Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Nature Sustainability	ca. 32.1
2	Energy & Environmental Science	ca. 30.5
3	Nature Climate Change	ca. 26.9
4	Environmental Chemistry Letters	ca. 25.2
5	Lancet Planetary Health	ca. 20.5
6	Biochar	ca. 15.1
-	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	ca. 15.1
8	Water Research	ca. 12.8
9	Global Change Biology	ca. 12.5
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	ca. 12.5
11	Remote Sensing of Environment	ca. 12.3
12	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	ca. 12.2
-	Environmental Science & Technology	ca. 12.2
14	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	ca. 11.6
15	npj Clean Water	ca. 11
16	Environmental Health Perspectives	ca. 10.9
17	Journal of Cleaner Production	ca. 10.7
18	Journal of Hazardous Materials	ca. 10.6
19	Resources Conservation and Recycling	ca. 10.4
20	Environment International	ca. 10.2
21	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	ca. 9.3
-	Communications Earth & Environment	ca. 9.3
-	Current Pollution Reports	ca. 9.3
-	Energy Policy	ca. 9.3
25	Journal of Environmental Management	ca. 9.2
26	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	ca. 8.7
-	Ecological Indicators	ca. 8.7
28	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	ca. 8.6
29	Earths Future	ca. 8.5
30	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	ca. 8.3
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	ca. 8.3
32	Environmental Research	ca. 8.2
33	Ecosystem Services	ca. 7.8
34	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 7.7
35	Urban Climate	ca. 7.5
36	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	ca. 7.3
-	Waste Management	ca. 7.3
-	Environmental Health	ca. 7.3
-	Environmental Technology & Innovation	ca. 7.3
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	ca. 7.3
41	Environmental Pollution	ca. 7.2
42	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	ca. 7.1
43	Water Research X	ca. 7
-	Carbon Balance and Management	ca. 7
-	Environmental Evidence	ca. 7
46	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	ca. 6.9
47	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	ca. 6.7
-	NanoImpact	ca. 6.7
-	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.7
50	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	ca. 6.6

51	Journal of Environmental Sciences	ca. 6.5
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 6.5
53	Water Resources Research	ca. 6.3
-	Environmental Reviews	ca. 6.3
55	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	ca. 6.1
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	ca. 6.1
57	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	ca. 5.9
58	Ambio	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	ca. 5.7
60	Environmental Science-Nano	ca. 5.6
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	ca. 5.6
62	Climate Risk Management	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	ca. 5.5
-	Environmental Science & Policy	ca. 5.5
65	Environmental Research Letters	ca. 5.4
-	Climate Services	ca. 5.4
67	Sustainability Science	ca. 5.3
68	Climatic Change	ca. 5.2
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	ca. 5.2
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	ca. 5.2
-	Conservation Biology	ca. 5.2
72	Biological Conservation	ca. 5.1
-	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	ca. 5.1
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	ca. 5.1
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	ca. 5.1
76	Geohealth	ca. 5
77	Utilities Policy	ca. 4.9
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	ca. 4.9
-	Toxics	ca. 4.9
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	ca. 4.9
81	Applied Catalysis A-General	ca. 4.8
-	Ecological Processes	ca. 4.8
-	Environmental Development	ca. 4.8
84	Anthropocene	ca. 4.7
85	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	ca. 4.6
-	Ecological Applications	ca. 4.6
87	Sustainable Environment Research	ca. 4.5
88	Frontiers in Environmental Science	ca. 4.4
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	ca. 4.4
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	ca. 4.4
91	Remote Sensing	ca. 4.3
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	ca. 4.3
-	Biogeochemistry	ca. 4.3
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	ca. 4.3
95	Waste Management & Research	ca. 4.2
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	ca. 4.2
-	Regional Environmental Change	ca. 4.2
98	Sustainability	ca. 4.1
-	Ecological Engineering	ca. 4.1
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	ca. 4.1
101	Chinese Geographical Science	ca. 4
-	Land Degradation & Development	ca. 4
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	ca. 4
104	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	ca. 3.9
-	Geocarto International	ca. 3.9
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	ca. 3.9
107	Atmospheric Environment	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	ca. 3.8
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	ca. 3.8
110	Journal of Flood Risk Management	ca. 3.7
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	ca. 3.7
113	Environmental Engineering Research	ca. 3.6
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	ca. 3.6
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	ca. 3.6
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	ca. 3.6
-	Environment	ca. 3.6
118	Water Air and Soil Pollution	ca. 3.5
-	Vadose Zone Journal	ca. 3.5
-	Water	ca. 3.5
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	ca. 3.5
-	Carbon Management	ca. 3.5
123	Environmental Management	ca. 3.4
-	Marine Environmental Research	ca. 3.4
