Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

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

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Sustainability	56676
2	Science of the Total Environment	30622
3	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	27511
4	Remote Sensing	21038
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	16878
6	Water	15807
7	Journal of Hazardous Materials	13966
8	Journal of Environmental Management	13951
9	Chemosphere	12747
10	Environmental Research	10592
11	Environmental Science & Technology	8760
12	Environmental Pollution	8339
13	Atmosphere	6917
14	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	6487
15	Water Research	6469
16	Frontiers in Environmental Science	6055
17	Ecological Indicators	6020
18	Marine Pollution Bulletin	5335
19	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	4968
20	Toxics	3898
21	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	3720
22	Environmental Research Letters	3635
23	Water Air and Soil Pollution	3503
24	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	3147
25	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	3113
26	Environment International	3101
27	Communications Earth & Environment	2753
28	Water Resources Research	2639
29	Energy & Environmental Science	2617
30	Environmental Earth Sciences	2573
31	Journal of Environmental Sciences	2515
32	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2459
33	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2351
34	Global Change Biology	2335
35	Atmospheric Environment	2283
36	Waste Management	2263
37	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2203
38	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	2177
39	Land Degradation & Development	2020
40	Remote Sensing of Environment	1954
41	Energy Policy	1920
42	Marine Environmental Research	1908
43	Applied Catalysis A-General	1875
44	Biological Conservation	1852
45	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1795
46	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1789
47	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1776
48	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1701
49	Urban Climate	1660
50	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1508

51	Environmental Science-Nano	1500
52	Water Science and Technology	1441
53	Environmental Research Communications	1394
54	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1358
55	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1331
56	Earths Future	1278
57	Nature Climate Change	1270
58	Ecological Economics	1241
59	Environmental Science & Policy	1240
60	Environmental Modelling & Software	1228
61	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1227
62	Environmental Technology	1211
63	Environmental Toxicology	1184
64	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	1177
65	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1161
66	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1150
67	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	1146
68	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	1125
69	Water Supply	1104
70	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	1091
71	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1072
72	Ecological Engineering	1044
73	Journal of Mountain Science	1021
74	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1008
75	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	984
76	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	980
77	Environmental Health Perspectives	977
78	Geocarto International	941
79	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	916
80	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	909
81	Nature Sustainability	892
82	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	890
83	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	885
84	Global Nest Journal	882
85	Biodiversity and Conservation	878
86	Journal of Coastal Research	858
87	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	838
88	One Earth	836
89	Conservation Biology	825
90	International Journal of Biometeorology	821
91	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	819
92	Climatic Change	806
93	Ecological Applications	797
94	Water Environment Research	789
95	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	772
96	Environmental Management	771
97	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	756
98	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	751
99	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	742
100	Lancet Planetary Health	729
101	Environmental Sciences Europe	705
102	Sustainability Science	697
103	River Research and Applications	694
104	International Journal of Phytoremediation	678
105	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	674
106	Environment Development and Sustainability	657
-	Health Physics	657
108	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	653
109	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	647
110	Journal of Great Lakes Research	639
111	Ambio	637
112	Regional Environmental Change	623
113	Estuaries and Coasts	622
114	International Journal of Environmental Research	619
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	619
116	Journal of Arid Environments	603
117	Environmental Development	597
118	Utilities Policy	596
119	Journal of Aerosol Science	581
120	International Journal of Global Warming	579
121	Ecohydrology	571
122	Journal of Industrial Ecology	564
123	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	561
124	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	559
125	Environmental Microbiology Reports	548
126	Journal of Water and Health	546
127	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	537
128	Waste Management & Research	531
129	Environmental Chemistry Letters	527
130	Journal of Environmental Quality	521
131	Rangeland Ecology & Management	520
132	Journal of Environmental Engineering	502
133	Journal of Hydroinformatics	499
134	Ecotoxicology	498
135	Wetlands	495
136	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	492
137	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	485
138	Journal of Radiological Protection	466
139	Journal of Flood Risk Management	461
140	Geohealth	449
141	Environmental Health	441
142	Advances in Climate Change Research	440
143	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	430
144	Natural Resources Forum	415
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	415
146	Aerosol Science and Technology	408
147	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	404
148	Aquatic Sciences	403
149	Ecosystem Services	402
150	npj Clean Water	397
151	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	390
152	Conservation Physiology	383
153	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	380
154	Journal of Arid Land	373
155	Climate Risk Management	372
156	Soil & Sediment Contamination	368
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	368
158	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	354
159	International Journal of Sediment Research	349
160	Environmental Engineering Research	348
161	Climate Services	345
162	Geomicrobiology Journal	337
163	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	336
164	Water Research X	332
165	Journal of Coastal Conservation	326
166	Chinese Geographical Science	324
167	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	315
168	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	313
169	Ecological Processes	308
170	Vadose Zone Journal	307
171	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	299
172	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	296
173	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	295
174	Environmetrics	290
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	290

176	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	288
177	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	287
178	Arctic Science	283
179	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	282
180	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	281
181	Water and Environment Journal	278
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	278
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	278
184	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	275
185	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	262
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	262
187	Bioenergy Research	258
188	Wetlands Ecology and Management	255
189	Chemistry and Ecology	251
190	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	250
191	Journal of Elementology	249
192	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	245
193	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	244
194	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	239
195	NanoImpact	236
196	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	226
197	Industrial Health	214
198	Radioprotection	213
199	Bioremediation Journal	212
-	Geobiology	212
201	Biogeochemistry	211
202	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	209
203	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	207
204	Reviews on Environmental Health	206
205	Environmental Reviews	205
206	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	203
-	Antarctic Science	203
208	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	192
209	Ozone-Science & Engineering	189
210	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	188
211	Current Pollution Reports	184
212	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	183
213	Carbon Management	179
214	Carbon Balance and Management	174
215	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	168
216	Food and Environmental Virology	167
217	Anthropocene	166
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	166
219	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	163
220	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	161
221	Sustainable Environment Research	159
222	Aerobiologia	157
223	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	155
224	Journal of Paleolimnology	154
225	Environment	153
-	Arctic	153
227	Environmental Conservation	152
228	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	150
229	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	145
230	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	142
231	Polar Record	141
232	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	138
233	Environmental Forensics	137
234	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	135
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	135
236	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	131
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	131
238	Environmental Chemistry	127
239	Environmental Evidence	125
240	Mountain Research and Development	122
-	Natural Resource Modeling	122
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	122
243	Ecohealth	117
244	Arid Land Research and Management	115
245	Microbial Risk Analysis	113
246	Anthropocene Review	110
247	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	106
248	Climate Research	100
249	Grundwasser	99
250	Coastal Management	95
251	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	93
252	Physical Geography	89
253	Journal of Environmental Informatics	81
254	Water Resources and Economics	79
255	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	77
256	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	76
257	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	75
258	Biochar	72