New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Biochar61
2 Energy & Environmental Science53
3 Environmental Chemistry Letters47
4 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry39
5 Nature Sustainability35
6 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology30
7 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology28
- Water Research28
- Remote Sensing of Environment28
10 Resources Conservation and Recycling27
- Journal of Cleaner Production27
12 Journal of Hazardous Materials25
13 Chemosphere24
14 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions23
- Energy Policy23
- Environment International23
17 Lancet Planetary Health22
- Environmental Science & Technology22
- Global Change Biology22
- Nature Climate Change22
- Science of the Total Environment22
22 Environmental Science and Pollution Research21
23 Environment Development and Sustainability20
24 Ecosystem Services19
- Environmental Pollution19
- Environmental Research19
27 Waste Management18
- Ecological Indicators18
- npj Clean Water18
30 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment17
- International Soil and Water Conservation Research17
- Current Pollution Reports17
- Journal of Environmental Management17
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
- One Earth17
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability17
37 Environmental Technology & Innovation16
- Journal of Environmental Sciences16
- NanoImpact16
- Urban Climate16
41 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews15
- Ecological Economics15
- Environmental Science & Policy15
44 Environmental Health14
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water14
- Earths Future14
- Environmental Health Perspectives14
48 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety13
- Marine Pollution Bulletin13
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering13
- Biogeochemistry13
- Environmental and Experimental Botany13
53 Bioenergy Research12
- Ecological Applications12
- Ecological Engineering12
- Environmental Evidence12
- Sustainable Environment Research12
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics12
- Communications Earth & Environment12
- Water Resources Research12
61 Global Biogeochemical Cycles11
- Biological Conservation11
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health11
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment11
- Remote Sensing11
- Sustainability Science11
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters11
- Journal of Industrial Ecology11
- Environmental Research Letters11
70 Ambio10
- Environmental Development10
- Environmental Modelling & Software10
- Environmental Reviews10
- Advances in Climate Change Research10
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology10
- Applied Catalysis A-General10
- Geocarto International10
- Climatic Change10
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology10
- Environmental Sciences Europe10
- Reviews on Environmental Health10
- Sustainability10
- Water Research X10
84 Frontiers in Environmental Science9
- Atmospheric Environment9
- Carbon Balance and Management9
- Conservation Biology9
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology9
- Ecological Processes9
- Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene9
- Toxics9
- Environmental Toxicology9
- Anthropocene9
- Chinese Geographical Science9
- Climate Risk Management9
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment9
- Regional Environmental Change9
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy9
- Utilities Policy9
- Waste Management & Research9
101 Climate Services8
- Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering8
- Journal of Great Lakes Research8
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability8
- Environmental Science-Nano8
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment8
- Atmospheric Pollution Research8
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation8
- International Journal of Sediment Research8
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences8
- Journal of Soils and Sediments8
- Land Degradation & Development8
113 Geohealth7
- International Journal of Phytoremediation7
- Journal of Aerosol Science7
- Journal of Arid Land7
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management7
- Water Science and Technology7
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change7
- Water7
- Biodiversity and Conservation7
- Carbon Management7
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology7
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences7
- Environmental Earth Sciences7
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health7
128 Anthropocene Review6
- Food and Environmental Virology6
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
- Geobiology6
- Atmosphere6
- International Journal of Biometeorology6
- Climate Research6
- Ecohealth6
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes6
- Journal of Flood Risk Management6
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research6
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition6
- Marine Environmental Research6
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research6
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
- SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research6
- Water Resources and Economics6
- Air Quality Atmosphere and Health6
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment6
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment6
- Journal of Arid Environments6
- Ecosystem Health and Sustainability6
- Journal of Hydroinformatics6
- Environmental Engineering Research6
- Journal of Mountain Science6
- Environmental Management6
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues6
- Journal of Water and Health6
- Water Supply6
- Water Air and Soil Pollution6
158 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry5
- Arctic Science5
- Journal of Coastal Conservation5
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity5
- Environmental Microbiology Reports5
- Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts5
- Wetlands5
- Natural Resources Forum5
- Rangeland Ecology & Management5
- Vadose Zone Journal5
- Estuaries and Coasts5
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems5
- Aquatic Sciences5
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5
- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry5
- Chemistry and Ecology5
- International Journal of Environmental Research5
- Conservation Physiology5
- Ecotoxicology5
- Journal of Environmental Quality5
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering5
- Environmental Chemistry5
- Environmental Conservation5
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association5
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment5
- Aerobiologia5
- Aerosol Science and Technology5
- Waste and Biomass Valorization5
186 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology4
- Antarctic Science4
- Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology4
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4
- Journal of Environmental Engineering4
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis4
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering4
- Journal of Radiological Protection4
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing4
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy4
- Environmental Research Communications4
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition4
- Environmental Technology4
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment4
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research4
- Arid Land Research and Management4
- Geomicrobiology Journal4
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics4
- Ecohydrology4
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management4
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics4
- Wetlands Ecology and Management4
- Microbial Risk Analysis4
- Mountain Research and Development4
- Ozone-Science & Engineering4
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics4
- River Research and Applications4
- Water Environment Research4
214 Environmetrics3
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research3
- Coastal Management3
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing3
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics3
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene3
- Environmental Forensics3
- African Journal of Range & Forage Science3
- Water and Environment Journal3
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters3
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine3
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health3
- Industrial Health3
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies3
- Journal of Environmental Informatics3
- Journal of Paleolimnology3
- Natural Resource Modeling3
- Radioprotection3
- Soil & Sediment Contamination3
233 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management2
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2
- Arctic2
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife2
- Clean-Soil Air Water2
- Physical Geography2
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry2
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental2
- Bioremediation Journal2
- Polar Record2
- Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry2
245 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1
- Health Physics1
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal1
- Grundwasser1
- International Journal of Global Warming1
- Journal of Coastal Research1
- Journal of Elementology1
- Journal of Environmental Science and Management1
- Environment1
256 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0
- Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0
- Global Nest Journal0
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