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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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar50.301
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters35.755
3 Energy & Environmental Science31.533
4 Nature Sustainability30.108
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.962
6 Lancet Planetary Health24.163
7 Journal of Hazardous Materials22.931
8 Resources Conservation and Recycling22.203
9 Nature Climate Change21.366
10 Remote Sensing of Environment21.132
11 Water Research20.903
12 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.175
13 Energy Policy19.992
14 Journal of Cleaner Production19.727
15 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology18.833
16 Environment International18.540
17 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology18.507
18 Chemosphere18.392
19 Environmental Science & Technology17.689
20 Global Change Biology17.627
21 Environmental Science and Pollution Research16.503
22 Science of the Total Environment16.491
23 npj Clean Water15.304
24 Environmental Research14.809
25 Environmental Pollution14.735
26 One Earth14.668
27 Ecosystem Services14.394
28 Waste Management14.346
29 International Soil and Water Conservation Research14.337
30 Environmental Technology & Innovation14.333
31 Journal of Environmental Management14.254
32 Environment Development and Sustainability13.890
33 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability13.150
34 Ecological Indicators13.145
35 Current Pollution Reports12.959
36 Journal of Environmental Sciences12.831
37 Environmental Science & Technology Letters12.643
38 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews12.268
39 Ecological Economics12.097
40 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment11.837
41 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.747
42 Urban Climate11.428
43 Environmental Science & Policy10.904
44 NanoImpact10.827
45 Earths Future10.814
46 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.753
47 Environmental Health Perspectives10.637
48 Water Research X10.559
49 Environmental Sciences Europe9.812
50 Environmental Research Letters9.724
51 Environmental Health9.654
52 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.587
53 Communications Earth & Environment9.436
54 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water9.433
55 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.407
56 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering9.124
57 Environmental and Experimental Botany9.022
58 Ambio8.910
59 Biogeochemistry8.873
60 Ecological Applications8.817
61 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health8.797
62 Bioenergy Research8.710
63 Utilities Policy8.653
64 Sustainable Environment Research8.603
65 Water Resources Research8.518
66 Environmental Reviews8.514
67 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.499
68 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.485
69 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment8.348
70 Climatic Change8.295
71 Environmental Modelling & Software8.281
72 Sustainability Science8.147
73 Environmental Development8.125
74 Environmental Evidence8.112
75 Advances in Climate Change Research8.050
76 Remote Sensing7.912
77 Biological Conservation7.794
78 Ecological Engineering7.699
79 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology7.686
80 Anthropocene7.610
81 Geocarto International7.404
82 Sustainability7.345
83 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.329
84 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment7.314
85 Waste Management & Research7.299
86 Carbon Balance and Management7.026
87 Applied Catalysis A-General7.010
88 Atmospheric Environment6.955
89 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology6.928
90 Ecological Processes6.808
91 Toxics6.782
92 Conservation Biology6.622
93 Frontiers in Environmental Science6.596
94 Atmospheric Pollution Research6.558
95 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.470
96 Reviews on Environmental Health6.330
97 Geohealth6.329
98 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy6.318
99 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.307
100 Climate Risk Management6.094
101 International Journal of Sediment Research6.043
102 Journal of Aerosol Science5.955
103 Regional Environmental Change5.932
104 Food and Environmental Virology5.889
105 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5.815
106 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment5.767
107 Chinese Geographical Science5.711
108 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment5.668
109 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy5.644
110 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.608
111 Environmental Toxicology5.553
112 Land Degradation & Development5.509
113 Water5.495
114 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.465
115 Water Science and Technology5.441
116 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.413
117 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment5.369
118 International Journal of Phytoremediation5.298
119 Environmental Geochemistry and Health5.275
120 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.249
121 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology5.240
122 Journal of Great Lakes Research5.199
123 Climate Services5.085
124 Environmental Earth Sciences5.084
125 Anthropocene Review5.009
126 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology5.004
127 Carbon Management5.000
128 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management4.979
129 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.941
130 Journal of Arid Land4.940
131 Journal of Arid Environments4.891
132 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.792
133 Environmental Science-Nano4.774
134 Geomicrobiology Journal4.735
135 Atmosphere4.732
136 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.720
137 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition4.717
138 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability4.708
139 Biodiversity and Conservation4.676
140 International Journal of Environmental Research4.665
141 Water Air and Soil Pollution4.596
142 Journal of Flood Risk Management4.571
143 Environmental Management4.566
144 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change4.551
145 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.476
146 Ecotoxicology4.396
147 Marine Environmental Research4.303
148 Water Resources and Economics4.270
149 International Journal of Biometeorology4.242
150 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.201
151 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.153
152 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.071
153 Geobiology4.045
154 Aerobiologia4.026
155 Environmental Microbiology Reports4.019
156 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry3.987
157 Journal of Water and Health3.975
158 Waste and Biomass Valorization3.961
159 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.935
160 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment3.925
161 Aerosol and Air Quality Research3.903
162 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.889
163 Water Supply3.860
164 Journal of Mountain Science3.858
165 Arctic Science3.857
166 Environmental Modeling & Assessment3.851
167 Environmental Engineering Research3.793
168 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues3.777
169 Journal of Environmental Quality3.762
170 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.729
171 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.695
172 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability3.643
173 Estuaries and Coasts3.612
174 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.600
175 Environmental Conservation3.542
176 Journal of Hydroinformatics3.506
177 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts3.480
178 Ecohealth3.468
179 Aerosol Science and Technology3.454
180 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.450
181 Vadose Zone Journal3.384
182 Natural Resources Forum3.348
183 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.293
184 Climate Research3.291
185 Ecohydrology3.284
186 Chemistry and Ecology3.267
187 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.240
188 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.229
189 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.225
190 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition3.223
191 Environmental Chemistry3.215
192 Water Environment Research3.172
193 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.155
194 Microbial Risk Analysis3.139
195 Environmental Research Communications3.131
196 Journal of Radiological Protection3.113
197 Environmental and Ecological Statistics3.101
198 Conservation Physiology3.080
199 Wetlands3.075
200 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.053
201 Journal of Paleolimnology3.019
202 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes2.997
203 Agricultural & Environmental Letters2.892
- Environmental Technology2.892
205 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.851
206 Arid Land Research and Management2.795
207 River Research and Applications2.783
208 Wetlands Ecology and Management2.777
209 Aquatic Sciences2.751
210 Mountain Research and Development2.750
211 Water and Environment Journal2.674
212 African Journal of Range & Forage Science2.628
213 Coastal Management2.615
214 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis2.602
215 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology2.521
216 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.479
217 Radioprotection2.456
218 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.421
219 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.362
220 Antarctic Science2.313
221 Industrial Health2.310
222 Natural Resource Modeling2.301
223 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.281
224 Bioremediation Journal2.207
225 International Journal of Environmental Health Research2.198
226 Physical Geography2.138
227 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.101
228 Environment2.061
229 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.058
230 Environmental Forensics2.051
231 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.043
232 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research2.007
233 Environmetrics1.924
234 Polar Record1.877
235 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies1.790
236 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene1.711
237 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies1.479
238 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society1.453
239 Journal of Environmental Informatics1.362
240 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.355
241 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.331
242 Clean-Soil Air Water1.320
243 Arctic1.319
244 Grundwasser1.278
245 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.183
246 Health Physics1.109
247 International Journal of Global Warming0.846
248 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.784
249 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences0.750
- Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.750
251 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental0.650
252 Journal of Coastal Research0.612
253 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.494
254 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement0.452
255 Journal of Elementology0.296
256 Global Nest Journal0.235
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.096
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.057
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