New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Remote Sensing of Environment21.927
2 Water Research21.372
3 Soil Biology & Biochemistry19.746
4 Earth-Science Reviews18.663
5 Landscape and Urban Planning18.590
6 Desalination15.630
7 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences14.543
8 Engineering Geology13.749
9 Geoderma12.986
10 Soil & Tillage Research12.612
11 Journal of Hydrology12.189
12 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing11.366
13 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.666
14 Bulletin of Volcanology10.603
15 Geotextiles and Geomembranes10.425
16 Computers and Geotechnics10.228
17 Applied Clay Science10.077
18 Surveys in Geophysics9.871
19 International Journal of Coal Geology9.190
20 Geotechnique9.140
21 Earth and Planetary Science Letters9.092
22 Biology and Fertility of Soils9.052
23 Water Resources Research8.874
24 Ocean Engineering8.840
25 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta8.828
26 Biogeochemistry8.820
27 Computers & Geosciences8.485
28 Climatic Change8.169
29 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering8.035
30 Applied Ocean Research7.964
31 Atmospheric Research7.754
32 Geophysical Research Letters7.613
33 Geology7.491
34 Advances in Water Resources7.397
35 Advances in Atmospheric Sciences7.127
36 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.090
37 Cold Regions Science and Technology7.059
38 Progress in Oceanography6.901
39 Marine and Petroleum Geology6.899
40 Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics6.709
41 Soils and Foundations6.677
42 Chemical Geology6.349
43 Mineralium Deposita6.249
44 Ore Geology Reviews6.223
45 Journal of Aerosol Science6.043
46 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology5.857
47 Plant and Soil5.715
48 Quaternary Science Reviews5.670
49 Precambrian Research5.657
50 Soil Use and Management5.644
51 Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment5.601
52 Water Science and Technology5.583
53 Geomorphology5.564
54 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America5.316
55 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.311
56 Canadian Geotechnical Journal5.285
57 Geophysics5.205
58 Oceanologia5.177
59 Limnology and Oceanography5.169
60 Journal of Petrology5.084
61 Tectonics5.029
62 Geomicrobiology Journal5.012
63 Journal of Biogeography4.978
64 Advances in Space Research4.928
65 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science4.903
66 Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques4.852
67 Journal of Structural Geology4.850
68 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society4.709
69 Journal of Archaeological Science4.695
70 Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society4.645
71 Marine Geology4.644
72 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.615
73 Theoretical and Applied Climatology4.605
74 Tectonophysics4.567
75 International Journal of Biometeorology4.513
76 Journal of Metamorphic Geology4.498
77 AAPG Bulletin4.497
78 Navigation-Journal of the Institute of Navigation4.463
79 Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology4.441
80 Marine Chemistry4.388
81 Boundary-Layer Meteorology4.387
82 Sedimentary Geology4.308
83 Polyhedron4.305
84 International Journal of Remote Sensing4.304
85 Sedimentology4.229
86 American Journal of Science4.218
87 Marine Ecology Progress Series4.136
88 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms4.052
89 Continental Shelf Research3.853
90 Canadian Mineralogist3.840
91 Paleobiology3.804
92 American Mineralogist3.790
93 Journal of Glaciology3.761
94 Geochemistry3.754
95 Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics3.739
96 Clays and Clay Minerals3.735
97 Marine Geophysical Research3.672
98 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation3.644
99 Newsletters on Stratigraphy3.595
100 Aerosol Science and Technology3.537
101 Journal of Crystal Growth3.534
102 Palaeontology3.491
103 Journal of the Geological Society3.481
104 Cretaceous Research3.470
105 Liquid Crystals3.451
106 Geological Magazine3.448
107 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.392
108 Journal of Plankton Research3.317
109 Geological Journal3.286
110 Organic Geochemistry3.271
111 Geological Society of America Bulletin3.243
112 Journal of Quaternary Science3.233
113 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition3.209
114 Pedobiologia3.180
115 Boreas3.178
116 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology3.145
117 Canadian Journal of Soil Science3.118
118 Journal of Geodynamics3.065
119 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors3.058
120 Journal of Geology3.026
121 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics3.006
122 PalZ2.976
123 Lithos2.962
124 Journal of Hydraulic Research2.923
125 Facies2.901
126 Phase Transitions2.867
127 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences2.761
128 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences2.737
129 Journal of Physical Oceanography2.726
130 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis2.710
131 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology2.658
132 Mountain Research and Development2.615
133 Marine Geodesy2.600
134 Groundwater2.595
135 Monthly Weather Review2.581
136 Water International2.553
137 Lethaia2.540
138 International Geology Review2.489
139 Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan2.472
140 Physical Geography2.403
141 Acta Oceanologica Sinica2.398
142 Radiocarbon2.377
143 Geobios2.329
144 Crystal Research and Technology2.283
145 Quaternary Research2.279
146 Geotechnical Testing Journal2.210
147 Mineralogical Magazine2.205
148 Radio Science2.195
149 Journal of Petroleum Geology2.188
150 New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research2.182
151 Clay Minerals2.175
152 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics2.164
153 Journal of Paleontology2.068
154 Geochemical Journal2.064
155 Annals of Glaciology2.049
156 Proceedings of the Geologists Association2.018
- Geophysical Prospecting2.018
158 Alcheringa1.961
159 Geo-Marine Letters1.938
160 Archaeometry1.930
161 Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing1.863
162 Journal of the Geological Society of India1.794
163 Ameghiniana1.778
164 Bulletin of Marine Science1.768
165 Palynology1.753
166 Survey Review1.731
167 Atmosfera1.670
168 Marine Technology Society Journal1.659
169 Oceanology1.621
170 Geotectonics1.587
171 Water Resources1.464
172 Arctic1.431
173 Journal of Agricultural Meteorology1.420
174 Photogrammetric Record1.393
175 Erdkunde1.372
176 Geochemistry International1.312
177 Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen1.311
178 Acta Adriatica1.253
179 Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics1.233
180 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy1.205
181 Thalassas1.172
182 Lithology and Mineral Resources1.136
183 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering1.066
184 Micropaleontology1.063
185 Paleontological Journal1.038
186 Journal of Foraminiferal Research1.037
187 Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica1.000
188 Geofisica Internacional0.939
- Gems & Gemology0.939
190 Scottish Journal of Geology0.881
191 Weather0.805
192 Idojaras0.761
193 Baltica0.750
194 Agrochimica0.727
195 Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society0.680
196 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae0.464
197 Journal Awwa0.329
198 Wasserwirtschaft0.168
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