Geosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Marine Science	29
2	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
-	Water Research	27
4	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	26
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	25
-	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	25
7	Earth-Science Reviews	23
8	Nature Geoscience	22
9	Desalination	21
10	Nature Climate Change	20
11	Geoscience Frontiers	19
12	Engineering Geology	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	18
15	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	17
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	17
-	Earth System Science Data	17
-	Geoderma	17
19	Journal of Hydrology	16
-	Soil & Tillage Research	16
-	Agricultural Water Management	16
-	Gondwana Research	16
23	International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials	15
-	GIScience & Remote Sensing	15
-	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	15
26	Applied Clay Science	14
-	CATENA	14
-	Computers and Geotechnics	14
-	Surveys in Geophysics	14
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	14
-	Bulletin of Volcanology	14
32	Ocean & Coastal Management	13
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	13
-	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	13
-	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	13
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	13
-	Minerals Engineering	13
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	13
-	Biology and Fertility of Soils	13
40	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	12
-	Landscape Ecology	12
-	Ocean Engineering	12
-	Water Resources Research	12
-	Acta Geotechnica	12
-	Applied Soil Ecology	12
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	12
-	Landslides	12
-	Natural Resources Research	12
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	12
-	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	12

-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	12
-	Biogeochemistry	12
-	Geotechnique	12
54	Journal of Geographical Sciences	11
-	Global and Planetary Change	11
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	11
-	Water Resources Management	11
-	Environmental Research Letters	11
59	Economic Geology	10
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	10
-	Geocarto International	10
-	Atmospheric Environment	10
-	Atmospheric Research	10
-	Geophysical Research Letters	10
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	10
-	Geothermics	10
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	10
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	10
-	Progress in Oceanography	10
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	10
-	Applied Ocean Research	10
-	Geology	10
-	Climatic Change	10
74	Marine and Petroleum Geology	9
-	GPS Solutions	9
-	Ore Geology Reviews	9
-	Pedosphere	9
-	Precambrian Research	9
-	Advances in Water Resources	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	9
-	Mineralium Deposita	9
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	9
-	Cryosphere	9
-	Acta Geophysica	9
-	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics	9
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	9
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	9
-	Chemical Geology	9
-	Computers & Geosciences	9
91	International Journal of Geomechanics	8
-	Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review	8
-	Natural Hazards	8
-	Journal of Earth Science	8
-	Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling	8
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	8
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	8
-	Advances in Atmospheric Sciences	8
-	Environmental Toxicology	8
-	Geomorphology	8
-	Geo-Spatial Information Science	8
-	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	8
-	International Journal of Digital Earth	8
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	8
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	8
-	Limnology and Oceanography	8
-	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems	8
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	8
-	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	8
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	8
-	Soils and Foundations	8
-	Tectonics	8
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	8
-	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	8
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	8
-	Applied Geochemistry	8
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	8
-	Geoscientific Model Development	8
119	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	7
-	Land Degradation & Development	7
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	7
-	Marine Geology	7
-	Journal of Geodesy	7
-	Journal of Marine Systems	7
-	Journal of Petrology	7
-	IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering	7
-	Sedimentology	7
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	7
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	7
-	Plant and Soil	7
-	Crystal Growth & Design	7
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	7
-	European Journal of Soil Science	7
-	Basin Research	7
-	Geoheritage	7
-	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	7
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	7
-	Climate Dynamics	7
-	Journal of Water and Climate Change	7
-	Journal of Biogeography	7
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	7
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	7
-	Oceanologia	7
-	Hydrological Processes	7
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	7
-	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	7
-	Water Science and Technology	7
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	7
-	Aeolian Research	7
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	7
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	7
-	Astrobiology	7
-	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	7
-	Geophysics	7
-	Climate of the Past	7
156	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	6
-	International Journal of Climatology	6
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	6
-	Journal of Climate	6
-	Natural Hazards Review	6
-	Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation	6
-	Journal of Glaciology	6
-	Hydrogeology Journal	6
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	6
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	6
-	Quaternary International	6
-	Tectonophysics	6
-	Ocean Science	6
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	6
-	AAPG Bulletin	6
-	Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration	6
-	American Journal of Science	6
-	Geobiology	6

-	Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems	6
-	Boundary-Layer Meteorology	6
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	6
-	Geophysical Journal International	6
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	6
-	Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research	6
-	Journal of Structural Geology	6
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	6
-	Irrigation Science	6
-	Marine Chemistry	6
-	Journal of African Earth Sciences	6
-	Mathematical Geosciences	6
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	6
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	6
-	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	6
-	Journal of Sea Research	6
-	Sedimentary Geology	6
-	Soil Use and Management	6
-	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	6
-	Theoretical and Applied Climatology	6
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	6
-	Palaeontology	6
-	Permafrost and Periglacial Processes	6
-	Dendrochronologia	6
-	Advances in Space Research	6

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