New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing108
- Water Research108
3 Remote Sensing85
4 Nature Climate Change81
5 Remote Sensing of Environment80
6 Desalination74
7 Journal of Hydrology73
8 Soil Biology & Biochemistry71
- Ocean Engineering71
- Water71
11 Journal of Water Process Engineering69
12 Gondwana Research68
13 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing66
14 Earth System Science Data64
15 Nature Geoscience62
16 Earth-Science Reviews61
17 Geoderma60
- CATENA60
19 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing59
- Geophysical Research Letters59
21 Engineering Geology58
22 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology57
- Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering57
24 Communications Earth & Environment56
- Landscape and Urban Planning56
- Environmental Research Letters56
27 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters55
- Urban Climate55
29 Drones54
30 Geoscience Frontiers53
- Computers and Geotechnics53
32 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics51
- Agricultural Water Management51
- Earths Future51
35 Ocean & Coastal Management49
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering49
37 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology48
- Applied Water Science48
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction48
- Crystals48
- Applied Soil Ecology48
42 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering47
- Soil & Tillage Research47
44 Water Resources Research46
45 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials45
- Minerals Engineering45
47 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences44
- Atmosphere44
49 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science43
50 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences42
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine42
- Applied Clay Science42
- Natural Hazards42
- Atmospheric Research42
55 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation40
- Petroleum Exploration and Development40
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters40
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering40
59 Plant and Soil39
- Acta Geotechnica39
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta39
62 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth38
- Global Ecology and Biogeography38
- Minerals38
- Applied Ocean Research38
- Landslides38
67 Advances in Space Research37
- Water Resources Management37
- Crystal Growth & Design37
- Marine and Petroleum Geology37
- Atmospheric Environment37
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment37
- Water Air and Soil Pollution37
74 Environmental Modelling & Software36
- Ore Geology Reviews36
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society36
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information36
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres36
79 International Journal of Coal Geology35
- Geoscientific Model Development35
- Computers & Geosciences35
- Reviews of Geophysics35
- Biochar35
- Transportation Geotechnics35
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition35
- GIScience & Remote Sensing35
- npj Clean Water35
88 Land Degradation & Development34
- Science China-Earth Sciences34
90 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
92 International Journal of Digital Earth32
- Journal of Climate32
- Climatic Change32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health32
- Chemical Geology32
- Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems32
- Geology32
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets32
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles32
- Water Science and Technology32
- Frontiers in Earth Science32
- Geocarto International32
105 Global and Planetary Change31
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences31
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment31
- Geothermics31
- Climate Dynamics31
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology31
111 International Soil and Water Conservation Research30
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering30
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth30
- Journal of Water and Climate Change30
- Cryosphere30
- Natural Resources Research30
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques30
- Pedosphere30
- Cold Regions Science and Technology30
- Limnology and Oceanography30
- Advances in Atmospheric Sciences30
- Annual Review of Marine Science30
123 Geotechnique29
- GPS Solutions29
- Plant Phenomics29
- CrystEngComm29
- Applied Geochemistry29
- Earth System Dynamics29
- Biogeosciences29
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering29
- International Journal of Climatology29
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk29
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes29
- Polyhedron29
136 International Journal of Geographical Information Science28
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans28
- Economic Geology28
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling28
- IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering28
- International Journal of Geomechanics28
- JOM28
- Journal of Cultural Heritage28
- Journal of Geographical Sciences28
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water28
- Quaternary Science Reviews28
- Environmental Toxicology28
148 Geomorphology27
- Geophysical Journal International27
- Weather and Climate Extremes27
- International Journal of Remote Sensing27
- Geophysics27
- Advances in Water Resources27
- Earth Science Informatics27
- Biology and Fertility of Soils27
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal27
157 Journal of Soils and Sediments26
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources26
- Journal of Geochemical Exploration26
- Landscape Ecology26
- Progress in Oceanography26
- Advances in Climate Change Research26
- Rhizosphere26
- Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications26
- Surveys in Geophysics26
166 ICES Journal of Marine Science25
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences25
- Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies25
- Climate Risk Management25
- Earth and Space Science25
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences25
- Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science25
- Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology25
174 Hydrological Processes24
- European Journal of Soil Science24
- Tectonophysics24
- Journal of Biogeography24
- ACS Earth and Space Chemistry24
- Lithosphere24
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology24
181 Journal of Applied Geophysics23
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Precambrian Research23
- Exposure and Health23
- Journal of African Earth Sciences23
- Geo-Spatial Information Science23
- Earth Planets and Space23
- Seismological Research Letters23
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America23
- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems23
192 International Journal of Biometeorology22
- Journal of Aerosol Science22
- Journal of Crystal Growth22
- Water Supply22
- Limnology and Oceanography Letters22
- Soils and Foundations22
- Structural Chemistry22
- International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics22
- Journal of Applied Crystallography22
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