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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Biochar56.680
2 Environmental Chemistry Letters52.722
3 Energy & Environmental Science42.025
4 Nature Sustainability32.280
5 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry26.806
6 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology23.300
7 Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology22.807
8 Journal of Cleaner Production22.724
9 Water Research22.514
10 Environmental Science and Pollution Research22.329
11 Remote Sensing of Environment21.905
12 Resources Conservation and Recycling20.885
13 Nature Climate Change20.855
14 Science of the Total Environment20.003
15 Chemosphere19.553
16 Lancet Planetary Health19.090
17 npj Clean Water18.995
18 Global Change Biology18.919
19 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.588
20 Environment Development and Sustainability18.530
21 Environmental Science & Technology18.377
22 Journal of Hazardous Materials18.354
23 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews18.238
24 Environment International17.878
25 Energy Policy17.423
26 Current Pollution Reports17.119
27 One Earth16.471
28 Environmental Research15.960
29 Journal of Environmental Management15.662
30 Environmental Pollution15.586
31 Ecological Indicators15.470
32 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability14.773
33 Environmental Health Perspectives13.869
34 Waste Management13.617
35 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water13.474
36 Ecosystem Services13.404
37 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment13.372
38 Environmental Technology & Innovation12.952
39 Earths Future12.597
40 Urban Climate12.564
41 NanoImpact12.546
42 International Soil and Water Conservation Research12.509
43 Ecological Economics12.496
44 Communications Earth & Environment12.258
45 Environmental Science & Policy12.238
46 Environmental Evidence12.153
47 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering12.084
48 Environmental Health11.661
49 Journal of Environmental Sciences11.657
50 Bioenergy Research11.472
51 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.433
52 Environmental and Experimental Botany11.270
53 Environmental Sciences Europe11.112
54 Environmental Science & Technology Letters10.818
55 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10.585
56 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions10.327
57 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment10.251
58 Biogeochemistry10.060
59 Water Resources Research10.018
60 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.544
61 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment9.505
62 Reviews on Environmental Health9.396
63 Sustainability Science9.373
64 Toxics9.241
65 Sustainability9.162
66 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology9.131
67 Climate Risk Management9.114
68 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics9.016
69 Remote Sensing9.012
70 Utilities Policy8.905
71 Journal of Industrial Ecology8.803
72 Environmental Reviews8.792
73 Environmental Development8.748
74 Frontiers in Environmental Science8.640
75 Ambio8.602
76 Biological Conservation8.587
77 Environmental Modelling & Software8.466
78 Sustainable Environment Research8.446
79 Global Biogeochemical Cycles8.319
80 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.999
81 Ecological Engineering7.977
82 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy7.909
83 Waste Management & Research7.880
84 Environmental Research Letters7.831
85 Climate Services7.672
86 Advances in Climate Change Research7.571
87 Ecological Applications7.481
88 Conservation Biology7.383
89 Climatic Change7.357
90 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology7.351
91 Atmospheric Environment7.331
92 Ecological Processes7.319
93 Geocarto International7.286
94 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy7.285
95 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability7.132
96 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.982
97 Water6.946
98 Natural Resources Forum6.937
99 Applied Catalysis A-General6.831
100 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation6.761
101 Environmental Earth Sciences6.717
102 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment6.708
103 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change6.639
104 Environmental Science-Nano6.545
105 Regional Environmental Change6.496
106 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering6.492
107 Anthropocene6.489
108 Water Science and Technology6.394
109 Anthropocene Review6.392
110 Journal of Hydroinformatics6.363
111 Environmental Geochemistry and Health6.319
112 International Journal of Sediment Research6.306
113 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management6.273
114 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6.264
115 Environmental Toxicology6.102
116 Geohealth6.065
117 Atmospheric Pollution Research5.981
118 Chemistry and Ecology5.854
119 Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene5.838
120 Environmental Engineering Research5.814
121 Journal of Arid Land5.805
122 Chinese Geographical Science5.783
123 Land Degradation & Development5.743
124 Geomicrobiology Journal5.584
125 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.554
126 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences5.519
127 Carbon Balance and Management5.498
128 Atmosphere5.496
129 Journal of Flood Risk Management5.492
130 Water Resources and Economics5.468
131 Journal of Soils and Sediments5.462
132 Water Air and Soil Pollution5.437
133 Ecohealth5.402
134 Journal of Water and Health5.366
135 Geobiology5.364
136 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment5.325
137 Aerosol and Air Quality Research5.302
