New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Sustainability55090
2 Science of the Total Environment26501
3 Remote Sensing19892
4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19495
5 Journal of Cleaner Production16505
6 Water15262
7 Journal of Environmental Management14827
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials13820
9 Environmental Research10795
10 Chemosphere10225
11 Environmental Science & Technology9519
12 Environmental Pollution8250
13 Water Research6686
14 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6681
15 Atmosphere6482
16 Ecological Indicators6135
17 Marine Pollution Bulletin5491
18 Frontiers in Environmental Science5474
19 Toxics4095
20 Water Air and Soil Pollution3975
21 Environmental Research Letters3656
22 Communications Earth & Environment3352
23 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3151
24 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3142
25 Environment International3044
26 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2915
27 Journal of Environmental Sciences2760
28 Water Resources Research2732
29 Energy & Environmental Science2541
30 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2512
31 Global Change Biology2386
32 Environmental Technology & Innovation2331
33 Resources Conservation and Recycling2330
34 Atmospheric Environment2287
35 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2286
36 Waste Management2261
37 Land Degradation & Development2242
38 Marine Environmental Research2220
39 Environmental Earth Sciences2198
40 Environmental Geochemistry and Health2047
41 Remote Sensing of Environment1973
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1973
43 Energy Policy1968
44 Applied Catalysis A-General1961
45 Biological Conservation1938
46 Waste and Biomass Valorization1850
47 Urban Climate1814
48 Environmental Research Communications1750
49 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1678
50 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy1601
51 Earths Future1368
52 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1345
53 Environmental Science-Nano1337
54 Water Science and Technology1336
- Atmospheric Pollution Research1336
56 Environmental Modelling & Software1285
57 Nature Climate Change1279
58 Environmental and Experimental Botany1259
59 Ecological Economics1227
60 Environmental Science & Policy1213
61 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1199
62 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1198
63 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management1194
64 Journal of Soils and Sediments1191
65 Environmental Toxicology1175
66 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy1172
67 Journal of Mountain Science1097
68 Environmental Technology1096
69 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1080
70 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry1054
71 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology1047
72 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment1045
73 Ecological Engineering1018
74 Environmental Science & Technology Letters975
75 Nature Sustainability965
- Global Nest Journal965
77 Biodiversity and Conservation963
78 Water Environment Research962
79 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology959
80 Water Supply945
81 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts941
82 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity937
83 International Journal of Biometeorology934
84 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing933
85 International Journal of Environmental Health Research915
86 Conservation Biology899
87 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems888
88 Environmental Management860
89 Journal of Coastal Research856
90 Environmental Health Perspectives847
91 Climatic Change831
92 One Earth822
93 Environmental Sciences Europe821
94 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health815
95 Geocarto International763
96 International Journal of Phytoremediation751
97 International Journal of Environmental Research750
98 Ecological Applications736
99 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology734
100 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing729
101 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal718
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management718
103 Lancet Planetary Health712
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology712
105 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation706
106 Journal of Arid Environments705
107 Regional Environmental Change690
108 Ambio686
109 Health Physics685
110 Utilities Policy683
111 Estuaries and Coasts682
112 Sustainability Science675
113 Journal of Great Lakes Research670
114 River Research and Applications667
- Environmental Development667
116 Environmental Science and Pollution Research665
117 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment634
118 Environmental Microbiology Reports630
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles630
120 Journal of Industrial Ecology628
121 Ecohydrology608
122 Waste Management & Research574
123 Journal of Aerosol Science568
124 International Journal of Global Warming560
125 Ecotoxicology557
126 Journal of Water and Health547
127 Journal of Environmental Quality542
128 Wetlands527
129 Clean-Soil Air Water526
130 Rangeland Ecology & Management513
131 Geohealth510
132 Journal of Environmental Engineering508
- Advances in Climate Change Research508
134 Journal of Hydroinformatics496
135 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology489
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering489
137 Journal of Flood Risk Management482
138 Aquatic Sciences467
139 Journal of Radiological Protection460
140 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine451
141 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment446
142 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions442
143 Natural Resources Forum441
144 Environmental Health439
145 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions437
146 Environmental Chemistry Letters435
147 Ecosystem Services433
148 npj Clean Water430
149 Aerosol and Air Quality Research427
150 Aerosol Science and Technology418
151 Soil & Sediment Contamination400
- Water Research X400
153 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering391
154 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene390
155 Journal of Arid Land384
- Climate Services384
157 Journal of Coastal Conservation361
158 Conservation Physiology359
159 Chinese Geographical Science351
160 International Journal of Sediment Research346
161 Climate Risk Management342
162 International Soil and Water Conservation Research340
163 Ecological Processes335
164 Environmental Engineering Research334
165 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene328
166 Vadose Zone Journal326
167 Environmetrics324
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change324
169 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability323
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering323
171 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences318
172 Geomicrobiology Journal317
173 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society311
174 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability309
175 Environmental Modeling & Assessment306
176 Arctic Science305
177 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues302
178 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes298
179 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology294
180 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association293
181 Wetlands Ecology and Management285
182 Water and Environment Journal281
183 Carbon Balance and Management275
184 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water274
185 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology263
186 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology262
187 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics251
188 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis247
189 Chemistry and Ecology246
190 Journal of Elementology244
191 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft241
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment241
193 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition240
194 Bioremediation Journal229
195 Environmental Reviews226
196 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability219
197 NanoImpact218
198 Industrial Health215
199 Environmental Fluid Mechanics211
200 Radioprotection208
201 Environmental and Ecological Statistics207
202 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research205
203 Antarctic Science204
204 Current Pollution Reports201
205 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research198
206 Geobiology195
207 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment194
208 Anthropocene190
209 Ozone-Science & Engineering189
210 Reviews on Environmental Health187
211 Aerobiologia185
212 Human Dimensions of Wildlife184
213 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering179
214 Food and Environmental Virology174
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies174
216 International Journal of Environment and Pollution167
217 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences165
218 Carbon Management163
219 Environment162
220 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology161
221 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management157
222 Environmental Forensics150
223 Sustainable Environment Research148
- Environmental Conservation148
225 Journal of Paleolimnology145
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters145
227 Arctic141
228 African Journal of Range & Forage Science136
229 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry134
- Environment Development and Sustainability134
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health134
232 Biogeochemistry133
233 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry130
234 Bioenergy Research127
235 Natural Resource Modeling126
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management126
237 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental125
238 Microbial Risk Analysis123
239 Polar Record122
240 Mountain Research and Development121
241 Anthropocene Review120
- Environmental Chemistry120
243 Arid Land Research and Management116
244 Environmental Evidence111
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology111
246 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research109
247 Coastal Management101
248 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics100
249 Physical Geography98
250 Grundwasser97
251 Journal of Environmental Science and Management86
252 Ecohealth82
253 Journal of Environmental Informatics81
254 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews80
255 Climate Research70
256 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement67
257 Water Resources and Economics62
258 Biochar25
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