Environmental Sciences: 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Biochar	63
2	Environmental Chemistry Letters	55
3	Energy & Environmental Science	52
4	Nature Sustainability	36
5	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
6	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	31
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	31
8	Water Research	29
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	29
10	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
11	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
12	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
13	Journal of Hazardous Materials	24
14	Science of the Total Environment	23
-	npj Clean Water	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Environmental Science & Technology	23
-	Chemosphere	23
-	Global Change Biology	23
20	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Environment International	22
23	Environment Development and Sustainability	21
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	21
25	Current Pollution Reports	20
-	One Earth	20
-	Environmental Research	20
-	Ecological Indicators	20
29	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Waste Management	19
-	Environmental Pollution	19
32	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Journal of Environmental Management	18
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	18
35	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Urban Climate	17
38	Environmental Health	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	16
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	16
-	Earths Future	16
42	Journal of Environmental Sciences	15
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	15
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	15
-	Environmental Science & Policy	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
47	Environmental and Experimental Botany	14
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	14
-	Biogeochemistry	14
50	Water Resources Research	13

-	Bioenergy Research	13
-	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	13
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	13
-	Sustainable Environment Research	13
-	NanoImpact	13
-	Communications Earth & Environment	13
57	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	12
-	Ecological Applications	12
-	Sustainability Science	12
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	12
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	12
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	12
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	12
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	12
65	Sustainability	11
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	11
-	Remote Sensing	11
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	11
69	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	10
-	Environmental Development	10
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	10
-	Environmental Reviews	10
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	10
-	Ambio	10
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	10
-	Biological Conservation	10
-	Ecological Engineering	10
-	Toxics	10
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	10
-	Environmental Research Letters	10
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	10
-	Geocarto International	10
83	Utilities Policy	9
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	9
-	Environmental Evidence	9
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	9
-	Atmospheric Environment	9
-	Conservation Biology	9
-	Ecological Processes	9
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	9
-	Environmental Toxicology	9
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	9
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	9
-	Climate Risk Management	9
-	Climatic Change	9
96	Waste Management & Research	8
-	Regional Environmental Change	8
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	8
-	Anthropocene Review	8
-	Geohealth	8
-	Climate Services	8
-	Ecohealth	8
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	8
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	8
-	Water	8
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	8
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	8
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	8
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	8
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	8
-	Land Degradation & Development	8
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	8
-	Chinese Geographical Science	8
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	8
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	8
116	Environmental Science-Nano	7
-	Food and Environmental Virology	7
-	Geobiology	7
-	Atmosphere	7
-	Carbon Balance and Management	7
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	7
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	7
-	Journal of Arid Land	7
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	7
-	Water Resources and Economics	7
-	Water Science and Technology	7
-	Natural Resources Forum	7
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	7
-	Environmental Engineering Research	7
-	Anthropocene	7
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	7
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	7
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	7
135	Waste and Biomass Valorization	6
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	6
-	Water Supply	6
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	6
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	6
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	6
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	6
-	Marine Environmental Research	6
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	6
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	6
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	6
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	6
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	6
-	Environmental Conservation	6
-	Journal of Mountain Science	6
-	Environmental Management	6
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	6
-	Journal of Water and Health	6
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	6
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	Chemistry and Ecology	6
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	6
157	Water Environment Research	5
-	Water Research X	5
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	5
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	5
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	5
-	Environmental Research Communications	5
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	5
-	Arctic Science	5
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	5
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	5
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	5
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	5
-	Vadose Zone Journal	5
-	Wetlands	5
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	5
-	Environmental Chemistry	5
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	5
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	5
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	5

-	Aerobiologia	5
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	5
-	Estuaries and Coasts	5
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	5
-	Aquatic Sciences	5
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	5
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	5
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	5
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	5
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	5
-	Conservation Physiology	5
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	5
-	Journal of Arid Environments	5
-	Ecotoxicology	5
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	5
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	5
192	Soil & Sediment Contamination	4
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	4
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	4
-	River Research and Applications	4
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	4
-	Environmental Forensics	4
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	4
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	4
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	4
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	4
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	4
-	Climate Research	4
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	4
-	Water and Environment Journal	4
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	4
-	Environmental Technology	4
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	4
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	4
-	Arid Land Research and Management	4
-	Carbon Management	4
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	4
-	Ecohydrology	4
214	Mountain Research and Development	3
-	Natural Resource Modeling	3
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	3
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	3
-	Radioprotection	3
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	3
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	3
-	Antarctic Science	3
-	Environmetrics	3
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	3
-	Coastal Management	3
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	3
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	3
-	Physical Geography	3
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	3
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	3
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	3
-	Bioremediation Journal	3
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	3
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	3
234	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	2
-	Polar Record	2
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	2
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	2
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	2
-	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	2
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	2
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	2
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	2
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	2
-	Industrial Health	2
246	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	1
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1
-	Arctic	1
-	Health Physics	1
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	1
-	Global Nest Journal	1
-	Grundwasser	1
-	International Journal of Global Warming	1
-	Journal of Coastal Research	1
-	Journal of Elementology	1
256	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	0
-	Environment	0
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	0