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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	164
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	140
-	Energy & Environmental Science	140
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	140
5	Chemosphere	135
6	Journal of Environmental Management	126
7	Environmental Science & Technology	122
8	Sustainability	117
9	Water Research	108
10	Environmental Research	107
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	102
12	Environmental Pollution	101
13	Resources Conservation and Recycling	92
14	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	91
15	Environment International	90
16	Nature Sustainability	86
-	Ecological Indicators	86
18	Remote Sensing	85
19	Global Change Biology	83
20	Nature Climate Change	81
21	Remote Sensing of Environment	80
22	Energy Policy	77
23	Environmental Chemistry Letters	74
24	Water	71
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	71
26	Lancet Planetary Health	63
27	Waste Management	62
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	62
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
30	Marine Pollution Bulletin	60
31	Journal of Environmental Sciences	57
32	Environmental Research Letters	56
-	Communications Earth & Environment	56
34	Urban Climate	55
-	One Earth	55
36	Toxics	53
37	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	52
38	Earths Future	51
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	51
40	Ecological Economics	49
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
42	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
43	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	47
45	Environment Development and Sustainability	46
-	Water Resources Research	46
-	Environmental Science & Policy	46
48	Atmosphere	44
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	44
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	43

51	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	41
52	Ecological Engineering	40
-	Biological Conservation	40
54	Atmospheric Environment	37
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	37
56	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
57	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
-	Biochar	35
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	35
-	npj Clean Water	35
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	35
62	Conservation Biology	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Environmental Science-Nano	34
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	34
-	Land Degradation & Development	34
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	34
68	Sustainability Science	33
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
72	Water Science and Technology	32
-	Environmental Health	32
-	Ambio	32
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	32
-	Utilities Policy	32
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	32
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	32
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	32
-	Geocarto International	32
-	Climatic Change	32
82	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	31
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	31
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
86	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	30
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	30
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	30
90	Ecological Applications	29
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	29
-	Waste Management & Research	29
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	29
94	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
97	NanoImpact	27
-	Environmental Development	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	27
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	27
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	27
103	Current Pollution Reports	26
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
-	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
108	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
-	Climate Risk Management	25
110	Bioenergy Research	24
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
113	Environmental Research Communications	23
-	Geohealth	23
-	Journal of Mountain Science	23
116	Journal of Aerosol Science	22
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	22
-	Environmental Reviews	22
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	22
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	22
-	Climate Services	22
-	Water Research X	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Environmental Management	22
-	Journal of Water and Health	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	22
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	22
129	Natural Resources Forum	21
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	21
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	21
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	21
-	Ecotoxicology	21
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	21
135	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	20
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
140	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	Journal of Arid Land	19
-	Ecological Processes	19
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	19
-	Water Environment Research	19
-	Journal of Arid Environments	19
-	Environmental Technology	19
-	Anthropocene	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
149	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
-	Chinese Geographical Science	18
154	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	17
-	Environmental Evidence	17
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	17
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	River Research and Applications	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
166	Wetlands	16
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	16
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
-	Environmental Engineering Research	16
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
173	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Carbon Balance and Management	15

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