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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Remote Sensing21392
2 Water15924
3 Ocean Engineering11261
4 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing10502
5 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering9127
6 Geophysical Research Letters7258
7 Atmosphere7033
8 Journal of Water Process Engineering6677
9 Journal of Hydrology6478
10 Frontiers in Earth Science6158
11 Water Research5912
12 Minerals5862
13 Crystals5858
14 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters4854
15 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing4822
16 Crystal Growth & Design3811
17 Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances3725
18 Environmental Research Letters3636
19 CrystEngComm3552
20 CATENA3503
- Advances in Space Research3503
22 Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres3484
23 Desalination3401
24 Water Air and Soil Pollution3304
25 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction3150
26 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3021
27 JOM2931
28 Plant and Soil2794
29 Drones2705
30 Computers and Geotechnics2693
31 Water Resources Research2650
32 Natural Hazards2630
33 Environmental Earth Sciences2578
34 Agricultural Water Management2534
35 Communications Earth & Environment2516
36 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation2407
37 Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth2370
38 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering2356
39 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering2335
40 Ore Geology Reviews2328
41 Atmospheric Environment2205
42 Atmospheric Research2158
43 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2126
44 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2109
45 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment2089
46 Geoderma2085
47 Applied Soil Ecology2078
48 Minerals Engineering2038
49 Theoretical and Applied Climatology2012
50 Geophysical Journal International2003
51 Polyhedron1989
52 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology1969
53 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans1935
54 Land Degradation & Development1932
55 Journal of South American Earth Sciences1918
56 Marine and Petroleum Geology1904
57 Chemical Geology1890
58 Climate Dynamics1883
59 Remote Sensing of Environment1875
60 Journal of Climate1864
61 Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies1821
62 Earth and Planetary Science Letters1784
63 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta1767
64 International Journal of Climatology1765
65 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1749
66 Quaternary Science Reviews1717
67 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1712
68 Engineering Geology1705
69 Ocean & Coastal Management1654
70 International Journal of Geomechanics1586
71 Urban Climate1583
72 Geophysics1570
73 Applied Ocean Research1537
74 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1536
75 Geoscientific Model Development1526
76 Lithos1498
77 Water Science and Technology1492
78 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1471
79 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques1446
80 International Journal of Remote Sensing1428
- Journal of Crystal Growth1428
82 Geomorphology1427
83 Acta Geotechnica1415
84 Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie-New Crystal Structures1401
85 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences1375
86 Geofluids1364
87 Water Resources Management1329
88 Earth Science Informatics1315
89 Hydrological Processes1310
90 Applied Clay Science1301
91 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing1269
92 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets1263
93 Nature Climate Change1258
94 Earth and Space Science1248
95 Earths Future1246
96 Doklady Earth Sciences1232
97 Tectonophysics1226
98 Soil & Tillage Research1219
99 Limnology and Oceanography1216
100 Environmental Toxicology1213
101 Soil Biology & Biochemistry1210
102 Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems1197
- Biogeosciences1197
104 Environmental Modelling & Software1195
105 Marine Ecology Progress Series1180
106 Water Supply1177
107 Journal of Applied Geophysics1168
108 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences1144
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society1144
- Quaternary International1144
111 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1141
112 Earth-Science Reviews1140
113 Cryosphere1137
114 Journal of African Earth Sciences1118
- Global and Planetary Change1118
116 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences1111
117 Geological Journal1109
118 Precambrian Research1103
119 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1101
120 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1099
121 Applied Water Science1093
122 Earth System Science Data1090
123 Applied Geochemistry1085
124 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms1080
- Seismological Research Letters1080
126 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry1075
127 Transportation Geotechnics1072
128 Journal of Soils and Sediments1065
129 Journal of the Geological Society of India1045
130 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering1041
131 Gondwana Research1039
132 International Journal of Digital Earth1036
133 npj Climate and Atmospheric Science1006
134 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1001
135 Geothermics999
136 Journal of Water and Climate Change994
137 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth979
138 Nature Geoscience975
139 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics969
- Geological Society of America Bulletin969
141 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society968
142 Journal of Biogeography961
143 Cold Regions Science and Technology954
144 Pure and Applied Geophysics953
145 Geocarto International950
146 Journal of Earth System Science949
147 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics944
148 Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling943
149 Geology914
- Historical Biology914
151 Canadian Geotechnical Journal910
152 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences909
153 Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering908
154 American Mineralogist907
155 ICES Journal of Marine Science905
156 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials902
157 Cretaceous Research894
158 Landscape and Urban Planning893
159 Acta Petrologica Sinica879
160 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing872
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis872
162 Mining Metallurgy & Exploration869
163 Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences867
164 Science China-Earth Sciences865
165 Landslides863
166 Journal of Coastal Research858
167 Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications850
168 Journal of Cultural Heritage846
169 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems832
170 International Journal of Biometeorology830
171 Climatic Change801
172 Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface798
173 Structural Chemistry792
174 Journal of Applied Crystallography782
175 GPS Solutions778
176 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing774
177 Journal Awwa770
178 Earth Planets and Space768
179 Water Environment Research753
180 Journal of Structural Geology752
181 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research751
- Eurasian Soil Science751
183 Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals750
184 Meteoritics & Planetary Science742
185 Global Ecology and Biogeography741
- Computers & Geosciences741
187 Weather736
188 Marine Geology724
189 Advances in Water Resources721
190 Rhizosphere713
191 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources712
192 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology709
193 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America708
194 Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics707
195 Journal of Physical Oceanography705
196 River Research and Applications704
197 Tectonics702
198 Journal of Geochemical Exploration700
- Monthly Weather Review700
200 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques698
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