New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

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 Science of the Total Environment161
2 Journal of Hazardous Materials149
3 Journal of Cleaner Production143
4 Chemosphere134
5 Energy & Environmental Science126
6 Journal of Environmental Management124
7 Environmental Science & Technology118
8 Water Research112
9 Environmental Research104
10 Environmental Pollution100
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health100
12 Environmental Science and Pollution Research98
13 Resources Conservation and Recycling90
14 Environment International88
15 Ecological Indicators86
16 Global Change Biology82
17 Remote Sensing of Environment81
18 Nature Climate Change80
19 Energy Policy78
20 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety72
- Environmental Chemistry Letters72
22 Marine Pollution Bulletin62
23 Waste Management58
24 Environmental Research Letters57
25 Journal of Environmental Sciences55
26 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions53
27 Environment Development and Sustainability52
28 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment51
29 Environmental Health Perspectives50
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics50
31 Ecological Economics49
32 Environmental Science & Policy46
- Water Resources Research46
34 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology43
35 Environmental and Experimental Botany41
36 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment40
37 Environmental Modelling & Software39
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology39
- Biological Conservation39
40 Water Air and Soil Pollution37
41 Atmospheric Environment36
- Ecological Engineering36
- Applied Catalysis A-General36
44 Climatic Change34
- Land Degradation & Development34
46 Sustainability Science33
- Environmental Earth Sciences33
48 Conservation Biology32
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition32
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology32
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment32
52 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability31
- Journal of Industrial Ecology31
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology31
- Ambio31
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment31
- Ecological Applications31
- Geocarto International31
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles31
60 Utilities Policy30
- Waste Management & Research30
- Water Science and Technology30
- Environmental Health30
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment30
65 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy29
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health29
- Atmospheric Pollution Research29
68 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology28
69 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology27
- Environmental Toxicology27
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation27
72 Marine Environmental Research26
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry26
- Waste and Biomass Valorization26
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management26
- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry26
77 Journal of Soils and Sediments25
- Journal of Great Lakes Research25
- Advances in Climate Change Research25
80 Biodiversity and Conservation24
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology24
- Regional Environmental Change24
83 Journal of Aerosol Science23
84 Journal of Mountain Science22
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management22
- Bioenergy Research22
- Water Supply22
88 Journal of Flood Risk Management21
- Environmental Reviews21
- Environmental Technology21
- International Journal of Biometeorology21
- International Journal of Phytoremediation21
- Journal of Arid Environments21
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing21
- Environmental Management21
96 Chinese Geographical Science20
- Journal of Water and Health20
- Rangeland Ecology & Management20
- Geomicrobiology Journal20
- Biogeochemistry20
- Ecotoxicology20
- Natural Resources Forum20
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy20
- Air Quality Atmosphere and Health20
- International Journal of Sediment Research20
106 Reviews on Environmental Health19
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences19
108 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity18
- Ecohydrology18
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies18
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research18
- Journal of Arid Land18
- Journal of Environmental Quality18
- Water Environment Research18
115 Environmental Microbiology Reports17
- Estuaries and Coasts17
- International Journal of Environmental Research17
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems17
119 Journal of Hydroinformatics16
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association16
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change16
- Aerosol Science and Technology16
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research16
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews16
- Carbon Balance and Management16
126 River Research and Applications15
- Food and Environmental Virology15
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology15
- Carbon Management15
- Journal of Radiological Protection15
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment15
132 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues14
- Wetlands14
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering14
- Environmental Engineering Research14
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment14
- Vadose Zone Journal14
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment14
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing14
140 Environmental Conservation13
- Geobiology13
- Chemistry and Ecology13
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering13
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics13
- Journal of Coastal Conservation13
- Journal of Environmental Engineering13
147 Environmental Fluid Mechanics12
- Health Physics12
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research12
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis12
- SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research12
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition12
- Industrial Health12
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine12
- Aquatic Sciences12
156 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes11
- Water and Environment Journal11
- Ecohealth11
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene11
- Mountain Research and Development11
- International Journal of Global Warming11
162 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal10
- Soil & Sediment Contamination10
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society10
- Aerobiologia10
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife10
- Bioremediation Journal10
- Ozone-Science & Engineering10
- Radioprotection10
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology10
- Wetlands Ecology and Management10
172 Journal of Paleolimnology9
- Environmental Chemistry9
- Natural Resource Modeling9
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry9
- Environmetrics9
- Antarctic Science9
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research9
- Clean-Soil Air Water9
- Climate Research9
- Coastal Management9
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics9
- Polar Record9
- African Journal of Range & Forage Science9
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health9
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research9
187 Environment8
- Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management8
- Arid Land Research and Management8
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics8
- Journal of Coastal Research8
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management8
193 Physical Geography7
- Arctic7
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies7
- Environmental Forensics7
197 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry6
- Grundwasser6
199 Global Nest Journal5
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental5
- Journal of Environmental Informatics5
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences5
203 Journal of Elementology3
- Journal of Environmental Science and Management3
205 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft2
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement2
207 International Journal of Environment and Pollution1
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