Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. 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	TQCC
1	Biochar	57
2	Energy & Environmental Science	51
3	Environmental Chemistry Letters	45
4	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	38
5	Nature Sustainability	36
6	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	30
7	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	28
8	Water Research	27
-	Journal of Cleaner Production	27
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	27
11	Resources Conservation and Recycling	26
12	Journal of Hazardous Materials	25
13	Chemosphere	24
14	Environment International	23
-	Energy Policy	23
16	Global Change Biology	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
-	Science of the Total Environment	22
-	Lancet Planetary Health	22
-	Environmental Science & Technology	22
21	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	21
22	Environmental Pollution	20
-	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	20
24	Environmental Research	19
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	19
26	Waste Management	18
-	Ecological Indicators	18
-	npj Clean Water	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
30	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	17
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	17
-	Current Pollution Reports	17
-	Journal of Environmental Management	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	17
37	One Earth	16
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	16
39	NanoImpact	15
-	Urban Climate	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
-	Environmental Science & Policy	15
-	Environmental Health	15
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	15
45	Earths Future	14
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	14
47	Marine Pollution Bulletin	13
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	13
-	Biogeochemistry	13
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	13

-	Environmental Health Perspectives	13
52	Sustainability Science	12
-	Sustainable Environment Research	12
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	12
-	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	12
-	Communications Earth & Environment	12
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	12
-	Water Resources Research	12
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	12
-	Bioenergy Research	12
-	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	12
-	Ecological Applications	12
-	Ecological Engineering	12
-	Environmental Evidence	12
65	Journal of Industrial Ecology	11
-	Environmental Research Letters	11
-	Biological Conservation	11
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	11
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	11
70	Remote Sensing	10
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	10
-	Geocarto International	10
-	Climatic Change	10
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	10
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	10
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	10
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	10
-	Sustainability	10
-	Water Research X	10
-	Atmospheric Environment	10
-	Carbon Balance and Management	10
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	10
-	Ambio	10
84	Toxics	9
-	Anthropocene	9
-	Climate Risk Management	9
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	9
-	Environmental Toxicology	9
-	Regional Environmental Change	9
-	Utilities Policy	9
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	9
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	9
-	Ecological Processes	9
-	Environmental Development	9
-	Environmental Reviews	9
96	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	8
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	8
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	8
-	Chinese Geographical Science	8
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	8
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	8
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	8
-	Land Degradation & Development	8
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	8
-	Waste Management & Research	8
-	Conservation Biology	8
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	8
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	8
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	8
-	Environmental Science-Nano	8
111	Water	7
-	Water Science and Technology	7
-	Carbon Management	7
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	7
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	7
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	7
-	Geohealth	7
-	Climate Services	7
-	Journal of Arid Land	7
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	7
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	7
123	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	6
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	6
-	Water Resources and Economics	6
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	6
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	6
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	6
-	Journal of Arid Environments	6
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	6
-	Environmental Engineering Research	6
-	Journal of Mountain Science	6
-	Environmental Management	6
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	6
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	6
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	6
-	Anthropocene Review	6
-	Food and Environmental Virology	6
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	6
-	Geobiology	6
-	Atmosphere	6
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	6
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	6
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	6
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	6
-	Marine Environmental Research	6
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	6
149	Natural Resources Forum	5
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	5
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	5
-	Wetlands	5
-	Estuaries and Coasts	5
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	5
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	5
-	Chemistry and Ecology	5
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	5
-	Conservation Physiology	5
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	5
-	Ecotoxicology	5
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	5
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	5
-	Environmental Chemistry	5
-	Environmental Conservation	5
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	5
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	5
-	Journal of Water and Health	5
-	Aerobiologia	5
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	5
-	Water Supply	5
-	Climate Research	5
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	5
-	Ecohealth	5
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	5
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	5

-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	5
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	5
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	5
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	5
180	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	4
-	Vadose Zone Journal	4
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	4
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	4
-	Aquatic Sciences	4
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	4
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	4
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	4
-	Ecohydrology	4
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	4
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	4
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	4
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	4
-	Environmental Technology	4
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	4
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	4
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	4
-	River Research and Applications	4
-	Water Environment Research	4
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	4
-	Arctic Science	4
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	4
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	4
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	4
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	4
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	4
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	4
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	4
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	4
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	4
-	Environmental Research Communications	4
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	4
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	4
-	Antarctic Science	4
214	Water and Environment Journal	3
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	3
-	Arid Land Research and Management	3
-	Industrial Health	3
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	3
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	3
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	3
-	Mountain Research and Development	3
-	Radioprotection	3
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	3
-	Environmetrics	3
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	3
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	3
-	Coastal Management	3
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	3
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	3
-	Environmental Forensics	3
231	Physical Geography	2
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	2
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	2
-	Bioremediation Journal	2
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	2
-	Natural Resource Modeling	2
-	Polar Record	2
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	2
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	2
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	2
-	Arctic	2
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	2
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	2
244	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	1
-	Grundwasser	1
-	International Journal of Global Warming	1
-	Journal of Coastal Research	1
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	1
-	Environment	1
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1
-	Health Physics	1
-	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	1
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	1
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	1
255	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	0
-	Global Nest Journal	0
-	Journal of Elementology	0
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	0