Geosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Reviews of Geophysics	ca. 37.3
2	Nature Climate Change	ca. 27.1
3	Annual Review of Marine Science	ca. 18.9
4	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	ca. 16.4
5	Nature Geoscience	ca. 16.1
6	International Journal of Mining Science and Technology	ca. 13.7
7	Biochar	ca. 13.5
8	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	ca. 13
9	Water Research	ca. 12.4
10	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	ca. 12.2
11	npj Clean Water	ca. 11.4
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	ca. 11.4
13	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	ca. 10.3
-	Current Climate Change Reports	ca. 10.3
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 10.3
16	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	ca. 10.2
17	Earth-Science Reviews	ca. 10
18	Desalination	ca. 9.8
19	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.2
20	Communications Earth & Environment	ca. 8.9
-	Geoscience Frontiers	ca. 8.9
22	Gondwana Research	ca. 8.6
-	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	ca. 8.6
-	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	ca. 8.6
25	Engineering Geology	ca. 8.4
-	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	ca. 8.4
27	Earths Future	ca. 8.2
-	Water Research X	ca. 8.2
29	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	ca. 7.5
-	Water Resources and Industry	ca. 7.5
31	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	ca. 7.3
-	Pedosphere	ca. 7.3
33	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	ca. 7.2
34	Surveys in Geophysics	ca. 7.1
35	Landslides	ca. 7
36	GIScience & Remote Sensing	ca. 6.9
-	Urban Climate	ca. 6.9
-	Weather and Climate Extremes	ca. 6.9
39	Soil & Tillage Research	ca. 6.8
40	Journal of Water Process Engineering	ca. 6.7
41	Geoderma	ca. 6.6
-	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	ca. 6.6
43	Agricultural Water Management	ca. 6.5
44	Plant Phenomics	ca. 6.4
45	Journal of Hydrology	ca. 6.3
46	Computers and Geotechnics	ca. 6.2
-	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	ca. 6.2
48	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6
49	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	ca. 5.9
50	Applied Clay Science	ca. 5.8

-	Science China-Earth Sciences	ca. 5.8
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	ca. 5.8
53	Acta Geotechnica	ca. 5.7
-	CATENA	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	ca. 5.7
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	ca. 5.7
-	Applied Water Science	ca. 5.7
58	Environmental Research Letters	ca. 5.6
-	Biology and Fertility of Soils	ca. 5.6
60	Advances in Atmospheric Sciences	ca. 5.5
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	ca. 5.5
-	Transportation Geotechnics	ca. 5.5
-	Geo-Spatial Information Science	ca. 5.5
-	Ocean Engineering	ca. 5.5
65	Ocean & Coastal Management	ca. 5.4
66	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	ca. 5.3
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	ca. 5.3
68	Journal of Geographical Sciences	ca. 5.2
-	Geotechnique	ca. 5.2
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	ca. 5.2
71	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	ca. 5.1
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	ca. 5.1
73	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics	ca. 5
-	Applied Soil Ecology	ca. 5
-	Climate Risk Management	ca. 5
-	Minerals Engineering	ca. 5
-	Natural Resources Research	ca. 5
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	ca. 5
-	Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies	ca. 5
-	Water Resources Research	ca. 5
-	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	ca. 5
82	Economic Geology	ca. 4.9
-	International Journal of Digital Earth	ca. 4.9
-	Mineralium Deposita	ca. 4.9
85	Climatic Change	ca. 4.8
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	ca. 4.8
-	Drones	ca. 4.8
88	Water Resources Management	ca. 4.7
-	Journal of Earth Science	ca. 4.7
90	Environmental Modelling & Software	ca. 4.6
-	Geophysical Research Letters	ca. 4.6
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	ca. 4.6
-	Exposure and Health	ca. 4.6
-	Geology	ca. 4.6
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	ca. 4.6
-	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems	ca. 4.6
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	ca. 4.6
98	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	ca. 4.5
-	Climate Services	ca. 4.5
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	ca. 4.5
101	Atmospheric Research	ca. 4.4
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	ca. 4.4
-	Applied Ocean Research	ca. 4.4
-	Computers & Geosciences	ca. 4.4
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	ca. 4.4
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	ca. 4.4
107	Geoscience Letters	ca. 4.3
-	Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology	ca. 4.3
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 4.3
110	Advances in Water Resources	ca. 4.2
-	Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources	ca. 4.2
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	ca. 4.2
113	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	ca. 4.1
-	Plant and Soil	ca. 4.1
-	Remote Sensing	ca. 4.1
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	ca. 4.1
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth	ca. 4.1
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	ca. 4.1
119	Journal of Climate	ca. 4
-	Journal of Geodesy	ca. 4
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets	ca. 4
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	ca. 4
-	Global and Planetary Change	ca. 4
124	Anthropocene	ca. 3.9
-	Geothermics	ca. 3.9
-	GPS Solutions	ca. 3.9
127	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	ca. 3.8
-	European Journal of Soil Science	ca. 3.8
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	ca. 3.8
-	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	ca. 3.8
132	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	ca. 3.7
-	Biogeochemistry	ca. 3.7
-	Climate Dynamics	ca. 3.7
-	Limnology and Oceanography	ca. 3.7
-	Geological Society of America Bulletin	ca. 3.7
-	Natural Hazards	ca. 3.7
-	Soil Use and Management	ca. 3.7
-	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	ca. 3.7
-	Earthquake Spectra	ca. 3.7
-	Atmospheric Environment	ca. 3.7
-	European Journal of Remote Sensing	ca. 3.7
-	Landscape Ecology	ca. 3.7
-	Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment	ca. 3.7
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	ca. 3.7
-	Land Degradation & Development	ca. 3.7
147	IUCrJ	ca. 3.6
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	ca. 3.6
-	Tectonics	ca. 3.6
-	Ore Geology Reviews	ca. 3.6
-	Photogrammetric Record	ca. 3.6
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	ca. 3.6
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	ca. 3.6
-	Chemical Geology	ca. 3.6
-	Journal of Biogeography	ca. 3.6
-	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	ca. 3.6
-	Mathematical Geosciences	ca. 3.6
-	Progress in Oceanography	ca. 3.6
159	Journal of Petrology	ca. 3.5
-	Rhizosphere	ca. 3.5
-	Anthropocene Review	ca. 3.5
-	Geocarto International	ca. 3.5
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	ca. 3.5
-	Irrigation Science	ca. 3.5
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	ca. 3.5
168	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Metamorphic Geology	ca. 3.4
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	ca. 3.4
-	Crystal Growth & Design	ca. 3.4
-	Aeolian Research	ca. 3.4
-	Applied Geochemistry	ca. 3.4
-	Geobiology	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	ca. 3.4

-	Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research	ca. 3.4
177	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	ca. 3.3
-	Geomorphology	ca. 3.3
-	Geosynthetics International	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science	ca. 3.3
-	Soils and Foundations	ca. 3.3
-	Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration	ca. 3.3
-	Geoderma Regional	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	ca. 3.3
-	International Journal of Geomechanics	ca. 3.3
-	Permafrost and Periglacial Processes	ca. 3.3
-	PFG-Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science	ca. 3.3
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	ca. 3.3
190	Bulletin of Volcanology	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	ca. 3.2
-	Seismological Research Letters	ca. 3.2
-	Environmental Toxicology	ca. 3.2
-	Geophysics	ca. 3.2
-	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	ca. 3.2
-	Precambrian Research	ca. 3.2
197	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	ca. 3.1
-	Weather and Forecasting	ca. 3.1
-	Geothermal Energy	ca. 3.1

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