Environmental Sciences: 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	159
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	143
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	143
4	Chemosphere	134
-	Energy & Environmental Science	134
6	Journal of Environmental Management	125
7	Environmental Science & Technology	120
8	Sustainability	112
9	Water Research	111
10	Environmental Research	107
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	101
12	Environmental Pollution	100
13	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	95
14	Resources Conservation and Recycling	90
15	Environment International	89
16	Ecological Indicators	87
17	Remote Sensing	86
18	Nature Sustainability	84
19	Remote Sensing of Environment	83
20	Global Change Biology	82
21	Nature Climate Change	81
22	Energy Policy	80
23	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	73
24	Environmental Chemistry Letters	72
25	Water	68
26	Lancet Planetary Health	63
27	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	60
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	60
30	Waste Management	59
31	One Earth	56
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	56
33	Environmental Research Letters	55
-	Communications Earth & Environment	55
35	Urban Climate	54
36	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
-	Toxics	51
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	51
39	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	Earths Future	50
41	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
42	Ecological Economics	48
43	Environment Development and Sustainability	47
-	Environmental Science & Policy	47
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
46	Atmosphere	45
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	45
-	Water Resources Research	45
49	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	43
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	41

51	Environmental Modelling & Software	40
-	Biological Conservation	40
53	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	38
-	Ecological Engineering	38
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	38
56	Atmospheric Environment	36
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	36
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	36
59	Biochar	35
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	35
61	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
64	Ambio	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
-	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	npj Clean Water	33
68	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	32
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	Water Science and Technology	32
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	32
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	32
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	32
-	Climatic Change	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
79	Environmental Science-Nano	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
-	Environmental Health	31
-	Geocarto International	31
-	Utilities Policy	31
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	31
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
86	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	30
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	30
89	Ecological Applications	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	29
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	29
93	Environmental Development	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
-	Waste Management & Research	28
96	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	27
98	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	26
-	NanoImpact	26
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	26
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	26
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
103	Marine Environmental Research	25
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	25
-	Geohealth	25
-	Current Pollution Reports	25
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	25
-	Regional Environmental Change	25
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	25
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
111	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
-	Climate Risk Management	24
113	Bioenergy Research	23
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	23
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	23
118	Environmental Research Communications	22
-	Environmental Reviews	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	Water Research X	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Journal of Mountain Science	22
124	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	21
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	21
-	Journal of Water and Health	21
-	Journal of Arid Environments	21
130	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	20
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	20
-	Natural Resources Forum	20
-	Climate Services	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	20
-	Environmental Technology	20
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	20
-	Biogeochemistry	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	20
-	Environmental Management	20
143	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	Ecological Processes	19
-	Anthropocene	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Water Environment Research	19
150	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Journal of Arid Land	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	18
155	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	17
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	17
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	17
164	Carbon Balance and Management	16
-	Environmental Evidence	16
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	16
-	River Research and Applications	16
168	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Wetlands	15
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	15
-	Carbon Management	15
-	Conservation Physiology	15

-	Environmental Engineering Research	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	15
178	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	14
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	14
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	14
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	14
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	14
187	Food and Environmental Virology	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	13
-	Health Physics	13
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	13
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
-	Aquatic Sciences	13
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
197	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	12
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	12
-	Industrial Health	12
204	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	11
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	11
-	Water and Environment Journal	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	11
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	11
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	11
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	11
-	International Journal of Global Warming	11
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	11
216	Environmetrics	10
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Aerobiologia	10
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	10
-	Radioprotection	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
224	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	9
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Coastal Management	9
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	9
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	9
-	Polar Record	9
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	9
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	9
-	Environment	9
-	Environmental Chemistry	9
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	9
240	Natural Resource Modeling	8
241	Physical Geography	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Environmental Forensics	7
-	Arid Land Research and Management	7
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
249	Global Nest Journal	6
-	Grundwasser	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
252	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	5
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	5
254	Journal of Elementology	4
255	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	3
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
257	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	2
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2