New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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 H4-Index
1 Water Research112
2 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing102
3 Remote Sensing of Environment81
4 Nature Climate Change80
5 Journal of Hydrology73
6 Ocean Engineering70
7 Desalination69
8 Soil Biology & Biochemistry68
9 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing67
10 Earth-Science Reviews63
11 Gondwana Research62
- Earth System Science Data62
13 Nature Geoscience60
14 Geophysical Research Letters58
- CATENA58
16 Engineering Geology57
- Environmental Research Letters57
18 Landscape and Urban Planning55
- Geoderma55
20 Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering54
21 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters53
22 Agricultural Water Management52
23 Geoscience Frontiers51
24 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing50
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
26 Computers and Geotechnics49
27 Ocean & Coastal Management47
- Soil & Tillage Research47
29 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology46
- Water Resources Research46
31 Minerals Engineering45
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering45
33 Applied Soil Ecology44
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences44
35 International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials42
- Atmospheric Research42
37 Acta Geotechnica41
38 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences40
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters40
- Applied Clay Science40
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta40
- Global Ecology and Biogeography40
43 Environmental Modelling & Software39
- Natural Hazards39
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering39
46 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation37
- Geoscientific Model Development37
- Computers & Geosciences37
- Plant and Soil37
- Water Air and Soil Pollution37
51 Landslides36
- Atmospheric Environment36
- Water Resources Management36
- Marine and Petroleum Geology36
- Advances in Space Research36
- Applied Ocean Research36
- Petroleum Exploration and Development36
58 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment35
- Crystal Growth & Design35
- International Journal of Climatology35
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society35
62 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems34
- GIScience & Remote Sensing34
- Science China-Earth Sciences34
- Land Degradation & Development34
- Chemical Geology34
- Climatic Change34
- Ore Geology Reviews34
69 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences33
- Natural Resources Research33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
72 International Journal of Coal Geology32
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering32
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition32
- Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics32
76 Global Biogeochemical Cycles31
- Climate Dynamics31
- Advances in Atmospheric Sciences31
- Geocarto International31
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change31
- Global and Planetary Change31
82 Geothermics30
- Polyhedron30
- Water Science and Technology30
- Geology30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
87 International Journal of Digital Earth29
- Limnology and Oceanography29
- Geophysical Journal International29
- Cold Regions Science and Technology29
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth29
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology29
- Journal of Climate29
- Journal of Geographical Sciences29
- Geophysics29
- Geotechnique29
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes29
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health29
- Applied Geochemistry29
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering29
- Pedosphere29
102 Journal of Water and Climate Change28
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology28
- CrystEngComm28
- Advances in Water Resources28
- Biogeosciences28
- International Journal of Geomechanics28
- Landscape Ecology28
- Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk28
- Cryosphere28
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques28
- Quaternary Science Reviews28
113 International Journal of Geographical Information Science27
- JOM27
- Economic Geology27
- Environmental Toxicology27
- Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling27
- GPS Solutions27
119 Hydrological Processes26
- International Journal of Remote Sensing26
- Journal of Geochemical Exploration26
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal26
- Geomorphology26
- Earth Science Informatics26
- Annual Review of Marine Science26
- IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering26
- Biology and Fertility of Soils26
- Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications26
129 Journal of Soils and Sediments25
- Journal of Cultural Heritage25
- Progress in Oceanography25
- Surveys in Geophysics25
- ICES Journal of Marine Science25
- Advances in Climate Change Research25
- Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science25
136 Journal of African Earth Sciences24
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences24
- Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society24
- Journal of Applied Geophysics24
- Astrobiology24
- Tectonophysics24
142 Journal of Biogeography23
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America23
- Geo-Spatial Information Science23
- European Journal of Soil Science23
- Soil Use and Management23
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology23
- International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics23
- Lithosphere23
- Journal of Aerosol Science23
- Journal of Earth Science23
- Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology23
153 Journal of Structural Geology22
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms22
- Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems22
- Seismological Research Letters22
- Soils and Foundations22
- Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques22
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences22
- Journal of Geodesy22
- Earth Planets and Space22
- Precambrian Research22
- Structural Chemistry22
- Water Supply22
165 International Journal of Biometeorology21
- Journal of Applied Crystallography21
- Journal of Flood Risk Management21
- Pure and Applied Geophysics21
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing21
- Marine Ecology Progress Series21
- Marine Geology21
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences21
- Quaternary International21
174 Journal of South American Earth Sciences20
- International Journal of Sediment Research20
- Journal of Archaeological Science20
- Mineralium Deposita20
- Geological Society of America Bulletin20
- Geomicrobiology Journal20
- Sedimentary Geology20
- Soil Science Society of America Journal20
- Tectonics20
- Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management20
- Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review20
- Journal of Crystal Growth20
- American Mineralogist20
- Biogeochemistry20
188 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research19
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering19
- Geofluids19
- Journal of Petrology19
- Climate of the Past19
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences19
- Geological Journal19
- Ocean Science19
196 Journal of Sea Research18
- Continental Shelf Research18
- Ecohydrology18
- Basin Research18
- Geoheritage18
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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