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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Sustainability	57245
2	Science of the Total Environment	31717
3	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	30595
4	Remote Sensing	21583
5	Journal of Cleaner Production	17438
6	Water	15984
7	Chemosphere	13502
8	Journal of Environmental Management	13484
9	Journal of Hazardous Materials	13239
10	Environmental Research	9766
11	Environmental Pollution	8648
12	Environmental Science & Technology	8490
13	Atmosphere	7092
14	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	6611
15	Ecological Indicators	6328
16	Frontiers in Environmental Science	6085
17	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	6020
18	Water Research	5942
19	Marine Pollution Bulletin	5199
20	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	3945
21	Toxics	3722
22	Environmental Research Letters	3628
23	Environment International	3159
24	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	3088
25	Water Air and Soil Pollution	3086
26	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	2979
27	Water Resources Research	2623
28	Environmental Earth Sciences	2540
29	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2536
30	Energy & Environmental Science	2479
31	Communications Earth & Environment	2458
32	Resources Conservation and Recycling	2433
33	Global Change Biology	2348
34	Journal of Environmental Sciences	2236
35	Waste Management	2227
36	Atmospheric Environment	2144
37	Environmental Technology & Innovation	2136
38	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	2067
39	Land Degradation & Development	1912
40	Remote Sensing of Environment	1897
41	Energy Policy	1858
42	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	1759
43	Marine Environmental Research	1724
44	Waste and Biomass Valorization	1721
45	Applied Catalysis A-General	1717
46	Biological Conservation	1710
47	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	1683
48	Urban Climate	1583
49	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1529
50	Water Science and Technology	1518

51	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	1478
52	Environmental Science-Nano	1419
53	Environmental and Experimental Botany	1384
54	Environmental Research Communications	1286
55	Environmental Science & Policy	1276
56	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	1274
57	Nature Climate Change	1263
58	Environmental Technology	1247
59	Atmospheric Pollution Research	1240
60	Ecological Economics	1239
61	Earths Future	1233
62	Environmental Modelling & Software	1222
63	Water Supply	1208
64	Environmental Toxicology	1199
65	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	1161
66	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	1135
67	Ecological Engineering	1130
68	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	1114
69	Journal of Coastal Research	1105
70	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	1086
71	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	1070
72	Journal of Soils and Sediments	1056
73	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	1044
74	Journal of Mountain Science	1029
75	Environmental Health Perspectives	1025
76	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	1020
77	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	1007
78	Geocarto International	962
79	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	917
80	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	893
81	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	891
82	Nature Sustainability	870
83	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	861
84	Environment Development and Sustainability	859
85	Global Nest Journal	858
86	Biodiversity and Conservation	857
87	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	856
88	One Earth	855
89	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	836
90	International Journal of Biometeorology	824
91	Conservation Biology	817
92	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	815
93	Ecological Applications	795
94	Climatic Change	793
95	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	773
96	Water Environment Research	754
97	Environmental Management	741
98	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	732
99	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	725
100	Journal of Great Lakes Research	719
101	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	707
102	River Research and Applications	703
103	Lancet Planetary Health	698
104	Sustainability Science	696
105	Health Physics	668
106	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	659
107	International Journal of Phytoremediation	636
108	Journal of Arid Environments	631
109	Environmental Sciences Europe	627
-	Regional Environmental Change	627
111	Ambio	623
112	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	616
113	Estuaries and Coasts	613
114	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	609
-	Utilities Policy	609
116	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	600
117	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	592
118	Ecohydrology	568
119	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	565
120	Journal of Water and Health	560
121	Journal of Industrial Ecology	559
122	Waste Management & Research	558
123	Environmental Chemistry Letters	553
124	Journal of Aerosol Science	543
-	International Journal of Global Warming	543
126	Environmental Development	539
127	International Journal of Environmental Research	533
128	Environmental Microbiology Reports	525
129	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	513
130	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	510
131	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	508
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	508
133	Journal of Radiological Protection	507
134	Journal of Environmental Quality	502
135	Journal of Hydroinformatics	499
136	Wetlands	493
137	Ecotoxicology	490
138	Rangeland Ecology & Management	483
139	Journal of Flood Risk Management	446
140	Geohealth	445
141	Advances in Climate Change Research	433
142	Environmental Health	426
143	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	419
144	Ecosystem Services	415
145	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	413
146	Natural Resources Forum	409
147	Aquatic Sciences	399
148	Aerosol Science and Technology	398
149	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	391
150	Clean-Soil Air Water	386
151	npj Clean Water	380
152	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	375
153	Journal of Arid Land	372
154	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	371
155	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	366
156	Conservation Physiology	363
157	Environmental Engineering Research	356
158	Soil & Sediment Contamination	353
159	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	350
160	International Journal of Sediment Research	349
161	Climate Risk Management	345
162	Climate Services	330
163	Geomicrobiology Journal	328
164	Chinese Geographical Science	317
165	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	310
166	Ecological Processes	309
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	309
168	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	300
169	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	298
170	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	297
171	Vadose Zone Journal	296
172	Journal of Coastal Conservation	292
173	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	288
174	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	285
175	Bioenergy Research	282

176	Environmetrics	279
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	279
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	279
179	Arctic Science	277
180	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	274
181	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	273
182	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	272
183	Water and Environment Journal	271
184	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	269
185	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	261
186	Wetlands Ecology and Management	257
187	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	255
188	Water Research X	254
189	Journal of Elementology	252
190	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	250
191	Chemistry and Ecology	247
192	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	242
193	Biogeochemistry	236
-	Industrial Health	236
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	236
196	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	233
197	NanoImpact	232
198	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	218
199	Geobiology	216
200	Bioremediation Journal	213
201	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	208
202	Reviews on Environmental Health	206
203	Radioprotection	204
204	Antarctic Science	203
205	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	197
206	Environmental Reviews	193
207	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	192
208	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	191
209	Ozone-Science & Engineering	187
210	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	186
211	Current Pollution Reports	182
212	Carbon Management	171
213	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	169
214	Food and Environmental Virology	164
215	Arctic	163
216	Anthropocene	162
217	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	160
218	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	159
219	Environmental Conservation	158
220	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	156
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	156
-	Sustainable Environment Research	156
223	Aerobiologia	154
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	154
225	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	153
226	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	150
-	Environment	150
228	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	145
229	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	143
230	Environmental Forensics	133
-	Mountain Research and Development	133
232	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	132
233	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	131
-	Environmental Evidence	131
235	Carbon Balance and Management	130
-	Polar Record	130
237	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	129
238	Ecohealth	128
239	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	127
240	Environmental Chemistry	124
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	124
242	Natural Resource Modeling	120
243	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	119
244	Arid Land Research and Management	117
245	Anthropocene Review	115
246	Microbial Risk Analysis	110
247	Climate Research	109
248	Grundwasser	102
249	Coastal Management	95
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	95
251	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	91
252	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	86
253	Physical Geography	84
254	Water Resources and Economics	79
255	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	78
256	Biochar	75
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	75
258	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	72