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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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Biochar46
2 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry44
3 Energy & Environmental Science42
4 Environmental Chemistry Letters38
5 Nature Sustainability32
6 Journal of Hazardous Materials29
7 Remote Sensing of Environment27
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology27
- Resources Conservation and Recycling27
- Water Research27
11 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions25
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology25
- Journal of Cleaner Production25
14 Environment International23
15 Chemosphere22
- Energy Policy22
- Global Change Biology22
18 Lancet Planetary Health21
- Environmental Science & Technology21
20 Science of the Total Environment20
- Nature Climate Change20
22 Ecosystem Services19
- Environmental Pollution19
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research19
- Waste Management19
26 Environmental Research18
27 International Soil and Water Conservation Research17
- Current Pollution Reports17
- Journal of Environmental Management17
- Environmental Technology & Innovation17
- Environment Development and Sustainability17
32 Journal of Environmental Sciences16
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions16
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment16
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability16
- Ecological Indicators16
37 npj Clean Water15
- Urban Climate15
- One Earth15
40 Environmental Health14
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews14
- Earths Future14
- Environmental Science & Policy14
- Environmental Science & Technology Letters14
45 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety13
- Water Research X13
- Ecological Economics13
- NanoImpact13
49 Global Biogeochemical Cycles12
- Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering12
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics12
- Biogeochemistry12
- Environmental and Experimental Botany12
- Environmental Health Perspectives12
- Environmental Research Letters12
- Sustainability Science12
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water12
- Marine Pollution Bulletin12
59 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health11
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment11
- Ecological Applications11
- Environmental Reviews11
- Water Resources Research11
- Climatic Change11
- Communications Earth & Environment11
- Journal of Industrial Ecology11
- Sustainable Environment Research11
68 Biological Conservation10
- Carbon Balance and Management10
- Ecological Engineering10
- Environmental Development10
- Environmental Evidence10
- Environmental Modelling & Software10
- Advances in Climate Change Research10
- Ambio10
- Utilities Policy10
- Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology10
- Environmental Sciences Europe10
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology10
- Anthropocene10
- Applied Catalysis A-General10
- Remote Sensing10
83 Atmospheric Environment9
- Bioenergy Research9
- Ecological Processes9
- Reviews on Environmental Health9
- Sustainability9
- Geocarto International9
- Atmospheric Pollution Research9
- International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation9
91 Frontiers in Environmental Science8
- Conservation Biology8
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology8
- Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering8
- Regional Environmental Change8
- Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy8
- Waste Management & Research8
- Chinese Geographical Science8
- Environmental Toxicology8
- Toxics8
101 Food and Environmental Virology7
- Geohealth7
- International Journal of Phytoremediation7
- Journal of Aerosol Science7
- Journal of Great Lakes Research7
- Carbon Management7
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7
- Climate Risk Management7
- International Journal of Sediment Research7
- Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences7
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences7
- Environmental Earth Sciences7
- Environmental Geochemistry and Health7
- Journal of Soils and Sediments7
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment7
- Land Degradation & Development7
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment7
- Water7
- Water Science and Technology7
120 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
- Geobiology6
- Atmosphere6
- Climate Services6
- Journal of Arid Land6
- Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene6
- Journal of Flood Risk Management6
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research6
- Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition6
- Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6
- Marine Environmental Research6
- Environmental Science-Nano6
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry6
- Anthropocene Review6
- Biodiversity and Conservation6
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment6
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6
- Journal of Arid Environments6
- Ecotoxicology6
- Environmental Management6
- Air Quality Atmosphere and Health6
- Water Resources and Economics6
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6
145 International Journal of Biometeorology5
- Climate Research5
- Ecohealth5
- Journal of Coastal Conservation5
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity5
- Aerosol and Air Quality Research5
- Waste and Biomass Valorization5
- Water Air and Soil Pollution5
- Water Supply5
- Geomicrobiology Journal5
- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry5
- International Journal of Environmental Research5
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5
- Ecosystem Health and Sustainability5
- Journal of Environmental Quality5
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering5
- Environmental Conservation5
- Journal of Hydroinformatics5
- Environmental Engineering Research5
- Journal of Mountain Science5
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association5
- Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues5
- Journal of Water and Health5
- Aerobiologia5
- Estuaries and Coasts5
- Rangeland Ecology & Management5
- Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5
- SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research5
173 Arctic Science4
- Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology4
- Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4
- Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes4
- Journal of Hydrologic Engineering4
- Journal of Radiological Protection4
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing4
- Environmental Microbiology Reports4
- Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy4
- Environmental Research Communications4
- Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4
- African Journal of Range & Forage Science4
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics4
- River Research and Applications4
- Water Environment Research4
- Wetlands Ecology and Management4
- Microbial Risk Analysis4
- Mountain Research and Development4
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment4
- Aquatic Sciences4
- Chemistry and Ecology4
- Conservation Physiology4
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics4
- Ecohydrology4
- Environmental Chemistry4
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics4
- Journal of Paleolimnology4
- Environmental Modeling & Assessment4
- Aerosol Science and Technology4
- Environmental Technology4
- Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems4
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition4
- Vadose Zone Journal4
- Wetlands4
207 International Journal of Environmental Health Research3
- Coastal Management3
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing3
- Journal of Environmental Engineering3
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics3
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3
- Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3
- Antarctic Science3
- Environmetrics3
- Radioprotection3
- Soil & Sediment Contamination3
- Natural Resource Modeling3
- Ozone-Science & Engineering3
- Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health3
- Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research3
- Arid Land Research and Management3
- Bioremediation Journal3
- Industrial Health3
- Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies3
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management3
- Agricultural & Environmental Letters3
- Water and Environment Journal3
- Natural Resources Forum3
- Physical Geography3
231 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management2
- GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2
- Human Dimensions of Wildlife2
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2
- Environmental Forensics2
- Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry2
- Polar Record2
- Journal of Environmental Informatics2
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry2
- Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2
242 Arctic1
- Health Physics1
- Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1
- Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1
- Clean-Soil Air Water1
- Environmental Engineering and Management Journal1
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1
- Grundwasser1
- Journal of Environmental Science and Management1
- Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1
252 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0
- Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0
- Global Nest Journal0
- International Journal of Global Warming0
- Journal of Coastal Research0
- Journal of Elementology0
- Environment0
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