New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

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 Remote Sensing87
2 Journal of Hydrology71
3 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing66
4 Gondwana Research63
5 Earth System Science Data62
- Earth-Science Reviews62
7 Nature Geoscience61
8 CATENA59
9 Geophysical Research Letters58
10 Engineering Geology57
11 Communications Earth & Environment54
12 Geoscience Frontiers53
13 Computers and Geotechnics50
14 Earths Future49
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction49
16 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering44
17 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences41
18 Natural Hazards39
19 Petroleum Exploration and Development38
- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering38
21 Landslides37
- Geoscientific Model Development37
23 Computers & Geosciences36
- Advances in Space Research36
25 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment35
- Marine and Petroleum Geology35
27 Environmental Earth Sciences34
28 Science China-Earth Sciences33
- International Journal of Coal Geology33
- Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering33
31 Frontiers in Earth Science32
- Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences32
- Natural Resources Research32
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles32
35 Geocarto International31
- Global and Planetary Change31
37 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth30
- Earth System Dynamics30
- Geothermics30
40 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering29
- Cold Regions Science and Technology29
- Quaternary Science Reviews29
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology29
- Cryosphere29
- Geotextiles and Geomembranes29
46 Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk28
- Biogeosciences28
48 Journal of Cultural Heritage27
49 Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology26
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal26
- Earth and Space Science26
- Landscape Ecology26
- Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources26
- Geomorphology26
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences26
56 Earth Science Informatics25
57 Journal of Applied Geophysics24
- Journal of African Earth Sciences24
- Journal of Earth Science24
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences24
- Astrobiology24
62 Soils and Foundations23
- Journal of Asian Earth Sciences23
- Earth Planets and Space23
- Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology23
- Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences23
67 Journal of Structural Geology22
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms22
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface22
- Precambrian Research22
71 Quaternary International21
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Science21
73 Geological Journal20
- Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment20
- Journal of Earthquake Engineering20
- Journal of South American Earth Sciences20
- Geomicrobiology Journal20
- Journal of Archaeological Science20
79 Biogeochemistry19
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research19
- Marine Geology19
- Geological Society of America Bulletin19
- Climate of the Past19
84 Basin Research18
- Earth Surface Dynamics18
- Geoheritage18
- Anthropocene18
88 Natural Hazards Review17
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology17
- Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment17
- Geoscience Letters17
- Geosphere17
- Journal of Earth System Science17
- Mathematical Geosciences17
- Spatial Statistics17
- Geosynthetics International17
97 Journal of Marine Systems16
- Computational Geosciences16
- Hydrogeology Journal16
- Journal of Glaciology16
- Journal of the American Water Resources Association16
- Journal of the Geological Society of India16
- AAPG Bulletin16
- Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition16
105 Bulletin of Volcanology15
- Progress in Earth and Planetary Science15
107 Journal of the Geological Society14
- Episodes14
- Quaternary Geochronology14
- Geological Magazine14
- Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards14
- Groundwater14
113 Journal of Quaternary Science13
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering13
- Geothermal Energy13
- International Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences13
- Geobiology13
- Holocene13
120 Boreas12
- Clays and Clay Minerals12
- Polar Science12
- Geoscience Data Journal12
- Anthropocene Review12
- Terra Nova12
126 Open Geosciences11
- Photogrammetric Record11
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering11
129 Doklady Earth Sciences10
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics10
- Geotechnical Testing Journal10
- Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing10
- Quaternary Research10
- American Journal of Science10
- Archaeometry10
136 Petroleum Geoscience9
- Geoarchaeology-An International Journal9
- Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems9
- Journal of Coastal Research9
- Antarctic Science9
- Journal of Paleolimnology9
- Clay Minerals9
- Polar Research9
- Frontiers of Earth Science9
- Journal of Cold Regions Engineering9
146 Australian Journal of Earth Sciences8
- Environmental Archaeology8
- Russian Geology and Geophysics8
- Swiss Journal of Geosciences8
- Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences8
- International Journal of Astrobiology8
- Archaeological Prospection8
- New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics8
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology8
- Survey Review8
- Geosciences Journal8
157 Annals of Glaciology7
- Journal of Petroleum Geology7
- Physical Geography7
- Geo-Marine Letters7
161 Bulletin of Geosciences6
- Island Arc6
- Italian Journal of Geosciences6
- Russian Journal of Pacific Geology6
- Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften6
166 Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement5
- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh5
- Earth Sciences Research Journal5
- International Journal of Speleology5
170 Environmental & Engineering Geoscience4
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas4
- Brazilian Journal of Geology4
- Norwegian Journal of Geology4
174 Quaternaire3
- History of Geo- and Space Sciences3
- Acta Carsologica3
- Journal of Cave and Karst Studies3
178 Earth Sciences History2
179 Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie1
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