New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar57.444
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters51.658
3 Energy & Environmental Science40.798
4 Nature Sustainability31.825
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry25.711
6 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.725
7 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.694
8 Water Research22.682
9 Journal of Cleaner Production22.545
10 Remote Sensing of Environment21.547
11 Resources Conservation and Recycling21.073
12 Environmental Science and Pollution Research20.554
13 Nature Climate Change20.481
14 Science of the Total Environment19.809
15 Chemosphere19.547
16 npj Clean Water19.406
17 Lancet Planetary Health19.152
18 Global Change Biology18.952
19 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.556
20 Journal of Hazardous Materials18.471
21 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews18.333
22 Environmental Science & Technology18.195
23 Environment International17.901
24 Environment Development and Sustainability17.732
25 Energy Policy17.405
26 Current Pollution Reports16.980
27 One Earth16.283
28 Environmental Research15.880
29 Environmental Pollution15.485
30 Ecological Indicators15.458
31 Journal of Environmental Management15.335
32 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability14.492
33 NanoImpact13.585
34 Environmental Health Perspectives13.572
35 Waste Management13.520
36 Ecosystem Services13.364
37 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment13.167
38 Urban Climate12.892
39 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water12.787
40 Environmental Technology & Innovation12.512
41 Earths Future12.416
42 Ecological Economics12.258
43 Environmental Science & Policy12.097
44 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering11.986
45 Communications Earth & Environment11.921
46 Environmental Evidence11.755
47 Environmental Health11.592
48 Journal of Environmental Sciences11.585
49 International Soil and Water Conservation Research11.268
50 Environmental and Experimental Botany11.234
51 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.224
52 Bioenergy Research11.158
53 Environmental Sciences Europe11.033
54 Environmental Science & Technology Letters10.954
55 Biogeochemistry10.931
56 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.558
57 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions10.348
58 Water Resources Research9.984
59 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment9.889
60 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.466
61 Sustainability Science9.342
62 Utilities Policy9.340
63 Reviews on Environmental Health9.221
64 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.215
65 Toxics9.202
66 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment9.119
67 Sustainability9.115
68 Remote Sensing9.054
69 Journal of Industrial Ecology9.036
70 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.857
71 Climate Risk Management8.686
72 Environmental Reviews8.679
73 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.640
74 Sustainable Environment Research8.536
75 Ambio8.376
76 Environmental Development8.350
77 Biological Conservation8.293
78 Environmental Modelling & Software8.284
79 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.235
80 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology8.161
81 Ecological Engineering7.985
82 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.967
83 Waste Management & Research7.844
84 Climate Services7.801
85 Environmental Research Letters7.760
86 Advances in Climate Change Research7.486
87 Ecological Applications7.450
88 Climatic Change7.414
89 Geocarto International7.380
90 Conservation Biology7.312
91 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability7.263
92 Ecological Processes7.187
93 Atmospheric Environment7.183
94 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7.132
95 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.093
96 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation7.003
97 Applied Catalysis A-General6.961
98 Water6.820
99 Natural Resources Forum6.756
100 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.704
101 Anthropocene Review6.617
102 Environmental Earth Sciences6.546
103 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6.529
104 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.514
105 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.412
106 Regional Environmental Change6.411
107 Environmental Toxicology6.297
108 Water Science and Technology6.282
109 Environmental Science-Nano6.273
110 Anthropocene6.266
111 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.243
112 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.167
113 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6.161
114 International Journal of Sediment Research6.136
115 Journal of Hydroinformatics6.128
116 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.099
117 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.989
118 Geohealth5.970
119 Land Degradation & Development5.824
120 Chinese Geographical Science5.759
121 Journal of Arid Land5.698
122 Chemistry and Ecology5.675
123 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.638
124 Environmental Engineering Research5.555
125 Geomicrobiology Journal5.547
126 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.521
127 Atmosphere5.429
128 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.417
129 Journal of Water and Health5.383
- Geobiology5.383
131 Carbon Balance and Management5.338
132 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.331
133 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.324
134 Water Resources and Economics5.290
135 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.167
136 Biodiversity and Conservation5.150
137 Ecohealth5.145
138 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5.124
139 Aerosol and Air Quality Research5.098
140 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.094
141 International Journal of Environmental Research5.056
142 Journal of Aerosol Science5.055
143 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.990
144 International Journal of Biometeorology4.959
145 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.937
146 Arctic Science4.934
147 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.895
148 Marine Environmental Research4.830
149 Environmental Management4.763
- International Journal of Phytoremediation4.763
151 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.667
152 Water Research X4.620
153 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.610
154 Journal of Arid Environments4.605
155 Water Supply4.580
156 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.571
157 Food and Environmental Virology4.491
158 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.446
159 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.418
160 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment4.414
161 Journal of Mountain Science4.367
162 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.333
163 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.324
164 Conservation Physiology4.231
165 Ecotoxicology4.209
166 Environmental Conservation4.174
167 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.113
168 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.110
169 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.064
170 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology4.046
171 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.026
172 Estuaries and Coasts3.956
173 Vadose Zone Journal3.955
174 Environmental Microbiology Reports3.930
175 Environmental Chemistry3.919
176 Journal of Environmental Quality3.892
177 Wetlands3.889
178 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.853
179 Aerosol Science and Technology3.808
180 Aquatic Sciences3.795
181 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.724
182 Environmental Research Communications3.710
183 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.672
184 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.627
185 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.595
186 Water Environment Research3.594
187 Aerobiologia3.579
188 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.566
189 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.523
190 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.519
191 Carbon Management3.457
192 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.409
193 Environmental Technology3.310
194 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.280
195 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.274
196 Climate Research3.254
197 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.248
198 Ecohydrology3.244
199 Arid Land Research and Management3.216
200 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.166
201 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.155
202 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research3.120
- Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.120
204 River Research and Applications3.052
205 International Journal of Environmental Health Research3.032
206 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.965
207 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.925
208 Journal of Paleolimnology2.836
209 Microbial Risk Analysis2.811
210 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.802
211 Agricultural & Environmental Letters2.801
212 Natural Resource Modeling2.756
213 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.732
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.732
215 Mountain Research and Development2.720
216 Antarctic Science2.690
217 Water and Environment Journal2.656
218 Bioremediation Journal2.572
219 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.547
220 Journal of Radiological Protection2.534
221 Environmental Forensics2.473
222 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.422
223 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.416
224 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.319
225 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2.316
226 Coastal Management2.294
227 Radioprotection2.263
228 Environment2.169
229 Grundwasser2.133
230 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.128
231 Environmetrics2.126
232 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2.095
233 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.088
234 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2.033
235 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine1.973
236 Physical Geography1.969
237 Industrial Health1.752
238 African Journal of Range & Forage Science1.750
239 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.731
240 Clean-Soil Air Water1.693
241 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.666
242 Polar Record1.619
243 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.576
244 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.524
245 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.288
246 Health Physics1.278
247 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.060
248 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.985
249 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.918
250 Journal of Coastal Research0.878
251 Arctic0.846
252 Global Nest Journal0.704
253 International Journal of Global Warming0.695
254 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.610
255 Journal of Elementology0.545
256 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.175
257 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.043
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