Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	163
2	Journal of Hazardous Materials	151
3	Journal of Cleaner Production	146
4	Chemosphere	134
5	Journal of Environmental Management	125
6	Environmental Science & Technology	117
-	Energy & Environmental Science	117
8	Water Research	113
9	Sustainability	107
10	Environmental Research	103
11	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	101
12	Environmental Pollution	100
13	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	99
14	Resources Conservation and Recycling	91
15	Ecological Indicators	86
-	Remote Sensing	86
17	Environment International	84
18	Global Change Biology	82
19	Nature Climate Change	81
-	Remote Sensing of Environment	81
21	Nature Sustainability	80
22	Energy Policy	78
23	Environmental Chemistry Letters	69
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	69
-	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	69
26	Water	64
27	Marine Pollution Bulletin	61
28	Lancet Planetary Health	60
-	Waste Management	60
30	Environmental Research Letters	59
31	Frontiers in Environmental Science	56
-	Journal of Environmental Sciences	56
33	One Earth	55
34	Environment Development and Sustainability	53
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
36	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	50
-	Communications Earth & Environment	50
-	Urban Climate	50
39	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	49
-	Environmental Health Perspectives	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
42	Earths Future	48
-	Toxics	48
44	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	47
45	Water Resources Research	46
46	Environmental Science & Policy	44
47	Atmosphere	42
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	42
49	Environmental Modelling & Software	40
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	40

-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	40
52	Atmospheric Environment	38
-	Biological Conservation	38
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	38
55	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	37
56	Applied Catalysis A-General	36
57	Biochar	35
-	Ecological Engineering	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Water Air and Soil Pollution	35
-	Environmental Sciences Europe	35
62	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	33
-	Ecological Applications	33
-	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Climatic Change	33
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	33
68	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
-	Geocarto International	32
-	Sustainability Science	32
73	Ambio	31
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	31
-	npj Clean Water	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	31
-	Water Science and Technology	31
79	Environmental Health	30
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	30
-	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	30
-	Utilities Policy	30
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	30
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	30
85	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	29
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	29
-	Waste Management & Research	29
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	29
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	29
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	29
91	Geohealth	28
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	28
-	Environmental Toxicology	28
94	Environmental Science-Nano	27
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	27
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	27
98	Environmental Development	26
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	26
-	Marine Environmental Research	26
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	26
-	Current Pollution Reports	26
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	26
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	26
-	NanoImpact	26
106	Journal of Aerosol Science	25
-	Waste and Biomass Valorization	25
-	Water Research X	25
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	25
110	Journal of Great Lakes Research	24
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	24
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	24
113	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	23
-	Regional Environmental Change	23
115	Ecological Processes	22
-	Water Supply	22
-	Journal of Mountain Science	22
-	Environmental Technology	22
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
-	Journal of Arid Environments	22
122	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	21
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	21
-	Environmental Research Communications	21
-	Bioenergy Research	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	21
-	Environmental Management	21
129	Journal of Flood Risk Management	20
-	Environmental Reviews	20
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	20
-	Journal of Water and Health	20
-	Biogeochemistry	20
-	Climate Risk Management	20
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
137	Climate Services	19
-	Journal of Arid Land	19
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	19
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	19
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	Natural Resources Forum	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
146	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Water Environment Research	18
-	Anthropocene	18
-	Estuaries and Coasts	18
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	18
-	Ecohydrology	18
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	18
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	18
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	18
156	Environmental Microbiology Reports	17
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	17
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	17
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	17
-	Sustainable Environment Research	17
161	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	16
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	16
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	16
-	River Research and Applications	16
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	16
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	16
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	16
168	Environmental Evidence	15
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	15
-	Food and Environmental Virology	15
-	Arctic Science	15
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	15
-	Carbon Balance and Management	15
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	15
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	15

-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
177	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	14
-	Carbon Management	14
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	14
181	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	13
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	13
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	13
-	Environmental Engineering Research	13
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	13
-	Conservation Physiology	13
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	13
-	Water and Environment Journal	13
-	Wetlands	13
192	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	12
-	Anthropocene Review	12
-	Mountain Research and Development	12
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	12
-	Environmental Conservation	12
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	12
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	12
-	Aquatic Sciences	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
203	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	11
-	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Health Physics	11
-	Ecohealth	11
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	11
-	Aerobiologia	11
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	11
-	Industrial Health	11
211	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	10
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	10
-	Microbial Risk Analysis	10
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	10
-	Radioprotection	10
-	Soil & Sediment Contamination	10
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	10
-	Environmental Chemistry	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Bioremediation Journal	10
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	10
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
224	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Environmetrics	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	9
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Natural Resource Modeling	9
-	Polar Record	9
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	9
-	Arid Land Research and Management	9
-	International Journal of Global Warming	9
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	9
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	9
239	Coastal Management	8
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	8
-	Journal of Coastal Research	8
-	Environment	8
243	Environmental Forensics	7
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	7
-	Physical Geography	7
248	Grundwasser	6
249	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	5
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	5
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	5
252	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	4
-	Global Nest Journal	4
254	Journal of Elementology	3
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
256	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	2
-	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
258	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	1