Geosciences: Journal Rankings

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 2019-05-01 to 2023-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Water Research	115
2	Remote Sensing of Environment	92
3	Remote Sensing	87
4	Geophysical Research Letters	76
5	IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing	74
6	Nature Geoscience	70
7	Earth-Science Reviews	69
-	Nature Climate Change	69
-	Journal of Hydrology	69
10	Earth and Planetary Science Letters	67
11	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	65
12	Desalination	62
13	Geoderma	61
14	Environmental Research Letters	59
15	Atmospheric Environment	58
16	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	57
17	Quaternary Science Reviews	56
18	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	54
-	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	54
-	CATENA	54
21	Water	52
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	52
23	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	51
24	Agricultural Water Management	50
-	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	50
-	Climate Dynamics	50
-	Ocean Engineering	50
-	Journal of Climate	50
29	International Journal of Climatology	49
-	Water Resources Research	49
-	Marine and Petroleum Geology	49
32	Soil & Tillage Research	48
-	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta	48
34	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	46
-	Geology	46
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	46
37	Gondwana Research	45
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	45
-	Global and Planetary Change	45
40	Precambrian Research	44
-	ICES Journal of Marine Science	44
-	Engineering Geology	44
-	Applied Clay Science	44
44	Chemical Geology	43
-	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters	43
-	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences	43
47	Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth	42
-	Tectonophysics	42
-	Climatic Change	42
-	Atmospheric Research	42

51	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	41
-	Geomorphology	41
-	Geoscientific Model Development	41
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans	41
55	Computers and Geotechnics	40
-	Quaternary International	40
-	Crystal Growth & Design	40
-	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	40
-	Journal of Water Process Engineering	40
-	Theoretical and Applied Climatology	40
-	Plant and Soil	40
-	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	40
63	Minerals Engineering	39
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	39
-	Applied Soil Ecology	39
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
-	Cryosphere	39
-	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	39
-	International Journal of Remote Sensing	39
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	39
71	Journal of Biogeography	38
-	Quaternary Research	38
-	Landslides	38
-	International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction	38
-	Limnology and Oceanography	38
-	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	38
77	Tectonics	37
-	Geophysical Journal International	37
-	CrystEngComm	37
80	Holocene	36
-	International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation	36
-	Lithos	36
-	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information	36
84	Ore Geology Reviews	35
-	Marine Geology	35
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
-	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems	35
-	Applied Water Science	35
-	Earths Future	35
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	35
-	Advances in Water Resources	35
-	Polyhedron	35
-	Earth System Science Data	35
95	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	34
-	Natural Hazards	34
-	Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems	34
-	Geoscience Frontiers	34
-	Acta Geotechnica	34
-	International Journal of Coal Geology	34
-	Geophysics	34
-	Atmosphere	34
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	34
104	Advances in Space Research	33
-	Natural Resources Research	33
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	33
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	33
-	Ocean & Coastal Management	33
109	Landscape Ecology	32
-	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	32
-	Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science	32
-	Water Resources Management	32
-	Journal of Geodesy	32
114	Surveys in Geophysics	31
-	Journal of Geochemical Exploration	31
-	Frontiers in Earth Science	31
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	31
-	Minerals	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
120	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	30
-	Journal of Coastal Research	30
-	Seismological Research Letters	30
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	30
-	JOM	30
-	Crystals	30
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	30
128	Cold Regions Science and Technology	29
-	Biology and Fertility of Soils	29
-	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	29
-	Climate of the Past	29
-	Geocarto International	29
133	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society	28
-	Computers & Geosciences	28
-	Geotechnique	28
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	28
-	Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques	28
-	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	28
-	Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers	28
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	28
-	Urban Climate	28
-	Applied Ocean Research	28
-	Geological Society of America Bulletin	28
-	Journal of Structural Geology	28
-	GPS Solutions	28
-	Pure and Applied Geophysics	28
-	Geothermics	28
148	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	27
-	ACS Earth and Space Chemistry	27
-	Journal of Geographical Sciences	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets	27
-	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	27
-	Journal of Archaeological Science	27
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	27
-	Journal of Physical Oceanography	27
-	Mineralium Deposita	27
-	Reviews of Geophysics	27
-	Hydrological Processes	27
-	Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography	27
-	IUCrJ	27
-	Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology	27
163	Organic Geochemistry	26
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	26
-	International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics	26
-	Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering	26
-	Progress in Oceanography	26
-	AAPG Bulletin	26
-	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	26
-	Applied Geochemistry	26
-	Environmental Toxicology	26
-	Journal of Hydrometeorology	26
-	International Journal of Mining Science and Technology	26
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface	26
-	Earth and Space Science	26

176	Journal of Quaternary Science	25
-	Continental Shelf Research	25
-	Oceanography	25
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	25
-	Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics	25
-	Journal of Crystal Growth	25
-	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	25
-	International Journal of Geomechanics	25
184	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	24
-	Drones	24
-	Journal of Marine Systems	24
-	Water Environment Research	24
-	Journal of Marine Science and Engineering	24
-	Sedimentology	24
-	Journal of Glaciology	24
-	Advances in Atmospheric Sciences	24
-	Monthly Weather Review	24
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	24
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	24
-	Space Weather-The International Journal of Research and Applications	24
-	GIScience & Remote Sensing	24
197	Biogeochemistry	23
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	23
-	Exposure and Health	23
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	23

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