New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar53.215
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters40.410
3 Energy & Environmental Science36.517
4 Nature Sustainability31.753
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.465
6 Lancet Planetary Health24.599
7 Remote Sensing of Environment22.996
8 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.562
9 Water Research21.213
10 Nature Climate Change21.106
11 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology21.029
12 Journal of Cleaner Production20.735
13 Energy Policy20.507
14 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology20.426
15 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.420
16 Journal of Hazardous Materials20.349
17 Environment International19.584
18 Chemosphere19.405
19 Environmental Science & Technology17.915
20 Global Change Biology17.799
21 Science of the Total Environment17.544
22 Environmental Science and Pollution Research17.170
23 Environmental Research15.789
24 Environmental Pollution15.722
25 One Earth14.967
26 Journal of Environmental Management14.651
27 Environment Development and Sustainability14.188
28 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews14.069
29 Ecosystem Services13.768
30 Ecological Indicators13.744
31 npj Clean Water13.698
32 International Soil and Water Conservation Research13.528
33 Environmental Technology & Innovation13.518
34 Waste Management13.411
35 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.747
36 Current Pollution Reports12.628
37 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.551
38 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability12.488
39 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions12.486
40 Environmental Science & Technology Letters12.332
41 Ecological Economics12.227
42 Urban Climate11.717
43 NanoImpact11.714
44 Earths Future11.536
45 Environmental Science & Policy11.308
46 Environmental Health Perspectives11.137
47 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.057
48 Environmental Health10.362
49 Bioenergy Research10.291
50 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water10.139
51 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.811
52 Environmental and Experimental Botany9.778
53 Environmental Sciences Europe9.642
54 Environmental Evidence9.632
55 Communications Earth & Environment9.617
56 Sustainable Environment Research9.592
57 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering9.424
58 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health9.417
59 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.357
60 Biogeochemistry9.267
61 Water Resources Research9.006
62 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.933
63 Utilities Policy8.868
64 Ecological Applications8.811
65 Ambio8.788
66 Environmental Research Letters8.738
67 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.563
68 Ecological Engineering8.561
69 Environmental Reviews8.435
70 Sustainability Science8.434
71 Environmental Modelling & Software8.289
72 Remote Sensing8.285
73 Water Research X8.254
74 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.047
75 Biological Conservation8.036
76 Advances in Climate Change Research8.017
77 Climatic Change7.973
78 Sustainability7.862
79 Journal of Industrial Ecology7.749
80 Geocarto International7.734
81 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.589
82 Reviews on Environmental Health7.559
83 Climate Risk Management7.528
84 Frontiers in Environmental Science7.406
85 Anthropocene7.400
86 Environmental Development7.391
87 Toxics7.353
88 Atmospheric Environment7.259
89 Waste Management & Research7.237
90 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment7.233
91 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.105
92 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene6.845
93 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment6.830
94 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy6.735
95 Ecological Processes6.713
96 Applied Catalysis A-General6.692
97 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.550
98 Conservation Biology6.484
99 Geohealth6.289
100 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.250
101 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.229
102 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.195
103 Environmental Toxicology6.186
104 Regional Environmental Change6.157
105 Carbon Balance and Management6.120
106 Journal of Aerosol Science5.995
107 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.917
108 International Journal of Sediment Research5.848
109 Chinese Geographical Science5.824
110 Water Science and Technology5.810
111 Water5.808
112 Environmental Science-Nano5.740
113 Climate Services5.718
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy5.718
115 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.644
116 Land Degradation & Development5.633
117 Journal of Great Lakes Research5.529
118 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology5.450
119 Anthropocene Review5.431
120 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability5.387
121 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.384
122 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management5.365
123 Journal of Arid Land5.253
124 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.229
125 Environmental Earth Sciences5.213
126 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research5.175
127 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.159
128 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change5.102
129 Carbon Management5.098
130 Water Resources and Economics5.041
131 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.976
132 Atmosphere4.912
133 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition4.895
134 Journal of Arid Environments4.878
135 Biodiversity and Conservation4.876
136 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.854
137 Food and Environmental Virology4.741
138 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.725
139 Geomicrobiology Journal4.705
140 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.652
141 International Journal of Environmental Research4.639
142 Environmental Management4.561
143 International Journal of Biometeorology4.550
144 Journal of Water and Health4.526
145 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.518
146 Aerosol and Air Quality Research4.510
147 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.473
148 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.461
149 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.454
150 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.439
151 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.430
152 Ecotoxicology4.382
153 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment4.351
154 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.328
155 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.314
156 Environmental Engineering Research4.301
157 Marine Environmental Research4.252
158 Geobiology4.235
159 Journal of Mountain Science4.231
160 Arctic Science4.186
161 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.154
162 Water Supply4.130
163 Environmental Conservation4.083
164 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.081
165 Journal of Hydroinformatics4.036
166 Natural Resources Forum4.025
167 Ecohealth4.000
168 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts3.990
169 Waste and Biomass Valorization3.927
170 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management3.884
171 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.869
172 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues3.867
173 Chemistry and Ecology3.832
174 Conservation Physiology3.743
175 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.733
176 Journal of Environmental Quality3.698
177 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.693
178 Estuaries and Coasts3.667
179 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.654
180 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.597
181 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.554
182 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.541
183 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.538
184 Vadose Zone Journal3.529
185 Aerosol Science and Technology3.499
186 Aerobiologia3.448
187 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.397
188 Wetlands3.371
189 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.366
190 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.364
191 Water Environment Research3.361
- Microbial Risk Analysis3.361
193 Journal of Radiological Protection3.331
194 Environmental Research Communications3.329
195 Agricultural & Environmental Letters3.320
196 Ecohydrology3.298
197 Climate Research3.144
198 Environmental Chemistry3.128
199 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.101
200 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition3.089
201 River Research and Applications3.078
202 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.049
203 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.027
204 Aquatic Sciences2.972
205 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.968
- Coastal Management2.968
207 Environmental Technology2.946
208 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.871
209 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis2.845
210 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.784
211 Mountain Research and Development2.750
212 Water and Environment Journal2.746
213 Journal of Paleolimnology2.734
214 Industrial Health2.611
215 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.600
216 Radioprotection2.527
217 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.523
218 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.521
219 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.494
220 Arid Land Research and Management2.456
221 Natural Resource Modeling2.443
222 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.432
223 Antarctic Science2.373
224 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.354
225 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.282
226 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.212
227 Environmetrics2.201
228 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.182
229 Environmental Forensics2.179
230 Polar Record2.178
231 Bioremediation Journal2.078
232 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.054
233 Physical Geography2.012
234 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.950
235 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1.824
236 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.805
237 Environment1.753
238 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.748
239 Journal of Environmental Informatics1.707
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.632
241 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.545
242 Arctic1.534
243 Grundwasser1.529
244 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.431
245 Health Physics1.295
246 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.181
247 International Journal of Global Warming1.077
248 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.000
249 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.925
250 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0.871
251 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.825
252 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0.687
253 Journal of Coastal Research0.664
254 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.430
255 Journal of Elementology0.418
256 Global Nest Journal0.408
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.180
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.057
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