Geosciences, Multidisciplinary: 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Hydrology	72
2	ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing	65
3	Earth-Science Reviews	64
4	Earth System Science Data	62
-	Gondwana Research	62
6	Nature Geoscience	60
7	Geophysical Research Letters	58
-	CATENA	58
9	Engineering Geology	56
10	Geoscience Frontiers	49
11	Computers and Geotechnics	48
12	Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering	46
13	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences	40
-	Natural Hazards	40
15	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	37
-	Geoscientific Model Development	37
-	Petroleum Exploration and Development	37
18	Advances in Space Research	36
-	Landslides	36
-	Computers & Geosciences	36
21	Marine and Petroleum Geology	35
22	Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment	34
-	Science China-Earth Sciences	34
-	Natural Resources Research	34
25	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences	33
26	International Journal of Coal Geology	32
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	32
28	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
30	Geocarto International	30
-	Global and Planetary Change	30
-	Geothermics	30
33	Geotextiles and Geomembranes	29
-	Quaternary Science Reviews	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
-	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	29
37	Landscape Ecology	28
-	Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering	28
-	Cold Regions Science and Technology	28
-	Cryosphere	28
41	Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk	27
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	27
43	Geomorphology	26
-	Canadian Geotechnical Journal	26
-	Earth Science Informatics	26
46	Journal of African Earth Sciences	24
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	24
-	Precambrian Research	24
-	Soils and Foundations	24
-	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences	24

-	Astrobiology	24
-	Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology	24
53	Journal of Earth Science	23
-	Journal of Applied Geophysics	23
55	Journal of Structural Geology	22
-	Earth Planets and Space	22
-	Earth Surface Processes and Landforms	22
-	Journal of Asian Earth Sciences	22
-	Journal of South American Earth Sciences	22
60	Journal of Archaeological Science	21
-	Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences	21
62	Geological Society of America Bulletin	20
-	Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research	20
-	Marine Geology	20
-	Biogeochemistry	20
-	Quaternary International	20
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	20
68	Climate of the Past	19
-	Journal of Earthquake Engineering	19
70	Geological Journal	18
-	Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment	18
-	Geoheritage	18
73	Journal of Earth System Science	17
-	Journal of Marine Systems	17
-	Mathematical Geosciences	17
-	Basin Research	17
77	Geosynthetics International	16
-	Geosphere	16
-	Hydrogeology Journal	16
-	Journal of Glaciology	16
-	AAPG Bulletin	16
-	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	16
83	Journal of the Geological Society	15
-	Natural Hazards Review	15
-	Bulletin of Volcanology	15
-	Geological Magazine	15
-	Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition	15
-	Journal of the Geological Society of India	15
-	Quaternary Geochronology	15
90	Holocene	14
-	Journal of Quaternary Science	14
-	Computational Geosciences	14
-	Episodes	14
-	Groundwater	14
-	International Journal of Earth Sciences	14
96	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	13
-	Geobiology	13
-	Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards	13
-	Polar Science	13
100	Boreas	12
-	Terra Nova	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Geotechnical Engineering	12
104	Photogrammetric Record	11
-	Quaternary Research	11
106	SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	American Journal of Science	10
-	Archaeometry	10
112	Geoarchaeology-An International Journal	9
-	Journal of Cold Regions Engineering	9
-	Antarctic Science	9
-	Archaeological Prospection	9
-	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics	9
-	Doklady Earth Sciences	9
-	Geotechnical Testing Journal	9
-	Journal of Petroleum Geology	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics	9
-	Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	9
122	Environmental Archaeology	8
-	Annals of Glaciology	8
-	Australian Journal of Earth Sciences	8
-	Physical Geography	8
-	Clay Minerals	8
-	Survey Review	8
-	Geosciences Journal	8
-	International Journal of Astrobiology	8
-	Petroleum Geoscience	8
-	Russian Geology and Geophysics	8
132	Russian Journal of Pacific Geology	7
-	Swiss Journal of Geosciences	7
-	Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7
-	Geo-Marine Letters	7
-	Journal of Coastal Research	7
137	Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Geowissenschaften	6
-	Island Arc	6
-	Italian Journal of Geosciences	6
-	Bulletin of Geosciences	6
141	Earth Sciences Research Journal	5
-	International Journal of Speleology	5
-	Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh	5
144	Environmental & Engineering Geoscience	4
-	Geomorphologie-Relief Processus Environnement	4
-	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies	4
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas	4
148	Acta Carsologica	3
-	Quaternaire	3
150	Earth Sciences History	2
151	Archeosciences-Revue d'Archeometrie	1