Geography, Physical: 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	66
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
3	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing	52
4	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
5	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information	37
6	GIScience & Remote Sensing	35
7	Global and Planetary Change	31
8	Cryosphere	29
-	International Journal of Digital Earth	29
-	Journal of Geographical Sciences	29
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	29
12	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	27
13	Landscape Ecology	26
-	Geomorphology	26
15	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	23
-	Journal of Biogeography	23
17	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	22
18	Quaternary International	21
19	Anthropocene	18
-	Earth Surface Dynamics	18
21	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	17
22	Journal of Glaciology	16
23	Dendrochronologia	15
24	Quaternary Geochronology	14
-	Permafrost and Periglacial Processes	14
26	Holocene	13
-	Aeolian Research	13
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	13
29	Journal of Maps	12
-	Boreas	12
31	Geoinformatica	11
-	Mountain Research and Development	11
-	Photogrammetric Record	11
34	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	10
-	Quaternary Research	10
36	Journal of Spatial Science	9
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
40	Physical Geography	7
-	Annals of Glaciology	7
-	Arctic	7
-	Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography	7
44	Acta Geographica Slovenica-Geografski Zbornik	6
-	Erdkunde	6
46	Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement	5
47	Revista de Geografia Norte Grande	4