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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar53.215
2 Reviews of Geophysics42.237
3 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology24.134
4 Remote Sensing of Environment22.996
5 Annual Review of Marine Science22.685
6 Water Research21.213
7 Nature Climate Change21.106
8 Soil Biology & Biochemistry20.956
9 Earth System Science Data20.087
10 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing19.917
11 Earth-Science Reviews19.695
12 Landscape and Urban Planning19.584
13 Geoscience Frontiers18.022
14 Current Climate Change Reports17.929
15 Gondwana Research17.332
16 Nature Geoscience17.039
17 Desalination16.469
18 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences16.057
19 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine14.691
20 Petroleum Exploration and Development14.417
21 Engineering Geology13.944
22 npj Clean Water13.698
23 Water Resources and Industry13.543
24 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.528
25 Geoderma13.484
26 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.138
27 Soil & Tillage Research12.978
28 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials12.815
29 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences12.414
30 Journal of Hydrology12.370
31 Bulletin of Volcanology12.297
32 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering12.165
33 Agricultural Water Management11.918
34 Earth System Dynamics11.738
35 Urban Climate11.717
36 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.659
37 Earths Future11.536
38 GIScience & Remote Sensing11.503
39 CATENA11.096
40 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.938
41 Computers and Geotechnics10.589
42 Applied Clay Science10.580
43 Surveys in Geophysics10.574
44 Applied Water Science10.361
45 Ocean & Coastal Management10.340
46 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.336
- Global Ecology and Biogeography10.336
48 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.139
49 Minerals Engineering10.138
50 Landslides10.015
51 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences9.917
52 Weather and Climate Extremes9.768
53 Communications Earth & Environment9.617
54 International Journal of Coal Geology9.540
55 Applied Soil Ecology9.392
56 Ocean Engineering9.360
57 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.357
58 Biogeochemistry9.267
59 Biology and Fertility of Soils9.266
60 Geotechnique9.212
61 Acta Geotechnica9.141
62 Natural Resources Research9.088
63 Landscape Ecology9.032
64 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering9.010
65 Water Resources Research9.006
66 Plant Phenomics8.997
67 Earth and Planetary Science Letters8.942
68 Journal of Geographical Sciences8.857
69 Computers & Geosciences8.756
70 Journal of Water Process Engineering8.754
71 Environmental Research Letters8.738
72 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.704
73 Transportation Geotechnics8.657
74 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.563
75 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction8.472
76 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science8.443
77 Environmental Modelling & Software8.289
78 Remote Sensing8.285
79 Water Research X8.254
80 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.223
81 Pedosphere8.193
82 Water Resources Management8.092
83 Drones8.032
84 Advances in Climate Change Research8.017
85 Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology8.015
86 Climatic Change7.973
87 Atmospheric Research7.853
88 Exposure and Health7.807
89 Geocarto International7.734
90 Geothermics7.725
91 Geoscientific Model Development7.702
92 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences7.682
93 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science7.666
94 Economic Geology7.616
95 Applied Ocean Research7.610
96 Geophysical Research Letters7.569
97 Geology7.549
98 Climate Risk Management7.528
99 Soil7.481
100 Science China-Earth Sciences7.471
101 Anthropocene7.400
102 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.399
103 International Journal of Geographical Information Science7.292
104 Atmospheric Environment7.259
105 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters7.245
106 Global and Planetary Change7.236
107 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.207
108 Advances in Water Resources7.166
109 Acta Geophysica7.159
110 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering7.153
111 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk7.117
112 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.105
113 Marine and Petroleum Geology7.090
114 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.075
115 GPS Solutions7.049
116 IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering7.045
117 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth6.943
118 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth6.914
119 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics6.910
120 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences6.889
121 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources6.852
122 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene6.845
123 Rhizosphere6.825
124 Progress in Oceanography6.784
125 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment6.783
126 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems6.765
127 Cryosphere6.763
128 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing6.683
129 Biogeosciences6.675
130 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation6.575
131 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering6.545
132 Geo-Spatial Information Science6.527
133 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review6.415
134 Applied Geochemistry6.413
135 Chemical Geology6.410
136 Mineralium Deposita6.389
137 Journal of Geochemical Exploration6.357
138 Astrobiology6.329
139 Soils and Foundations6.315
140 Ore Geology Reviews6.295
141 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology6.293
142 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.195
143 Environmental Toxicology6.186
144 International Journal of Digital Earth6.184
145 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information6.055
146 Natural Hazards6.023
147 Journal of Aerosol Science5.995
148 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling5.965
149 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.917
150 Journal of Geodesy5.871
151 European Journal of Remote Sensing5.867
152 International Journal of Sediment Research5.848
153 Quaternary Science Reviews5.834
154 Water Science and Technology5.810
155 Water5.808
156 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets5.758
157 Journal of Water and Climate Change5.738
158 Soil Use and Management5.730
159 Climate Services5.718
160 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.686
161 Plant and Soil5.677
162 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.670
163 Geomorphology5.665
164 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques5.661
165 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.652
166 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.644
167 Land Degradation & Development5.633
168 Climate of the Past5.606
169 European Journal of Soil Biology5.544
170 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications5.535
171 Journal of Earth Science5.534
172 Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment5.522
173 Earthquake Spectra5.512
174 International Journal of Geomechanics5.480
175 European Journal of Soil Science5.461
176 IUCrJ5.442
177 Anthropocene Review5.431
178 Oceanologia5.426
179 Crystal Growth & Design5.397
180 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.384
181 Aeolian Research5.336
182 Journal of Cultural Heritage5.303
183 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.268
184 Journal of Petrology5.250
185 Hydrology Research5.241
186 Environmental Earth Sciences5.213
187 Irrigation Science5.203
188 Geophysics5.193
189 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.186
190 Limnology and Oceanography5.178
191 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres5.177
- Climate Dynamics5.177
193 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research5.175
194 Earth Surface Dynamics5.171
195 Precambrian Research5.168
196 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.159
197 Geoscience Letters5.136
198 Geothermal Energy5.134
199 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management5.048
200 Water Resources and Economics5.041
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