New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Remote Sensing21763
2 Water16020
3 Ocean Engineering11066
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10149
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering8995
6 Geophysical Research Letters7199
7 Atmosphere7137
8 Journal of Water Process Engineering6412
9 Frontiers in Earth Science6270
10 Journal of Hydrology6133
11 Water Research5987
12 Crystals5975
13 Minerals5899
14 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4796
15 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4470
16 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3725
17 Crystal Growth & Design3721
18 Environmental Research Letters3629
19 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3445
20 Advances in Space Research3442
21 CrystEngComm3401
22 CATENA3393
23 Desalination3131
24 Water Air and Soil Pollution3118
25 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3076
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2956
27 JOM2816
28 Plant and Soil2685
29 Computers and Geotechnics2663
30 Drones2601
31 Water Resources Research2594
32 Environmental Earth Sciences2568
33 Natural Hazards2565
34 Agricultural Water Management2524
35 Communications Earth & Environment2432
36 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2403
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2403
38 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2290
39 Ore Geology Reviews2235
40 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2210
41 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2195
42 Atmospheric Environment2145
43 Atmospheric Research2117
44 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2074
45 Geoderma2060
46 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2024
47 Polyhedron2016
48 Geophysical Journal International2009
49 Applied Soil Ecology1993
50 Theoretical and Applied Climatology1949
- Minerals Engineering1949
52 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1928
53 Marine and Petroleum Geology1916
54 Chemical Geology1891
55 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1889
56 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology1885
57 Land Degradation & Development1877
58 Remote Sensing of Environment1876
59 Climate Dynamics1871
60 Journal of Climate1850
61 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1807
62 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1768
63 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1766
64 International Journal of Climatology1750
65 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1720
66 Quaternary Science Reviews1716
67 Engineering Geology1671
68 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1655
69 Ocean & Coastal Management1641
70 Geophysics1635
71 Urban Climate1633
72 International Journal of Geomechanics1576
73 Water Science and Technology1571
74 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1568
75 Applied Ocean Research1563
76 Lithos1527
77 Geofluids1515
78 Geoscientific Model Development1475
79 Journal of Crystal Growth1421
80 Geomorphology1414
81 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1406
82 International Journal of Remote Sensing1404
- Acta Geotechnica1404
84 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1400
85 Water Resources Management1389
86 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1377
87 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1373
88 Hydrological Processes1318
89 Earth Science Informatics1303
90 Applied Clay Science1291
91 Tectonophysics1273
92 Nature Climate Change1269
93 Earth and Space Science1244
94 Water Supply1243
95 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1232
96 Environmental Modelling & Software1225
97 Doklady Earth Sciences1218
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry1218
99 Earths Future1217
100 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1214
101 Environmental Toxicology1211
102 Limnology and Oceanography1202
103 Marine Ecology Progress Series1195
104 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1188
105 Soil & Tillage Research1187
106 Quaternary International1182
107 Earth-Science Reviews1179
108 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1157
109 Biogeosciences1150
110 Precambrian Research1142
111 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1140
112 Journal of Coastal Research1118
113 Geological Journal1113
114 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1102
115 Journal of African Earth Sciences1100
- ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1100
117 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1092
118 Cryosphere1091
119 Journal of Applied Geophysics1090
120 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1085
121 Applied Water Science1076
122 Seismological Research Letters1063
123 Earth System Science Data1062
124 Journal of Soils and Sediments1054
125 Global and Planetary Change1051
126 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1045
127 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1044
128 Transportation Geotechnics1042
129 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1041
130 Journal of the Geological Society of India1028
131 Gondwana Research1027
132 Applied Geochemistry1013
133 Journal of Water and Climate Change1001
134 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1000
135 International Journal of Digital Earth997
136 Geothermics996
137 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science988
138 Geocarto International973
139 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics971
140 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society969
141 Journal of Biogeography960
142 Journal of Earth System Science955
- Pure and Applied Geophysics955
- Nature Geoscience955
145 Cretaceous Research941
- Geological Society of America Bulletin941
147 Cold Regions Science and Technology927
148 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling922
149 Historical Biology917
150 Landscape and Urban Planning912
151 American Mineralogist910
152 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering909
153 ICES Journal of Marine Science905
154 Geology903
155 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences902
156 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics898
157 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials893
158 Canadian Geotechnical Journal888
159 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis878
160 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences872
161 Landslides871
162 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing861
163 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth856
164 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration853
165 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems844
166 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications841
167 Journal of Cultural Heritage838
168 Science China-Earth Sciences832
169 Acta Petrologica Sinica824
170 International Journal of Biometeorology805
171 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface804
172 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing794
173 Climatic Change790
174 Journal of Applied Crystallography785
- Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals785
176 Journal Awwa776
177 GPS Solutions768
178 Rhizosphere766
179 Structural Chemistry765
180 Earth Planets and Space764
181 Water Environment Research753
- Eurasian Soil Science753
183 Computers & Geosciences750
184 Weather748
185 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research745
186 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology744
187 Global Ecology and Biogeography742
188 Marine Geology731
189 Meteoritics & Planetary Science730
190 Advances in Water Resources716
191 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America715
192 Journal of Structural Geology714
193 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources705
194 Monthly Weather Review701
195 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences700
196 River Research and Applications696
- Journal of Physical Oceanography696
198 Tectonics692
199 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques683
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology683
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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