138 Journal of Aerosol Science5.278
139 Biodiversity and Conservation5.209
140 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition5.170
141 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences5.120
142 Arctic Science5.102
143 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry4.994
144 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health4.972
145 International Journal of Environmental Research4.947
146 International Journal of Biometeorology4.893
147 Environmental Management4.859
148 Water Research X4.843
149 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability4.839
150 Marine Environmental Research4.751
151 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research4.722
152 Food and Environmental Virology4.707
153 Rangeland Ecology & Management4.661
154 Water Supply4.630
155 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research4.606
156 Environmental Modeling & Assessment4.582
157 Journal of Arid Environments4.540
158 International Journal of Phytoremediation4.539
159 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts4.477
160 Waste and Biomass Valorization4.402
161 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry4.382
162 Environmental Conservation4.351
163 Journal of Mountain Science4.347
164 Conservation Physiology4.340
165 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues4.219
166 Journal of Great Lakes Research4.203
167 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment4.100
168 Environmental Microbiology Reports4.079
169 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management4.057
170 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association4.044
171 Wetlands4.008
172 Ecotoxicology3.995
173 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.969
174 Journal of Environmental Quality3.959
175 Environmental Chemistry3.950
176 Vadose Zone Journal3.936
177 Estuaries and Coasts3.931
178 Aquatic Sciences3.829
179 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology3.799
180 Aerosol Science and Technology3.797
181 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology3.711
182 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology3.697
183 Environmental Research Communications3.679
184 Journal of Coastal Conservation3.668
185 Water Environment Research3.657
186 Carbon Management3.626
187 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy3.595
188 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity3.428
189 Environmental Technology3.422
190 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering3.399
191 Environmental Fluid Mechanics3.374
192 Arid Land Research and Management3.371
193 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis3.283
- Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing3.283
- Radiation and Environmental Biophysics3.283
196 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering3.279
197 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research3.247
198 Aerobiologia3.238
199 Climate Research3.214
200 Ecohydrology3.168
201 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems3.157
202 River Research and Applications3.154
203 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics3.150
204 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes3.148
205 International Journal of Environmental Health Research3.052
206 Soil & Sediment Contamination2.965
207 Environmental and Ecological Statistics2.899
208 Microbial Risk Analysis2.854
209 Journal of Environmental Engineering2.837
210 Antarctic Science2.828
- Wetlands Ecology and Management2.828
- Journal of Paleolimnology2.828
213 Mountain Research and Development2.826
214 Agricultural & Environmental Letters2.779
215 Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2.738
216 Water and Environment Journal2.665
217 Bioremediation Journal2.585
218 Environmental Forensics2.580
219 Natural Resource Modeling2.563
220 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies2.540
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management2.540
222 Coastal Management2.475
223 Journal of Environmental Informatics2.469
224 Journal of Radiological Protection2.467
225 Ozone-Science & Engineering2.460
226 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing2.414
227 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2.378
228 Environment2.290
229 Grundwasser2.258
230 Radioprotection2.197
231 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health2.194
232 Human Dimensions of Wildlife2.168
233 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society2.167
234 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene2.144
235 Environmetrics2.077
236 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine2.053
237 African Journal of Range & Forage Science1.949
- Physical Geography1.949
239 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry1.923
240 Industrial Health1.847
241 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1.693
242 Clean-Soil Air Water1.688
243 Polar Record1.672
244 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental1.640
245 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management1.541
246 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences1.315
247 Health Physics1.304
248 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement1.075
249 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal0.994
250 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research0.993
251 Arctic0.908
252 Journal of Coastal Research0.903
253 Global Nest Journal0.722
254 International Journal of Global Warming0.691
255 Journal of Environmental Science and Management0.593
256 Journal of Elementology0.574
257 International Journal of Environment and Pollution0.186
258 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft0.046
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