Geosciences: Journal Rankings

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 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01)

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	118.390
2	Reviews of Geophysics	107.868
3	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	77.122
4	Nature Geoscience	72.711
5	Remote Sensing of Environment	69.721
6	Annual Review of Marine Science	64.289
7	Nature Climate Change	63.516
8	Water Research	60.314
9	Journal of Petrology	56.799
10	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	52.751
11	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	51.463
12	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	48.887
13	Earth-Science Reviews	48.416
14	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	47.852
15	Geology	47.161
16	Journal of Hydrometeorology	46.016
17	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	44.753
18	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	43.037
19	Desalination	42.387
20	Limnology and Oceanography	42.124
21	Journal of Climate	42.047
22	Paleobiology	39.718
23	Landscape and Urban Planning	39.558
24	Atmospheric Environment	38.485
25	Quaternary Science Reviews	38.313
26	Current Climate Change Reports	37.326
27	Quaternary Research	37.295
28	Biogeochemistry	37.216
29	Water Resources Research	37.160
30	Tectonics	36.985
31	Surveys in Geophysics	36.933
32	Journal of Metamorphic Geology	36.900
33	npj Clean Water	36.831
34	Marine Chemistry	36.631
35	Geoscientific Model Development	36.411
36	Global Ecology and Biogeography	36.113
37	International Journal of Coal Geology	35.866
38	Chemical Geology	35.820
39	Geological Society of America Bulletin	35.800
40	Precambrian Research	35.551
41	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	35.200
42	Gondwana Research	34.863
43	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	34.829
44	Geophysical Research Letters	34.795
45	Organic Geochemistry	34.568
46	Climatic Change	34.466
47	Marine Ecology Progress Series	33.744
48	Journal of the Geological Society	33.624
49	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	33.577
50	Geoderma	32.960

51	Journal of Physical Oceanography	32.187
52	Biogeosciences	32.140
53	Geomorphology	32.002
54	Journal of Hydrology	31.892
55	Biology and Fertility of Soils	31.553
56	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31.524
57	Marine Geology	31.421
58	Sedimentology	31.066
59	Soil Science Society of America Journal	30.908
60	Computers & Geosciences	30.791
61	Global and Planetary Change	30.694
62	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	30.385
63	Weather and Climate Extremes	30.352
64	Journal of Structural Geology	30.255
65	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	30.191
66	Journal of Archaeological Science	30.176
67	Engineering Geology	29.991
68	Biochar	29.859
69	Tectonophysics	29.814
70	Applied Clay Science	29.701
71	Lithos	29.596
72	Applied Geochemistry	29.503
73	Holocene	29.294
74	Progress in Oceanography	29.189
75	Applied Soil Ecology	29.049
76	Soil & Tillage Research	28.799
77	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	28.596
78	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	28.567
79	Environmental Research Letters	28.542
80	Water Research X	28.500
81	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems	28.446
82	Journal of Biogeography	28.334
83	Marine Micropaleontology	28.332
84	Cryosphere	28.287
85	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	28.284
86	Sedimentary Geology	28.169
87	Journal of Marine Research	27.786
88	Environmental Modelling & Software	27.779
89	Geophysical Journal International	27.764
90	Earths Future	27.693
91	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	27.690
92	Water Resources and Industry	27.534
93	Boundary-Layer Meteorology	27.488
94	Plant and Soil	27.477
95	Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems	27.474
96	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	27.338
97	Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology	27.303
98	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	27.291
99	Journal of Geology	27.140
100	Journal of Quaternary Science	26.840
101	Bulletin of Volcanology	26.614
102	Earth System Science Data	26.562
103	Aerosol Science and Technology	26.555
104	Geophysics	26.551
105	Clays and Clay Minerals	26.340
106	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	26.250
107	Economic Geology	26.128
108	International Journal of Remote Sensing	25.923
109	Climate Research	25.916
110	Advances in Water Resources	25.818
111	Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	25.208
112	Climate of the Past	25.165
113	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	25.121
114	Climate Dynamics	24.999
115	Geotechnique	24.887
116	European Journal of Soil Science	24.729
117	Journal of Geodesy	24.569
118	Hydrological Processes	24.503
119	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	24.476
120	Quaternary Geochronology	24.339
121	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	24.248
122	Mineralium Deposita	24.210
123	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	24.059
124	Continental Shelf Research	23.793
125	Agricultural Water Management	23.785
126	Journal of Paleolimnology	23.558
127	Basin Research	23.514
128	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	23.466
129	Permafrost and Periglacial Processes	23.356
130	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	23.296
131	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	23.289
132	Limnology and Oceanography-Methods	23.276
133	Marine and Petroleum Geology	23.180
134	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	23.000
135	International Journal of Climatology	22.951
136	Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology	22.877
137	Crystal Growth & Design	22.826
138	Astrobiology	22.666
139	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	22.627
140	Exposure and Health	22.566
141	CATENA	22.537
142	Landslides	22.484
143	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	22.458
144	Geobiology	22.319
145	Landscape Ecology	22.301
146	Terra Nova	22.219
147	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	22.111
148	Minerals Engineering	22.034
149	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	21.858
150	IUCrJ	21.721
151	Palaios	21.679
152	Journal of Marine Systems	21.609
153	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	21.426
-	Journal of Plankton Research	21.426
155	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	21.359
156	Applied Water Science	21.350
157	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	21.215
158	Earth System Dynamics	21.196
159	Limnology and Oceanography Letters	21.169
160	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	21.151
161	npj Climate and Atmospheric Science	21.143
162	Acta Crystallographica Section D-Structural Biology	21.138
163	Soil Research	21.011
164	Journal of Glaciology	21.001
165	Atmospheric Research	20.891
166	ICES Journal of Marine Science	20.742
167	Journal of Geodynamics	20.657
168	Irrigation Science	20.513
169	American Mineralogist	20.464
170	Geoscience Frontiers	20.431
171	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics	20.420
172	Soil Use and Management	20.416
173	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	20.311
174	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	20.169
175	Urban Climate	20.167

176	Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	20.127
177	International Journal of Mining Science and Technology	20.112
178	European Journal of Soil Biology	19.985
179	Palaeontology	19.957
180	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	19.910
181	Fisheries Oceanography	19.876
182	Ocean Science	19.849
183	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	19.825
184	International Journal of Disaster Risk Science	19.767
185	Anthropocene	19.738
186	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	19.735
187	Radio Science	19.355
188	Comptes Rendus Geoscience	19.341
189	Computers and Geotechnics	19.329
190	Boreas	19.232
191	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	19.031
192	Petroleum Exploration and Development	19.010
193	Earthquake Spectra	18.977
194	Groundwater	18.970
195	Weather and Forecasting	18.860
196	Plant Phenomics	18.630
197	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	18.589
198	Soil	18.515
199	International Journal of Earth Sciences	18.492
200	Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth	18.445

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