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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	163
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	142
3	Energy & Environmental Science	140
4	Sustainability	132
5	Journal of Hazardous Materials	129
6	Journal of Environmental Management	125
7	Environmental Science & Technology	119
8	Water Research	115
9	Chemosphere	112
10	Environmental Research	111
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	99
12	Environmental Pollution	95
13	Nature Sustainability	93
14	Remote Sensing	89
15	Ecological Indicators	86
16	Global Change Biology	85
17	Nature Climate Change	84
18	Resources Conservation and Recycling	83
19	Environment International	81
20	Remote Sensing of Environment	79
21	Water	78
22	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	77
23	Environmental Chemistry Letters	76
24	Communications Earth & Environment	70
25	Energy Policy	68
26	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
27	Journal of Environmental Sciences	61
-	Toxics	61
29	Environmental Technology & Innovation	60
30	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	59
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	59
32	One Earth	58
-	Urban Climate	58
-	Waste Management	58
35	Lancet Planetary Health	57
36	Earths Future	56
37	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	53
-	Water Resources Research	53
39	Environmental Research Letters	50
40	Ecological Economics	49
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	49
-	Environmental Science & Policy	49
44	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	48
45	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	47
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	46
47	Atmosphere	45
48	Environmental and Experimental Botany	44
-	npj Clean Water	44
-	Biological Conservation	44

51	Environmental Sciences Europe	43
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	43
53	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	41
-	Atmospheric Environment	41
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	41
56	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	39
57	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
58	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	36
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	36
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	36
63	Land Degradation & Development	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
65	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	34
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	34
-	Conservation Biology	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
-	Environmental Development	34
-	Environmental Health	34
-	Environmental Science-Nano	34
72	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	33
-	Utilities Policy	33
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Sustainability Science	33
78	Journal of Industrial Ecology	32
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	32
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	32
82	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	31
-	Current Pollution Reports	31
85	Climatic Change	30
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	30
-	Environmental Toxicology	30
-	Waste Management & Research	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	30
94	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	29
-	Marine Environmental Research	29
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	29
97	Waste and Biomass Valorization	28
-	Natural Resources Forum	28
99	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	27
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
-	Geocarto International	27
-	Regional Environmental Change	27
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	27
104	Climate Risk Management	26
-	Environmental Research Communications	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
107	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	25
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	25
-	Geohealth	25
-	NanoImpact	25
112	Environmental Management	24
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	24
-	Environmental Reviews	24
115	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	23
-	Journal of Mountain Science	23
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	23
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	23
-	Water Supply	23
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	23
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	23
122	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
-	Water Environment Research	22
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	22
-	Climate Services	22
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	22
-	Ecological Processes	22
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	22
129	Journal of Arid Environments	21
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	21
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	21
132	International Journal of Environmental Research	20
-	Chinese Geographical Science	20
-	Journal of Water and Health	20
-	Water Research X	20
-	Carbon Balance and Management	20
-	Journal of Arid Land	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	20
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	20
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	20
-	Bioenergy Research	20
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	20
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	20
145	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	19
-	Environmental Technology	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	19
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	19
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	19
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	19
-	Biochar	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
156	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
-	Environmental Engineering Research	18
-	Estuaries and Coasts	18
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Environmental Evidence	18
-	Wetlands	18
164	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	17
-	Anthropocene	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	River Research and Applications	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Arctic Science	17
172	Aquatic Sciences	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
175	Chemistry and Ecology	15

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