthropocene Review5.400
183 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.353
184 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.342
185 Climate Dynamics5.312
186 Journal of Petrology5.251
187 Oceanologia5.250
188 Journal of Cultural Heritage5.249
189 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres5.237
190 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.234
191 Limnology and Oceanography5.193
192 Geophysics5.173
193 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.163
194 Aeolian Research5.153
195 Hydrology Research5.152
196 International Journal of Climatology5.145
197 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry5.103
198 Geoscience Letters5.058
199 Journal of Climate5.019
200 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research5.015
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