-	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	ca. 3.4
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	ca. 3.4
-	Anthropocene Review	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Arid Land	ca. 3.4
129	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	ca. 3.3
-	Bioenergy Research	ca. 3.3
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	ca. 3.3
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	ca. 3.3
-	Water Resources and Economics	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	ca. 3.3
135	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	ca. 3.2
-	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 3.2
137	Waste and Biomass Valorization	ca. 3.1
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	ca. 3.1
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	ca. 3.1
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	ca. 3.1
141	International Journal of Biometeorology	ca. 3
142	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.9
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	ca. 2.9
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	ca. 2.9
147	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	ca. 2.8
-	Water Environment Research	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	ca. 2.8
-	Water Science and Technology	ca. 2.8
-	Arctic Science	ca. 2.8
-	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	ca. 2.8
153	Geobiology	ca. 2.7
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.7
-	Environmental Research Communications	ca. 2.7
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Mountain Science	ca. 2.7
158	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	ca. 2.6
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	ca. 2.6
-	Atmosphere	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	ca. 2.6
162	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	ca. 2.5
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.5
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	ca. 2.5
-	Environmental Conservation	ca. 2.5
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	ca. 2.5
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	ca. 2.5
170	Wetlands	ca. 2.4
-	Food and Environmental Virology	ca. 2.4
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	ca. 2.4
-	Aquatic Sciences	ca. 2.4
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	ca. 2.4

-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of Water and Health	ca. 2.4
-	Estuaries and Coasts	ca. 2.4
179	Ozone-Science & Engineering	ca. 2.3
-	Antarctic Science	ca. 2.3
-	Ecohealth	ca. 2.3
182	Microbial Risk Analysis	ca. 2.2
-	Environmental Technology	ca. 2.2
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	ca. 2.2
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	ca. 2.2
-	Climate Research	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	ca. 2.2
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	ca. 2.2
191	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	ca. 2.1
-	Aerobiologia	ca. 2.1
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	ca. 2.1
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	ca. 2.1
195	Mountain Research and Development	ca. 2
-	Natural Resource Modeling	ca. 2
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	ca. 2
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	ca. 2
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	ca. 2
-	River Research and Applications	ca. 2
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	ca. 2
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	ca. 2
203	Soil & Sediment Contamination	ca. 1.9
-	Water and Environment Journal	ca. 1.9
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	ca. 1.9
206	Physical Geography	ca. 1.8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	ca. 1.8
-	Environmental Chemistry	ca. 1.8
-	Wetlands Ecology and Management	ca. 1.8
-	Radioprotection	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	ca. 1.8
213	Journal of Radiological Protection	ca. 1.7
-	Environmetrics	ca. 1.7
-	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	ca. 1.7
-	Global Nest Journal	ca. 1.7
-	Bioremediation Journal	ca. 1.7
-	Coastal Management	ca. 1.7
220	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	ca. 1.6
-	Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S-Chemia i Inzynieria Ekologiczna S	ca. 1.6
-	Polar Record	ca. 1.6
-	Environmental Forensics	ca. 1.6
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.6
-	Industrial Health	ca. 1.6
226	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	ca. 1.5
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	ca. 1.5
228	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	ca. 1.4
229	Journal of Paleolimnology	ca. 1.3
230	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	ca. 1.2
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	ca. 1.2
-	Health Physics	ca. 1.2
-	Grundwasser	ca. 1.2
234	International Journal of Global Warming	ca. 1
-	Arctic	ca. 1
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	ca. 1
237	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	ca. 0.9
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	ca. 0.9
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Elementology	ca. 0.9
241	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	ca. 0.8
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	ca. 0.8
243	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.7
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	ca. 0.7
245	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	ca. 0.6
246	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	ca. 0.5
247	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	ca. 0