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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	166
2	Energy & Environmental Science	146
-	Journal of Hazardous Materials	146
4	Journal of Cleaner Production	142
5	Chemosphere	137
6	Environmental Science & Technology	121
7	Sustainability	120
-	Journal of Environmental Management	120
9	Water Research	111
10	Environmental Research	110
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	101
12	Environmental Pollution	96
13	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	89
14	Remote Sensing	88
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	88
16	Environment International	86
17	Global Change Biology	85
-	Nature Sustainability	85
19	Ecological Indicators	84
20	Nature Climate Change	80
21	Remote Sensing of Environment	79
22	Environmental Chemistry Letters	78
23	Energy Policy	77
24	Water	73
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	73
26	Lancet Planetary Health	64
27	Waste Management	62
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	62
29	Communications Earth & Environment	59
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	59
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	59
32	Environmental Research Letters	56
-	One Earth	56
-	Urban Climate	56
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	56
36	Toxics	55
37	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	53
38	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	52
39	Earths Future	51
40	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	49
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	49
43	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
45	Water Resources Research	47
46	Environment Development and Sustainability	46
47	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	45
-	Environmental Science & Policy	45
-	Atmosphere	45
50	Environmental and Experimental Botany	44

51	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	42
52	Biological Conservation	41
53	Water Air and Soil Pollution	39
54	npj Clean Water	38
-	Atmospheric Environment	38
-	Ecological Engineering	38
57	Land Degradation & Development	37
-	Biochar	37
59	Environmental Sciences Europe	36
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	36
61	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Environmental Science-Nano	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
65	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	34
-	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	34
-	Sustainability Science	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
69	Utilities Policy	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	33
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	33
-	Geocarto International	33
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	33
-	Environmental Health	33
-	Ambio	33
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	33
78	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	32
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
81	Journal of Industrial Ecology	31
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	31
86	Waste Management & Research	30
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	30
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	30
-	Climatic Change	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	30
92	NanoImpact	29
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
95	Waste and Biomass Valorization	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	28
-	Environmental Development	28
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	28
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	28
101	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	27
-	Marine Environmental Research	27
-	Current Pollution Reports	27
105	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	Climate Risk Management	26
107	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	25
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	25
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	25
111	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	24
-	Bioenergy Research	24
113	Journal of Mountain Science	23
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	23
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	23
-	Environmental Research Communications	23
-	Geohealth	23
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	23
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	23
120	Reviews on Environmental Health	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Ecotoxicology	22
-	Environmental Management	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	Natural Resources Forum	22
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	22
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	22
-	Environmental Reviews	22
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	22
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	22
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	22
132	Journal of Water and Health	21
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	Climate Services	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
137	Environmental Technology	20
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	20
-	Biogeochemistry	20
-	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	20
-	Journal of Arid Land	20
143	Water Environment Research	19
-	Water Research X	19
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	19
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	19
151	Journal of Environmental Quality	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Environmental Evidence	18
156	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Anthropocene	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	17
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	17
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
164	River Research and Applications	16
-	Environmental Engineering Research	16
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	16
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	16
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	16
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Arctic Science	16
-	Carbon Balance and Management	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
175	Vadose Zone Journal	15

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